Universal Edition

2 0 2 2 - 2 2 0 0, Str Details Dauer (min): 21 Min.

Dieser Musik liegt kein Text zugrunde. Das in memoriam der Dedication bezieht sich auf das subjektive Empfinden des Komponisten, nicht auf reale Kenntnis der Person des Dichters. Die Komposition folgt...

In February 1935 Alban Berg was approached by the American violinist Louis Krasner with a request to write a violin concerto. Although reluctant to stop working on Lulu, Berg's financial position made...

In February 1935 Alban Berg was approached by the American violinist Louis Krasner with a request to write a violin concerto. Although reluctant to stop working on Lulu, Berg's financial position made...

Arvo Pärt came across a legend concerning the patriarch Agathon, from the 4th century, in a book containing stories of The Desert Fathers. They take us back to the cradle of Christian monasticism, in...

Arvo Pärt has been fascinated by the life and work of St Silouan of Athos (1866-1938) for many years. As early as 1991, the writings of Silouan inspired Pärt to his composition Silouan's Song, 'My sou...

'Only music can resolve those mysteries of the mind which often kindle in the human soul.' (Hans Christian Andersen, 1831)

The new critical and practical edition of Sinfonietta reflects all existing sources, including those recently discovered during the work on the edition. It is primarily based on the transcription of t...

2 2 2 2 - 4 3 3 1 - Pk, Org ad lib., Str Dauer (min): 20 Min.

Jazz-Band: 4 Trp, 4 Pos, 2 Alt-, 2 Tenor-, Barsax(Es), Drums, Klav, Kb; Symphonieorchester: 3 3 3 3 - 4 3 3 1 - Pk, Schl(4) - Hf, Klav - Str Dauer (min): 17 Min.

Die 48 Wörter des Textes werden durch 48 Gongschläge, die ungefähr alle 10 Sekunden erklingen, unterbrochen. Jedem Buchstaben ist eine gewisse Tonhöhe zugeteilt, die von der Häufigkeit seines Vorkomme...

In ständigem Wechsel: Gleichsam Psalmenverse und Responsorien einer imaginären Zeremonie. Es ist eine Zeremonie der Erinnerung: Daher die vielen Wiederholungen immer gleicher Formeln, wobei sich denno...