Alexander Goehr

My piece is subtitled 'Homage to Haydn'. Why? Because it is modelled on Haydn's Variations in F minor/major. But modelled does not imply pastiche or imitation. From Brahms onwards (if not before) ther...

gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Trompete in D

Gemischter Chor, Schlagzeug, Klavier Duett, 2 Klarinette und Violoncello (ad lib.) - Instrumental-Stimmen zum gesamten Zyklus

Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette (B), Fagott, Horn, Trompete, Posaune und Kontrabass - Studienpartitur

This major work from Alexander Goehr reflects upon the diametrically opposing roles towers can have. The composer writes 'Towers embody the idea of climbing upwards, in the spiritual as much as in the...

gemischter Chor, Schlagzeug, Klavier Duett, 2 Klarinetten und Violoncello (ad lib.)

Gemischter Chor, Schlagzeug, Klavier Duett, 2 Klarinette und Violoncello (ad lib.) - Instrumental-Stimmen zum gesamten Zyklus

Instrumental-Stimmen zum gesamten Zyklus

Schauspieler, Tenor, Altflöte, Altsaxophon, Horn, Violoncello und Klavier

Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette (B), Fagott, Horn, Trompete, Posaune und Kontrabass - Studienpartitur

Flöte, 2 Klarinetten (2. auch Bass-Klarinette), 2 Trompeten (B), Tuba, Schlagzeug (1 Spieler), 2 Violinen, Viola und Kontrabass

'I wrote Idées fixes, subtitled Sonata for 13, in the Spring of 1997. The composition is in one continuous movement and is symmetrical in plan. The title refers to three basic motifs which pervade the...

This major work from Alexander Goehr reflects upon the diametrically opposing roles towers can have. The composer writes 'Towers embody the idea of climbing upwards, in the spiritual as much as in the...