Advanced Classical Music of the Modern Age Sheet Music

The composition of Krzysztof Penderecki’s four string quartets is marked by an idiosyncratic interruption: the first two experimental, improvisatory quartets were composed in swift succession in the 1...

My quartets composed between 1997 and 2005 were conceived as an interconnected, self-contained cycle of works ranging from the (in my opinion) quasi revolutionary Quartet No. 1 to the Quartet No. 5 en...

My String Quartet No. 7 – the second of my ‘Beethoven studies’ – is the first of my quartets to possess a two-movement structure. The density of texture is additionally enhanced, meaning that the open...

My String Quartet No. 8 is made up of three movements, and a fast tempo prevails almost throughout the entire work. The extreme brevity of the opening movement oscillates between rugged unisono passag...

I consider Beethoven’s String Quartet op. 130 with its Grosse Fuge as the pinnacle of all quartets. In each of the four movements, Beethoven succeeds in re-inventing the archetypal movement forms with...

Hindemith's string quartets appear in the present new edition after the text of the complete edition. The 1st String Quartet in C major is Hindemith's first large-scale work and reveals the great tale...

Depth of content, exuberant liveliness and sophistication of the compositional technique – Samuel Rhodes, violist of the renowned Juilliard String Quartet, praises Paul Hindemith's string quartets. Th...

Paul Hindemith made his breakthrough as the leading German composer of his generation at the first 'Donaueschingen Chamber Music Performances' in 1921 with his 3rd String Quartet Op. 16. The premiere...

Die Entstehung des String Sextet von G. Waterhouse umfasst einen Zeitraum von fast vier Jahrzehnten. Jeder Satz ist eine Zeitkapsel in der sich kompositorische Stilmittel, Techniken und Klangsprachen...

The 9th String Quartet forms the penultimate work in my Beethoven Study quartet cycle. Chronologically, however, it was composed after the 10th Quartet Cavatina. And indeed, when composing it, it felt...

With the 4th String Quartet op. 22, Paul Hindemith opens up new areas of expression and consistently develops his quartet art further. In five contrasting movements, the work combines contrapuntal den...

Kaleidoscope 2 for string quartet was created as a arrangement of an arrangement. The saxophone quartet 'Winterkreis' ('Winter circle'), written in 1991, is the first step in this chain of arrangement...

At the End of Time, String Quartet No. 7, was composed for a ballet evening with Schubert's string quartet Death and the Maiden. In addition to alienated quotations, this mourning music is usually ina...

This tour de force showcases the entire orchestra with a breathtaking display of technique, energy and artistry. Highly rhythmic and engaging, this piece is destined to bring down the house!

The Six sound islands were composed for a concert programme entitled 'Reigen' (round dance) that the composer curated, and were intended to provide an atmospheric bridge between dances by Ligeti, Bart...

The Five Concertini for string orchestra is a tribute to Antonio Vivaldi, who composed over 500 solo concertos. The work consists of five micro-concertos for the five section leaders of the string orc...

Sieben Gesänge für Sopran und Streichorchester nach Gedichten von Georg Trakl.

Cornet solo commissioned by Carole Rudaz, a Swiss cornetist, on the occasion of her 40th birthday. Due to its rarity, the four-leaf clover is considered lucky in western culture. But the common three-...

016 Fantasy by Rex Richardson is a highly virtuosic work for trumpet and piano, composed by one of the leading trumpet players of our time. The piece stretches the technical and tonal limits of the in...

016 Fantasy by Rex Richardson is a highly virtuosic work for trumpet and piano, composed by one of the leading trumpet players of our time. The piece stretches the technical and tonal limits of the in...