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21/12/2024

Just published: Elena Langer, 'Triste Voce' for violoncello, dedicated to Kristina Blaumane -
https://webshop.donemus.com/action/front/sheetmusic/23556

20/12/2024

Just published: Aftab Darvishi, 'Goriz & Gozār' for chamber ensemble, commissioned by HERMESensemble -
https://webshop.donemus.com/action/front/sheetmusic/24210

19/12/2024

Joey Roukens about his Violin Concerto
My Violin Concerto ‘Out of the Deep’, written for violinist Simone Lamsma and the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, is actually my second violin concerto. In 2016, I wrote a concerto for violin and chamber ensemble called Roads to Everywhere (for violinist Joseph Puglia). Out of the Deep, however, is scored for much larger forces (solo violin and symphony orchestra) and is therefore heavier and more symphonic in nature. It is one of the darkest and most sombre pieces I have written.
Before I started writing, I spoke to Simone Lamsma *see photo © 2016 by S. Lamsma on Zoom. I asked her about her preferences, what repertoire she liked and didn’t like, what she liked about my music, etc. I sensed in her an affinity for darker-hued violin concertos by composers such as Shostakovich and Gubaidulina. This darker side is also increasingly present in my music, so it seemed interesting to me to further explore this side in my violin concerto for Simone. I also knew that I did not have to hold back technically or musically and could write whatever I wanted for her. Although the solo part has certainly not turned out easy, it is neither a solo part with only virtuoso violinistic fireworks (as was often the case in the 19th century violin concerto)....

My Violin Concerto ‘Out of the Deep’, written for violinist Simone Lamsma and the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, is actually my second violin concerto. In 2016, I wrote a concerto for violin and chamber…

19/12/2024

Just published: Nestor Taylor, 'Music Postcards: Reaching Out' for violin and piano -
https://webshop.donemus.com/action/front/sheetmusic/23791

18/12/2024

Just published: Walter Wolff, 'Four Preludes' for violin -
https://webshop.donemus.com/action/front/sheetmusic/22632

17/12/2024

Just published: Max Knigge, 'Sonnet' for saxophone quartet, commissioned by Amstel Saxophone Quartet -
https://webshop.donemus.com/action/front/sheetmusic/18196

16/12/2024

'Winteravonden aan de Amstel' with music of Calliope Tsoupaki - composer and Maxim Shalygin! https://www.winteravondenaandeamstel.nl

16/12/2024

Maxim Shalygin '(anti-)opera Amandate in the top 10 of best concerts in 2024!
Maxim Shalygin's (anti-)opera ‘Amandante’
What is Amandante? An anti-opera, perhaps. Inspired by Plato's Symposium, Shalygin wrote a wonderfully stylistically diverse work. The premiere took a while to get going, but then a masterful dramaturgy dragged you through a rollercoaster of emotions, in a triumph of musical imagination.

Jaaroverzicht klassiek: Bezuinigingen bedreigen de ontwikkeling van nieuw muziektalent en bestaande klassieke gezelschappen. Maar hé, even wat leuke herinneringen: wat waren er veel prachtige concerten. Dit is de beste klassieke muziek van 2024.

16/12/2024

Just published: Lance Hulme, 'An Eternal Flame' for violin solo -
https://webshop.donemus.com/action/front/sheetmusic/24108

15/12/2024

Just published: Michel Havenith, an arrangement of 'Carmen Suite No 1' by Georges Bizet, written for the Ebony Ensemble -
https://webshop.donemus.com/action/front/sheetmusic/22666

14/12/2024

Just published: F. Xavier Gelabert i Muntaner, 'E lucevan le Stelle...', a Music-scenic ritual for soprano, flute and tape -
https://webshop.donemus.com/action/front/sheetmusic/17585

13/12/2024

13/12/2024

Just published: Dominy Clements, 'The blue and the dim and the dark' for flute, bass clarinet and piano; composed for Ensemble 3-Orm -
https://webshop.donemus.com/action/front/sheetmusic/22674

13/12/2024

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12/12/2024

Just published: Lowell Dykstra, 'Pyramus and Thisbe' for guitar, written for and dedicated to Izhar Elias who gave the first performance at the Tilburg University on December 11th, 2024. -
https://webshop.donemus.com/action/front/sheetmusic/24163

11/12/2024

Just published: Nubim Soyoung Kim, 'Nieuwe Blues I & II' for cello and piano -
https://webshop.donemus.com/action/front/sheetmusic/23036