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12/05/2024

Composer and percussionist Warren Benson (January 26, 1924 - October 6, 2005) is perhaps best known for his finely wrought song cycles and innovative and expressive music for wind ensemble, which has been acclaimed as “among the most important of this century” (United States Marine Band, Bicentennial Collection).

From his early days as a percussionist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Benson was captivated by the variety of sounds percussion instruments could produce, and explores this range in his compositions for wind and chamber ensembles. His catalog includes over 150 compositions touching on almost all significant genres of music. His works have been performed in more than 50 countries throughout the world, and some 30 works have been recorded.

We at Presser mark the 100th anniversary of Benson’s birth year and celebrate his impact on the musical world. Explore his catalog now at https://www.presser.com/warren-benson

12/05/2024

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12/04/2024

Daniel Dorff's “Nocturnes for the Nativity” for solo flute is a collection of favorite Christmas lullabies, developed as concert anthems for Advent services, seasonal recitals, and celebrating at home. Ranging from peaceful to musically ornate, these nocturnes provide a variety of options for any occasion. Although they were composed with the flute in mind, these pieces are also suitable for low flutes, violin, or any other instrument with the same written range. Available at http://www.presser.com/114-41970 or at your favorite flute music retailer.

📣 SOUND ON to hear Angela Massey's delightful performance of “Nocturne on Cantique de Noël,” the first of four lullabies featured in the work.

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11/29/2024

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11/27/2024

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11/22/2024

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s eponymous THANKSGIVING SONG for SATB Voices and Piano is a short, yet strong statement piece about the holiday, marked by concentrated, often unison vocal writing and accented, open-voiced chords in the piano part. The text, written by the composer herself, urges us to consider what we are thankful for as we take part in the annual festivities. Find the score now at https://www.presser.com/342-40156 or at your favorite choral sheet music dealer.

11/19/2024

Some upcoming performances of music by Amanda Harberg!

11/15/2024

We are pleased to announce the release of two new works by for unaccompanied cello. The first of these, SETS OF VARIATIONS, is an 11-minute solo in which the successive themes of each variation set are derived from the preceding music, creating a kind of multilevel maze. The second, SUITE NO. 3, is a three-movement suite containing an opening movement characterized by rubato movement, a eulogy titled Passacaglietta (Lament for my friend George Crumb), and a Scherzetto marked as “light and fanciful.” Find the former at https://www.presser.com/114-42222, and the latter at https://www.presser.com/114-42348.

11/15/2024

Happening tonight! Click below to learn more about the Sarajevska filharmonija performance of Lowell Liebermann's Concerto No.1 for Flute and Orchestra, which will be featured alongside Gustav Mahler's Symphony No.4 under the baton of Evan Alexis Christ.

Pred nama je poseban trenutak - posljednji koncert u ovoj sezoni pod dirigentskom palicom našeg i vašeg omiljenog šefa dirigenta, Evana-Alexisa Christa.

Hvala maestro za svaki trenutak energije i emocije koji ste utkali u naš orkestar i s ljubavlju prenijeli našoj publici. ❤️

❗❗ Pridružite nam se 15.11. u 20h!

Ulaznice su dostupne na: https://www.kupikartu.ba/karte/event/6900/koncert-sarajevske-filharmonije

11/13/2024

Featuring Miguel del Aguila's "Clocks," in addition to music by Jesse Montgomery, Errolyn Wallen, Carlos Simon and more!

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11/12/2024

On November 14 & 16, the New York Philharmonic presents works by composers whose art spans the 20th and 21st centuries. Among these are Arvo Part's "Cantus In memoriam Benjamin Britten," alongside music by Aaron Copland, Gabriella Smith, and John Adams, who also conducts the program. Find the score for Pärt's moving tribute to Britten at https://www.presser.com/ue035536

Learn more about the upcoming performances at the link below.

https://www.nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/2425/adams-america/

Composer and conductor John Adams leads a program that honors modern American land- and cityscapes, from his own jazz-inflected take on film noir’s gritty sound world, through Gabriella Smith’s tribute to the Northern California coastline, to Copland’s evocative depiction of a deserted city...

11/08/2024

Amanda Harberg's PRAYER is a rarity in the modern concert repertoire, containing beautiful romanticism built from a haunting soloistic instrumental aria over a graceful piano accompaniment. Within the reach of younger players, the work was inspired as a prayer for the healing of a close family member. PRAYER’s acclaim among musicians has led to versions for a variety of other instruments, including Flute, Saxophone, English Horn, Bassoon, Tuba, Violin, Viola, Cello, as well as Orchestra; the newest of these is for Bb Clarinet and Piano. Find all versions now at https://www.presser.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=prayer+harberg

📣SOUND ON for a performance of the work by New York Philharmonic Principal Flute Robert Langevin, flutist with Harberg at the piano.

11/04/2024

Click to read Stacy Garrop's thoughtful reflection on her recent collaboration with the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra that culminated in a performance of her "Forging Steel" on October 19.

https://symphony.org/features/forging-connections/

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When the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra performed Stacy Garrop’s Forging Steel in the former steel town this October, the piece was meaningful in profound ways to the community—and the composer.

11/01/2024

On November 1 & 2, the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra plays Adolphus Hailstork's THREE SPIRITUALS, a setting of "We Shall Overcome,” “Kum Ba Yah,” and “Great Day” for orchestra. Click below to learn more about Hailstork’s life and work. Tickets for the performances can be found at https://annapolissymphony.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/ #/events/a0SVs000000TeGbMAK

American composer Adolphus Hailstork began his musical education on the violin, then quickly expanded into piano and organ lessons. At age 15, he considered himself a composer and went to Howard University to study music.
After graduation in 1963, Hailstork traveled to Paris for the summer to study with Nadia Boulanger, then returned to the states for his master’s program. In 1968, as Hailstork finished a two-year term in the United States Army, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. Hailstork notes that this made him “more actively racially conscious” and the news about the educated activist motivated Hailstork to get his own doctorate, which he completed in 1971.

Throughout his career, Hailstork has remained “racially conscious,” with a goal of supporting and amplifying the African American community:
"I want to help establish a black canon, so that after I have gone away, I [will] have left a few symphonies [and] piano sonatas that black and white conductors will want to do. And they will say, “Hey, this is great music.” But there will be a hint of African American experience in it. You see, we were left out of the American school of composition in the twenties, or forties of Copland, and all that…we were left out of it. Now, it’s our time to make our impact and to add to the American repertoire, and that should include us."

Hailstork’s compositional style reflects this goal, pulling on Black musical genres like the blues, jazz, rhythm and blues, gospel, and spirituals. At the same time, he is also influenced by the mid-twentieth century American school of composition, led by composers such as Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, and Leonard Bernstein. Hailstork identifies as a “folk” composer along the lines of Antonín Dvořák or Jean Sibelius, using cultural idioms of and for his community.

If you want to experience Hailstork's incredible symphony, Three Spirituals, purchase tickets now for this weekend's performance of Masterworks II - Connections at Maryland Hall. Tickets: https://annapolissymphony.org/events/masterworksiiconnections/

10/31/2024

What better way to celebrate Halloween than. . . playing horror film scores! Composed as a live score to the 1910 silent film by J. Searle Dawley, EDISON’S FRANKENSTEIN by Yukiko Nishimura is a lush, gripping work for string quartet. Also performable as a standalone concert piece, Nishimura’s personally etched, quasi-impressionistic phrases make this work accessible and surprising at every turn. Experience the music synced with Edison Studios’ film on the composer’s YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/nLDi5PbfUYc?si=9V2f7BS1WP96i8m3

Find the score now at presser.com/114-42441

『Edison’s Frankenstein, music for the 1910 silent film』for string quartetcommissioned by Gettysburg College Musselman Libraryperformed by Covington String Qu...

10/30/2024

On November 2, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra - 上海交响乐团 performs Zhou Long’s NINE ODES, a concerto for Erhu and Orchestra featuring Lu Yiwen, erhu, and Feng Tianshi, dizi, xiao, and xun, under the baton of Huang Yi.

This work was adapted from Zhou’s work of the same name for voices and orchestra, the first to set the entirety of Qu Yuan’s epic poem of the same name. It was commissioned by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, and the Beijing Music Festival Arts Foundation. Also on the program are two works by Strauss in celebration of the 160th anniversary of his birth. Find more information at
https://www.shsymphony.com/symphonypc/index.html #/en-US/pc/musicale-detail?id=21049&supportSeat=Y

10/25/2024

Racial and religious discrimination. Gender equality. LGBTQIA+ experiences. Economic hardship. Mental health challenges. These are among the themes presented in our newest opera catalogs, which feature works by Ricky Ian Gordon, Adolphus Hailstork, Nkeiru Okoye, and more. This World Opera Day, find both the Operas for Our Time Catalog and the Ricky Ian Gordon Etude at presser.com/programming-suggestions