Partitions pour formations orchestrales

First performance in 1990 with Stephen Hough, Piano and Daniel Barenboim, Conductor.

The title Gazebo Dances was suggested by the pavilions (often seen on village greens in towns throughout the countryside) where public band concerts are given on summer evenings. The delights of that...

Commissioned for the Pittsburgh Youth Orchestra, this piece for orchestra depicts a chance meeting between The Jogger and the Dinosaur, and is playable by and for young people. The full score includes...

Originally scored for Piano solo (GS48199) Griffes' 'Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan' was later expanded into a tone poem for orchestra by the American impressionistic composer. It is based on the poetry...

This work is perhaps best described by the composer Tan Dun: 'About five years ago I went to an exhibition on the works of painter Paul Klee at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. I was extremely mo...

A Colorful Symphony' is based on a chapter from Norton Juster's popular book for children 'The Phantom Tollbooth', in which a little boy enters a magic land where an orchestra and its conductor play t...

Symphonic Triptych for Orchestra.

A vivid, jazzy orchestral showpiece celebrating a familiar Latin American tradition.

John Alden Carpenter was an American composer of the first half of the 20th century. 'Sea Drift' was an inspiration based on the composer's impression of Walt Whitman's poems of the same name. This is...

These 'Three Pictures for Orchestra' depict 'The Seine At Night', a 'Wheat Field at Noon' and a 'Sea Piece with Birds'.

For orchestra and optional audience participation.

First performed at the Aldeburgh Festival in June 1965 by Peter Pears with the Philharmonia of London conducted by the composer. Duration c. 16 mins.

Musique Ancienne - Musique Vocale Et Dramatique

Musique Ancienne - Musique Vocale Et Dramatique

The Speech of the Birds est librement inspiré du célèbre poème mystique La conférence des oiseaux du poète persan Fariduddin Attar (12e siècle). Par analogie avec les oiseaux du récit, les instruments...

Baumann évolue musicalement dans l'aura de Hindemith", en partie dans une joie de jouer néo-baroque dans une tonalité élargie et modale, en partie dans le traitement de la musique romantique tardive,...

Avec sa deuxième symphonie, composée de trois mouvements, Max Baumann poursuit la tradition dans la mesure où - en composant de manière tonale - il oppose dans les deux mouvements d'angle un thème mus...