Piano Excerpts

Hellstenius describes his new work, written for the 100th anniversary of the Oslo Philharmonic, a 'compositional interpretation' of Edvard Grieg's 'Landkjenning' for choir and orchestra with a text by...

An SATB adaptation of Ola Gjeilo's Song of the Universal. Walt Whitman's unabashed optimism, exuberance, and unwavering confidence in our deeper humanity is beautifully portrayed through music. For st...

Premiered in 2023 by an American choir and French orchestra in Caen, France, Out of this Darkness: A Normandy Cantata dares to hope for a repentance from the interminable waves of violent conquest. Th...

This atmospheric concert work for oboe and mixed ensemble was composed for leading oboist Sarah Francis, who performed both the 1972 premiere of the work and on the later CD recording (Lyrita SRCD.259...

For his cantata Mon cœur fait chanter des anges (My heart makes the angels sing), the composer has chosen poems in French by Rilke, mainly from Vergers (Orchards). The 10 poems of the cycle are dedica...

Transcribed by popular brass arranger, Robert King, this edition of Johann Pachelbel's Nun danket alle Gott provides an exciting performance piece for Choir, Organ and a large Brass Ensemble. Pachelbe...

Defenders of the oppressed and fighters against injustice, Victor Hugo and Emile Zola often put their genius to the service of great causes: the abolition of the death penalty and child labor, the adv...

Sopran solo, Tenor solo, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Blfl 1, Blfl 2, Oboe, Streicher, Orgel - Urtextausgabe

Judith Weir's Storm, scored for Children's Chorus, Women's Chorus and ensemble (3 Flutes, 3 Cellos, 3 Percussion players). This work is based on the composer's 35 word version ofWilliamShakespeare's...

Tu Ne Sais Pas is a work by John Tavener for Medium Voice, Timpani and Strings. The work sets words by the French poet and philosopher Jean Biès, and from Islamic and Hindu sources. This is the Vocal...

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...

Setting the texts of Robert Herrick, this work for Countertenor and Viol Consort was commissioned by Paulin Bündgen - Ensemble Céladon, Grame, cncm and Centre culturel de rencontre d'Ambronay. Score a...

1866 komponierte Anton Bruckner seine feierliche e-Moll-Messe, die er in den Jahren 1876-1882 noch einmal einer umfangreichen Revision unterzog. Unter den Messen Bruckners und auch seiner Zeitgenossen...

1866 komponierte Anton Bruckner seine feierliche e-Moll-Messe, die er in den Jahren 1876-1882 noch einmal einer umfangreichen Revision unterzog. Unter den Messen Bruckners und auch seiner Zeitgenossen...

What does early Bruckner sound like? The Magnificat in B flat major casts a completely unexpected light on the young composer, on the threshold of composing his great church works. Around 5 minutes in...

The cantata for the 20th Sunday after Trinity. 'Ah! I see now, as I to the wedding bidden', BWV 162 was first performed on 25 October 1716 in the Castle church at Weimar. During the first year in his...

Im Jahr 1729 übernahm Bach in Leipzig die Leitung des einst von Telemann gegründeten 'Collegium musicum' und konzertierte daraufhin mindestens einmal wöchentlich mit diesem Ensemble im Zimmermannschen...

Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott BWV 80 (CV31080-00) is one of Johann Sebastian Bach's most frequently-performed cantatas. But the well-known form of the work, with its great opening chorale chorus, repr...

Die Missa in g ist das einzige überlieferte Werk dieser Gattung von Johann Hugo von Wilderer, dessen Schaffen als Kapellmeister an dem seit 1720 in Mannheim residierenden kurpfälzischen Hof hauptsächl...