Scores for Orchestra

The path my work will take in the coming years depends on the accuracy of the score. Mahler made this demand not only of C. F. Kahnt, the first publisher of the Sixth Symphony, but also of himself. Th...

Johann Sebastian Bachs Magnificat BWV 243 ist eine opulente Festmusik, die in vielerlei Hinsicht eine Besonderheit in seinem Œuvre darstellt. Die erste Fassung (Es-dur, BWV 243.1) erfährt ihre Urauff...

Immediately after finishing his First Symphony in B flat major op. 38, Robert Schumann wrote the present D minor Symphony in 1841. Despite its successful world premiere at the Leipzig Gewandhaus on 4...

Paul Hindemiths Werk weist enzyklopädische Züge auf: Er bedachte von Anfang an alle musikalischen Gattungen und realisierte einige seiner musikalischen Gedanken und Projekte nicht im einzelnen, abgesc...

Paul Hindemiths Werk weist enzyklopädische Züge auf: Er bedachte von Anfang an alle musikalischen Gattungen und realisierte einige seiner musikalischen Gedanken und Projekte nicht im einzelnen, abgesc...

In Volume VII,4 of the Hindemith Complete Edition the cantatas „Mainzer Umzug“. Volksvergnügen für drei Singstimmen, gemischten Chor und Orchester (1962) on a text by Carl Zuckmayer and Paul Hindemith...

tiny TATTOO was written after the composer visited a 'treetop' bistro at Big Sur, California. The restaurant is named Nepenthe, after an ancient Greek elixir fabled to relieve any and all sorrows. Thi...

The text for the work was derived from a variety of poems by Percy B. Shelley (1792-1822) as suggested by Mre. Wharton. The poems used are: Asia: From Prometheus Unbound Good-Night Hymn to Intellectua...

'The [Concerto] is neoromantic: soaring melodies, blatantly tonal, and quite purposefully allows the audience access to its artistic message and aesthetic. It is (heaven forfend in these days of acade...

Voices Shouting Out is a response to 9/11 that is marked by a sense of resiliency. In the composer's own words, It was a march to acknowledge those fighting on behalf of our safety, and yet a sparklin...

A four movement concerto that highlights the principal players of an orchestra, similar to the concerto grossos of the Baroque style. The first movement spotlights strings, the second brass, the third...

The Carmel (IN) High School Orchestra will present the world premiere of the newly-commissioned work The Knobstone Trail at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, December 18, 2019. Stephen Lias has for many...

This is the long-awaited study score for the orchestral setting of Margaret Bonds's powerful work, Credo, for soprano and baritone soloists, orchestra and SATB chorus. The text for this seven movement...