Silvestrov symphony

Valentin Silvestrov?s elusive post-modern style is rich in nostalgia for the lost music of a barely remembered past filled with beauty and spiritual aspiration. Ode to a Nightingale is a masterly response to Keats?…

Et definerende orkesterverk av den ukrainske komponisten Valentin Silvestrov, en av de mest personlige stemmene fra det tidligere Sovjetunionen. Hans sjette symfoni, skrevet i 1994/ 95 er et femdelt verk som strekker seg…

In Gustav Mahler's first four symphonies many of the themes originate in his own settings of folk poems from the collection Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Boy's Magic Horn). A case in point, Symphony No.?4 is built around a…

The Symphony No. 1 in D minor op. 9 belongs to Dohnanyi?s early years of success. Among all the influences of the late Romantic tradition, that by Brahms? music can be discerned here once more. From it, Dohnanyi forms a…

This charming and interactive picture book with sound panel is like a ticket to a concert hall. Narrated by three mice, Welcome to the Symphony takes readers on a journey that begins with the musicians tuning up. Readers…

The 2015 Munich concert year began at the end of January with two highlights: two performances of Bruckner's Sixth Symphony with Mariss Jansons conducting the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. The live…

In his late years Hanns Eisler concentrated more and more to compile his film music scores for the concert hall. That's the case also with his Leipzig Symphony which was not completed when he died. The that time young…