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No full textFor solo oboe, or oboe with piano, duration 7 minutes.
The solo oboe version was premièred on 25 May 2020 by Melinda Maxwell during a live stream as part of the London Sinfonietta’s Lockdown Live series.
The performance can be seen in a video at this link (beginning at 21:20): https://londonsinfonietta.org.uk/channel/lockdown-live/introduction-contemporary-oboe-live
Muziekinstrumenten: de geschiedenis van de muziek en het orkest
No full textAuthored by Max Wade-Matthews, with William Mival as consultant, and translated into Dutch by Guus Houtzager.
******* Dutch abstract: In dit naslagwerk komen alle onderdelen van het orkest aan de orde: de snaarinstrumenten, de houten en koperen blaasinstrumenten, de slaginstrumenten, de toetsinstrumenten en de menselijke stem. Tevens worden vele historische, zeldzame en niet westerse instrumenten behandeld.
Met een geïllustreerd overzicht van de muziekinstrumenten en hun historie, met speciaal gemaakte foto's van alle moderne instrumenten. Daarnaast vindt u nog informatie over beroemde musici, componisten, dirigenten, orkesten en concertzalen.
Het historische overzicht en de uitvoerige beschrijvingen maken dit boek tot een onmisbaar naslagwerk voor elke muziekliefhebber. ******* English abstract: An encyclopaedia of musical instruments covering all sections of the orchestra: strings, woodwind and brass, percussion, keyboard and the voice, as well as rare and non-western instruments. The text is set out as a history of music-making, from its discovery to the evolution of the orchestra. ******* For the English version see https://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/2020/
Trees have roots, humans have legs: foregrounding migration and mobility in performances
No full textMarginalised in our cultural memory: migrant musicians from Nazi-occupied Europe in Britain
No full textUndance
No full textBallet score, duration 30 minutes. This work was a collaboration between composer Mark-Anthony Turnage, choreographer Wayne McGregor, and artist Mark Wallinger. It was premiered at Sadler's Wells, London on 1 December 2011 by the Random Dance Company.
A recording of the score by the UNDANCE Band conducted by Tim Murray is available on NMC Recordings (NMC D194), and an audio clip from this CD is available on YouTube, see the video tab below
GG
No full textFor cello, vibraphone and drumkit, duration 5 minutes. A YouTube video of the world premiere of this piece, performed by The G Project on 15 April 2010, at The Forge, Camden, is available on the video tab below
Bellamy
No full textFor counter tenor and singing harpist, duration 1 minute. The text is a Leyton Orient football chant. This work is part of the NMC Songbook, a collection of short songs commissioned to celebrate NMC Recordings' 20th anniversary. A recording is available (NMC D150) see https://nmc-recordings.myshopify.com/products/various-the-nmc-songbook
Falling apart
No full textFor clarinet and piano, duration 2 minutes.
This piece was premiered on 15 February 2013 by Jon Carnac (clarinet) and Katherine Tinker (piano) at Regent Hall, London. It is available as part of 'Four pieces for clarinet and piano' in which the four pieces may be performed complete as a four-movement work, or alternatively each piece may be performed separately or a selection together in any combination. The other three pieces are Leap (2010) (see https://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1861/); Cradle Song (2008) (see https://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1858/); and Carnac (2004) (see https://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1862/)
Claremont carol
No full textFrom the collection 'Three Night Carols' and written for sopranos and optional altos with piano (or organ). Text by Joseph Mohr, duration 4 minutes
Etudes and elegies
No full textFor large orchestra, duration 35 minutes.
This work was commissioned by the BBC and written for the BBC Symphony Orchestra as Associate Composer. It was premiered on 18 January 2003 at the Barbican Hall, London, conducted by Leonard Slatkin.
A recording is available by Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie conducted by Kazushi Ono, see https://www.discogs.com/Turnage-Rihm-George-Benjamin-Etudes-Elegies-Canzona-Per-Sonare-Cuts-And-Dissolves-Olicantus/release/15569289.
The three movements are also available separately: A Quick Blast (2002) for wind, brass, and percussion, see http://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1937/; Uninterrupted Sorrow (2001) for large orchestra, see http://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1938/; and A Quiet Life (2002) for string orchestra, see http://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1939/