Advanced Classical Music of the Modern Age Sheet Music

Max Reger's setting of Psalm 100 is one of the "grand style" choral-symphonic works of the classical modern repertoire. Contrapuntal skill in the tradition of Bach combines with overwhelmingly powerfu...

Der 100. Psalm von Max Reger zählt zu den chorsymphonischen Werken "großen Styls" der klassischen Moderne. Polyphone Kunstfertigkeit in der Tradition Bachs vereint sich mit kontrastreicher und überwäl...

Skillfully scored for chamber winds to allow for use in smaller conducting classes, this arrangement of Lincolnshire Posy is as artful as the original. It can just as easily be used for performance at...

Siimes for Wind Quintet by Finnish composer Outi Tarkiainen (2017). Programme note: Siimes is my second wind quintet and is based on the saxophone concerto Saivo. The title of the work suggests an all...

Iris ter Schiphorst understands her piece as an homage to the writer Inge Müller (1925 - 1966), whose poems were included in this work, and as a 'scientific-artistic examination of the intellectual cl...

Ihr Stück versteht Iris ter Schiphorst als Hommage an die Schriftstellerin Inge Müller (1925 - 1966), deren Gedichte in diese Arbeit mit aufgenommen wurden, und als 'wissenschaftlich-künstlerische Aus...

The seven-minute composition is based on an English text by John Cage: a quasi-musical calculated succession of 56 short basic questions about music. Singer and instrument have to perform various voca...

Hans Winterberg, born in Prague in 1901, belonged to the assimilated Jewish bourgeoisie of Prague, which was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until 1918. Until 1918, Prague was part of the Austro-H...

In addition to the Piano Concerto No. 1 and the Suite for Viola and Piano, this unusually scored Concertino is one of the earliest works that Winterberg composed after moving from Prague to Munich in...

Scored for 12-piece symphonic brass ensemble this 13-minute work was commissioned for MusicNOW, the new music series of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. It was first performed by the brass of the Chica...

Although of a predominantly lyrical nature, this work utilizes many aspects of horn technique and thus presents a considerable challenge for the player. The work opens with dark chords seeking upwards...

Although of a predominantly lyrical nature, this work utilizes many aspects of horn technique and thus presents a considerable challenge for the player. The work opens with dark chords seeking upwards...

With its own character and its own particular atmosphere, each of the four separate movements that compose this work, evokes one of four famous and unique cities in the world: Buenos Aires, Venice, Lo...

With its own character and its own particular atmosphere, each of the four separate movements that compose this work, evokes one of four famous and unique cities in the world: Buenos Aires, Venice, Lo...

Deutsch Birdsong was inspired by a dream about a rather unusual journey through the rainforest of northern Queensland, Australia. The sounds of the exotic birds there are truly overwhelming. At the ce...

Real monsters, or imaginary ones. Sometimes the difference is small! Monster of the Abyss. The first protagonist lives deep into the oceanic Abyss: we can hear its profound heartbeat as it sings a maj...

Real monsters, or imaginary ones. Sometimes the difference is small! Monster of the Abyss. The first protagonist lives deep into the oceanic Abyss: we can hear its profound heartbeat as it sings a maj...

The Powell Trio for tenor trombone, marimba, and piano was composed in 2009 for Michael Powell, a prominent New York trombonist. Composed of three movements—"Flow," "Stillwater," and "Eddies"—the work...

Over the course of about ten minutes, this three-movement concerto unfolds a densely woven dialogue between the soloist and the string ensemble. The first movement, "Introduction – Allegro," begins wi...

As a clarinetist frequently performing with string quartets, the clarinet quintet is a strange omission from Jörg Widmann's catalogue of works. Up until now, his quintet programmes have included works...