Johannes Brahms - Symphonie Nr. 4 e-moll op. 98
The genesis of the Fourth Symphony possibly goes back to the 1870s when Brahms was studying the Bach Cantata “Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich”; whose chaconne theme forms the nucleus of the finale. Around 29 August 1885 Brahms wrote ...
Simon und Sammy
Simon, ein junges Perlhuhn, lebt mit seiner Herde in Kapstadt, einer Stadt am Meer in Südafrika. An einem heissen Dezembermorgen lernt Simon ein Pinguinmädchen kennen und kommt aus dem Staunen nicht mehr heraus! Das soll ein Vogel ...
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Ludwig van Beethoven - Drei Equale für vier Posaunen WoO 30
When Beethoven visited the director of music at the cathedral in Linz, Franz Xaver Glöggl, in autumn 1812, the latter asked his guest to "compose socalled Equali for 4 trombones for All Souls’ Day [2 November]”. Beethoven readily ...
Frédéric Chopin - Klaviertrio g-moll op. 8
Frédéric Chopin composed his piano trio when he was an 18-year-old student. About the performance of the trio on 31 August 1830 he wrote: “On Sunday we rehearsed the trio. Perhaps because I haven’t heard it for a while, I was very ...
Erik Satie - Sonatine bureaucratique
Although Satie took the classical form as a model for his “Sonatine”; it is quintessentially an ironic work. The composer, who later in life liked to be seen walking through the streets wearing a stiff collar and bowler hat, ...
Frédéric Chopin - Polonaise fis-moll op. 44
On 23 August 1841 Chopin wrote to the Viennese publisher Mechetti: “I currently have a manuscript available for you. It is a kind of fantasia in the form of a polonaise that I would call Polonaise”. Chopin’s uncertainty about the ...
Albert Roussel - Joueurs de flûte op. 27 . für Flöte und Klavier
The stimulus for this work, composed in 1924, was given by the French flautist Louis Fleury, who also gave the first performance of the work. The four single pieces “Pan”; “Tityre”; “Krishna” and “Monsieur de la ...
Emmanuel Chabrier - Bourrée fantasque
Whereas numerous French composers of the time tried to breathe new life into the larger forms of instrumental music, Chabrier concentrated on the smaller dance and character forms. The “Bourrée fantasque” was composed in 1891 and ...
Alexander Skrjabin - Klaviersonate Nr. 2 gis-moll op. 19 (Sonate-Fantaisie)
Scriabin’s two movement Piano Sonata no. 2 in g sharp minor was composed over a relatively lengthy period of time. He first began work on it in 1892, but in the summer of 1896, after Scriabin had performed the sonata several times in ...
Paul Dukas - Villanelle für Horn und Klavier
Paul Dukas wrote his Villanelle as a demanding exam piece for the horn class of the Paris Conservatoire in 1906. The title, referencing a cheerful traditional vocal genre that originated in 16th century Italy, already shows that it is ...
Camille Saint-Saëns - Romanzen für Horn und Klavier
Camille Saint-Saëns composed his two Romances for Horn for two of the most respected French horn players of the time: Opus 67 in E major from 1866 is dedicated to Henri Chaussier; Opus 36 in F major from 1874 was written for Henri ...
Ludwig van Beethoven - Rondo B-dur WoO 6 für Klavier und Orchester
The Rondo in B flat major was only published two years after Beethoven’s death, in an arrangement by Carl Czerny. It has since been proven that it was originally the final movement of the Piano Concerto no. 2 op. 19, which Beethoven ...
Cernunnos
Der Hirschgott Cernunnos ist eine der markantesten Gestalten der keltischen Götterwelt. Er drückt zugleich eine archaische Wildheit und eine hohe meditative Konzentration aus und lässt ein volleres Leben ahnen. Die umfassendste ...
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Camille Saint-Saëns - Romanzen für Horn und Klavier
Camille Saint-Saëns composed his two Romances for Horn for two of the most respected French horn players of the time: Opus 67 in E major from 1866 is dedicated to Henri Chaussier; Opus 36 in F major from 1874 was written for Henri ...
