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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...

In the autumn of 1998, I asked Richard to write a flute quintet which would be suitable for a concert featuring the Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major. Since the Brandenburg would be the last...

The Magician's Shoes are gone! A pair of shoes of a performing magician invite you on a journey of discovery and wisdom as they escape their shiny black box and set off to see what the world has to of...

Festival Music was written in 1997 and commissioned by Ikemiya Music in celebration of the 600th year anniversary of the Temple of the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto, Japan.The opening ceremonies took place...

Before Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) and Plato (c.428-c.348 B.C.), before Buddha (VI or V c. B.C.) and Confucius (551-479 B.C.), in an age when the calendar had ten months, the year had 354 days, and peopl...

Before Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) and Plato (c.428-c.348 B.C.), before Buddha (VI or V c. B.C.) and Confucius (551-479 B.C.), in an age when the calendar had ten months, the year had 354 days, and peopl...

Inachus, the river god of Argos, had a beautiful daughter named Io. She served Hera, wife of Zeus, as a priestess. Zeus fell in love with her, making Hera jealous. She turned Io into a white heifer. H...

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...

Suissitude (Swissness) What makes an identity? I have created 4 various musical descriptions expressing my concepts of Switzerland, and what seems to me is the essence of each section of the country a...

This piece, with its unexpected accompaniment by a string quartet, is one of the composer's last. With the quartet Ophelia (2006), she had acquired full mastery of writing for strings, which she uses...

The Book of Job is my greatest work, the longest too. I have the impression of having achieved, succeeded in many things' said Caroline Charriere shortly before the creation of the work, which she con...

This piece was written in 2004 for the dedication of the new organ of the St. Niklaus Church in Humpolec, Croatia. The collaboration and use of children(s) voice with the sacred text was a conditional...

Regina coeli This piece was written in 2004 for the dedication of the new organ of the St. Niklaus Church in Humpolec, Croatia. The collaboration and use of children(s) voice with the sacred text was...

The beginning is taken from one of my previous works (1994) written for women's choir with harp and incorporated into this Libera me, with the addition of two horns. The first performance was given in...

This Gloria ('Glory to God in the highest', written here on a German text) evolves from an intimate and contemplative atmosphere to an exciting spiritual fervour and can be performed either within the...

Kaija Saariaho’s 2015 opera Only The Sound Remains was commissioned by Dutch National Opera, Finnish National Opera, Opera de Paris, Teatro Real Madrid and Canadian Opera Company. The work combines tw...

Zupf dir ein Wölkchen aus dem Wolkenweiß... – Das bekannte Gedicht "Sommerfrische" von Joachim Ringelnatz verströmt vom ersten Vers an sommerliche Unbeschwertheit und Leichtigkeit. Dem entspricht Bobb...

Besetzung: Solo SBar, Coro SATB, Fl, Ob, Clt, Fg, Tr, 2 Cor, Trb, Timp, Perc, 2 Vl, Va, Vc/Cb, Jazzbass, Pfte Sprache: deutsch In seinem neuen Werk Sonne, Mond und Sterne vereint Komponist Peter Schin...

Diese erstmals veröffentlichten Kanons dokumentieren Hindemiths Vorliebe, zu gegebenen Anlässen kleine parodistische Werke mit einem Augenzwinkern zu komponieren. Über 30 kunstvolle Stücke im 'Ansicht...

Diese erstmals veröffentlichten Kanons dokumentieren Hindemiths Vorliebe, zu gegebenen Anlässen kleine parodistische Werke mit einem Augenzwinkern zu komponieren. Über 30 kunstvolle Stücke im 'Ansicht...

Castor und Pollux ist ein Tanzwerk, das die Geschichte von Leda mit dem Schwan und die Geburt der Zwillinge Castor und Pollux erzählt. Partchs Partitur besteht aus zwei Hälften, jeweils eine davon für...