Jos van de Braak

Orfeo's famous aria Che faro senza Euridice ? (What shall I do without Eurydice?) is placed in the third and final act of Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice: At length he, Orfeo can no longer resist Eury...

Orfeo's famous aria Che faro senza Euridice ? (What shall I do without Eurydice?) is placed in the third and final act of Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice: At length he, Orfeo can no longer resist Eury...

(Soprano, Choir and Concert Band)

(Soprano, Choir and Concert Band)

The first movement of Dvorak's 8th Symphony, Allegro con brio, contains no less than five themes that flow freely into each other but have their own character. Gustav Mahler described this movement as...

Ottorino Respighi (1897-1936) set several of Percy Bysshe Shelley's poems, but only three were set for mezzo-soprano and orchestra: Arethusa in 1910, Il Tramonto in 1914, and La Sensitiva between 1914...

Ottorino Respighi (1897-1936) set several of Percy Bysshe Shelley's poems, but only three were set for mezzo-soprano and orchestra: Arethusa in 1910, Il Tramonto in 1914, and La Sensitiva between 1914...

Parmi les compositions de Charles Gounod figurent plusieurs centaines de chants sacrés en solo, dont sa mise en musique, en 1852, de l'hymne catholique "Ave Maria". Quarante ans plus tard, Gounod, rel...

La veille de Noël 1818, le prêtre catholique Josef Mohr montra au compositeur autrichien Franz Xaver Gruber un poème de six strophes qu'il avait écrit en 1816 et lui demanda de le mettre en musique. L...

La veille de Noël 1818, le prêtre catholique Josef Mohr montra au compositeur autrichien Franz Xaver Gruber un poème de six strophes qu'il avait écrit en 1816 et lui demanda de le mettre en musique. L...

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1816) de Rossini est l'un des plus grands opéras comiques. Basé sur une excellente pièce de Beaumarchais, "Le Barbier de Séville" ravit le public avec ses personnages finement...

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1816) de Rossini est l'un des plus grands opéras comiques. Basé sur une excellente pièce de Beaumarchais, "Le Barbier de Séville" ravit le public avec ses personnages finement...

L'opéra "La Wally" d'Alfredo Catalani est surtout connu pour son air "Ebben ? Ne andro lontana'. Il avait composé cet air indépendamment sous le nom de "Chanson GroÙnlandaise" en 1878 et l'a ensuite i...

Alfredo Catalani's Opera "La Wally" is best known for its aria "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana". He had composed that aria independently as "Chanson Groënlandaise" in 1878 and later incorporated it into his...

When Russian composer Joseph Schillinger met Leon Theremin (the inventor of the theremin) they collaborated resulting in a few of the first original pieces for the theremin. Among those pieces Schilli...

Soprano, Mezzo Soprano and Symphonic Band From its first performance, Engelbert Humperdinck's opera 'Hänsel und Gretel' was a phenomenal succes, produces at over fifty theaters in its first year alone...

From its first performance, Engelbert Humperdinck's opera "Hänsel und Gretel" was a phenomenal succes, produces at over fifty theaters in its first year alone. This evergreen opera, based on the Grimm...

From its first performance, Engelbert Humperdinck's opera 'Hänsel und Gretel' was a phenomenal succes, produces at over fifty theaters in its first year alone. This evergreen opera, based on the Grimm...

From its first performance, Engelbert Humperdinck's opera "Hänsel und Gretel" was a phenomenal succes, produces at over fifty theaters in its first year alone. This evergreen opera, based pon the Grim...

From its first performance, Engelbert Humperdinck's opera "Hänsel und Gretel" was a phenomenal succes, produces at over fifty theaters in its first year alone. This evergreen opera, based on the Grimm...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which 'Die Fledermaus' his best contribution to this genre is. The choir 'Ein souper heut' uns winkt' is sung at very beginning of t...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which 'Die Fledermaus' his best contribution to this genre is. The choir 'Ein souper heut' uns winkt' is sung at very beginning of t...