Concertino

The composer born in Prague, now living in America, studied with Honegger and Nadia Boulanger. The pieces created in 1955 are very rewarding for orchestral work since all parts are treated equally. Th...

The four movements of the Yougoslavian composer and pupil of Fortner are easy but demand an elegant leggiero manner of bowing from the violinists. A cheerful and very instructive piece.

Joseph Haas was the teacher, Paul Hindemith the model of the director of many years' standing of the Frankfurter Musikhochschule. The 'Heitere Suite' was created in 1945. 'After a slow introduction (q...

Because of its scoring, this uncomplicated little six-movement suite in a folkloric style is, above all, suitable for the first ensemble playing in violin lessons. As vigorous effective music, it suit...

Die Weihnachtliche Suite entstand im Jahr 1950 im Auftrag des Kleinen Orchesters des Südwestfunks Baden-Baden. Mit vitaler Spielfreude und kontrapunktischer Sicherheit werden bekannte Weihnachtslieder...

Die Weihnachtliche Suite entstand im Jahr 1950 im Auftrag des Kleinen Orchesters des Südwestfunks Baden-Baden. Mit vitaler Spielfreude und kontrapunktischer Sicherheit werden bekannte Weihnachtslieder...

'Nobody knows the music of the whole world better than Monsieur Saint-Saëns', Claude Debussy praised his fellow composer, and there are only few who left such a comprehensive oeuvre covering all genre...

'Nobody knows the music of the whole world better than Monsieur Saint-Saëns', Claude Debussy praised his fellow composer, and there are only few who left such a comprehensive oeuvre covering all genre...

A modern instrumental piece with technically easy playing processes and a distinctive instrumentation. Strings are mostly divided, their number and range can be extended as one likes, the same applies...

A modern instrumental piece with technically easy playing processes and a distinctive instrumentation. Strings are mostly divided, their number and range can be extended as one likes, the same applies...

A modern instrumental piece with technically easy playing processes and a distinctive instrumentation. Strings are mostly divided, their number and range can be extended as one likes, the same applies...

Ein kleiner Walzer für Streicher und Klavier als letzte klingende Liebeserklärung an seine Ehefrau Inken: Der heitere Tanzrhythmus der gut zwei minütigen Komposition ist durchzogen von melancholischen...

Stimmensatz chorisch - Streichorchester und Klavier

A good means for amateur orchestras to approach New Music!Henze's enchanting fairytale opera Pollicino was written for the school children of the little hiltop vollage, Montpulciano, in Tuscany where...

After completing his studies with Zoltan Kodaly, the Hungarian composer Máthiás Seiber (1905-1960) first worked as a musician in a dance orchestra on an ocean liner which gave him the opportunity to l...

In this composition Barbara Heller uses the song Lalai created in Tehran in 1973. It is a song of resistance against the Shah regime and is about a mother who sings a lullaby to her child and tells th...

After completing his studies with Zoltan Kodaly, the Hungarian composer Máthiás Seiber (1905-1960) first worked as a musician in a dance orchestra on an ocean liner which gave him the opportunity to l...

With this double concerto, the Reger pupil Johanna Senfter (1879-1961) is entirely in the tradition of Antonio Vivaldi and J.S. Bach, although she combines the concerto form with the classical four-mo...

This tonal neo-baroque piece sets itself the task to perform counterpoint techniques (theme, inversion, crab etc.) practically in an easily understandable way within the framework of the school. Heinz...

This tonal neo-baroque piece sets itself the task to perform counterpoint techniques (theme, inversion, crab etc.) practically in an easily understandable way within the framework of the school. Heinz...

This tonal neo-baroque piece sets itself the task to perform counterpoint techniques (theme, inversion, crab etc.) practically in an easily understandable way within the framework of the school. Heinz...

Das Concertino classico für Violine und Klavier oder Streicher von Bertold Hummel entstand im Sommer 1999 als sein Enkelkind Fabian auf der Geige gerade die erste Lage beherrschte. Die Idee war, begin...

Enjott Schneider's composition for cor anglais, bassoon and strings was created in the form of a musical epitaph on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the death of the Bavarian King Ludwig II sh...

Enjott Schneider's composition for cor anglais, bassoon and strings was created in the form of a musical epitaph on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the death of the Bavarian King Ludwig II sh...

Harald Genzmer has done a lot for the work with young musicians, and many a string player can recall school orchestra days when Sinfonietta was on the programme quite often. But the probably best-know...