Musik unserer Zeit

Hans Werner Henze has composed several film scores for Volker Schlöndorff's literary adaptations. 'In 1966 I wrote the music of Volker Schlöndorff's first film Der junge Törless. I then thought the so...

Im Jahre 1966 schrieb ich die Musik zu Volker Schlöndorffs erstem Film Der junge Törless. Ich dachte mir, der Klang der alten, frühen Instrumente, die ich wählte, könnte als Metapher für das frühe Una...

Ramifications represents a further development of my method of composition with complex musical net-formations; it is, as it were, a terminus in the development from dense and static to broken-up and...

Ramifications represents a further development of my method of composition with complex musical net-formations; it is, as it were, a terminus in the development from dense and static to broken-up and...

Hans Werner Henze has composed several film scores for Volker Schlöndorff's literary adaptations. 'In 1966 I wrote the music of Volker Schlöndorff's first film Der junge Törless. I then thought the so...

Hans Werner Henze has composed several film scores for Volker Schlöndorff's literary adaptations. 'In 1966 I wrote the music of Volker Schlöndorff's first film Der junge Törless. I then thought the so...

Immerse yourself in a captivating world of sound filled with profound depth and expressive power: The 1st Symphony for String Orchestra, bearing the meaningful subtitle "Balsis – 'Stimmen' – 'Voices'"...

Streichorchester (mind. 8.0.4.3.2)

Bryars steers clear of the traditional virtuoso show-piece style concerto, instead opting for a work that, like baroque concertos, can be led by the soloist. There are allusions to Vivaldi's Four Seas...

Bryars steers clear of the traditional virtuoso show-piece style concerto, instead opting for a work that, like baroque concertos, can be led by the soloist. There are allusions to Vivaldi's Four Seas...

The Fall of the Leafe is based on a piece for virginal from the Fitzwilliam collection and is characterised by a descriptive descending scale which imitates leaves falling in autumn. The piece has fur...

Commissioned by the St Magnus Festival and first performed there in 2007, The Seas of Kirk Swarf, like many of the composer's works, draws inspiration from the Orkney Isles where Maxwell Davies lives....