Musik unserer Zeit

These four charming instrumental pieces are the preludes to a cantata Tippett wrote in 1958 for Badminton School, celebrating the seasons of the year. Each prelude is based on a traditional melody and...

These four charming instrumental pieces are the preludes to a cantata Tippett wrote in 1958 for Badminton School, celebrating the seasons of the year. Each prelude is based on a traditional melody and...

I composed my opera Le Grand Macabre from 1974 to 1997. The Mysteries of the Macabre are arrangements of three coloratura arias of the chief of the 'Secret Political Police' which have been arranged (...

I composed my opera Le Grand Macabre from 1974 to 1997. The Mysteries of the Macabre are arrangements of three coloratura arias of the chief of the 'Secret Political Police' which have been arranged (...

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....

Having previously been granted the diploma of the Bologna Academy in December 2011, Maxwell Davies wrote his Concerto Accademico as both an expression of gratitude to the Regia Academia Filarmonico di...

Composed for the Jubilee of the East Sussex and West Kent Choral Festival

No. 42 (In the Alps) could perhaps best be described as a melodrama. It combines many of the subjects that fascinate me: the relationship of text narrative and musical narrative, the history of opera,...

Soli, kleinen gemischten Chor und Instrumente (1) - Flöte und kleines Orchester (2) - Sprecherin, Sprechchor, gemischten Chor und Orchester (3)

Gemischter Chor (SSSSAAAATTTTBBBB/SSSSAAAATTTTBBBB) mit Schlagzeug Uraufführung: 7. Dezember 1958 Darmstadt - Internationale Ferienkurse - Dirigent: Bernhard Zimmermann