Partitions pour formations orchestrales

Heinz Holliger won the 'Prix de Composition Musicale 1994 de la Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco' for this orchestral piece.

In this work Schnebel attempts to apply the idea of the Baroque canon - as exemplified in Bach's 'Art of Fugue' - to modern concepts of tonal colouring. The 'Motu proprio' of the 7 mixed groups of orc...

This music is taken from the second act of my early opera King Stag. In the original, the aria - here rescored for the orchestra alone - is sung by the protagonist (tenor) who yearns to return to the...

6 Blockflöten (SSAATB), Kornett, 2 Posaunen (AT), Schlagzeug, Harfe, Zither, Laute, Orgel, Violine, Viola und Violoncello. Im Jahre 1966 schrieb ich die Musik zu Volker Schlöndorffs erstem Film 'Der j...

In October of 1997, I received an invitation from New York Philharmonic Music Director Kurt Masur asking me to contribute a musical message for the coming millennium. Maestro Masur's letter read 'My d...

To celebrate the 80th birthday of this respected Czech-American composer, Schott is publishing this study score of one of his many orchestral works. Husa, born in Prag, won a scholarship to study with...

Bei der Neuschrift des Stücks im Winter 1995-96, fünfzig Jahre nach seiner Entstehung (als Bühnenmusik zu Molières Comédie ballet Georges Dandin, aus der anschließend ein Ballett wurde mit dem englisc...

A special tribute is paid to the great musician Rostropovich with 'bells ringing out in celebration', as indicated in the subtitle to the score, and with the fact that in the bombastic final section o...

Symphony No. 6 was created in the late 1960s, and was first performed in Havana on 26. November 1969 by the Cuban National Orchestra under my direction. This symphony reflects not only the excited atm...