Rolf Verbeek

Zur Feier der Grundsteinlegung des neuen Linzer Mariä-Empfängnis-Doms wurde Anton Bruckner mit der Komposition einer Kantate beauftragt. Das 'Angelusläuten' ist ein Satz aus dieser festlichen Kantate...

The All-Night Vigil (often mis-translated as simply Vespers) is an a cappella choral composition by Sergei Rachmaninov, his Op. 37, premiered on 23 March 1915 in Moscow. The piece consists of settings...

The All-Night Vigil (often mis-translated as simply Vespers) is an a cappella choral composition by Sergei Rachmaninov, his Op. 37, premiered on 23 March 1915 in Moscow. The piece consists of settings...

It would be rash to suggest that Bruckner's few piano works entitle him to much consideration as a composer were it not for the interesting view of the composer's workshop that one or two of them give...

It would be rash to suggest that Bruckner's few piano works entitle him to much consideration as a composer were it not for the interesting view of the composer's workshop that one or two of them give...

To celebrate the laying of the foundation stone of the new Mariä-Empfängnis-Dom of Linz bishop Franz-Josef Rudigier asked Bruckner for a cantata. Bruckner responded enthusiast with the composition of...

The 'Serenade for Strings in E minor', Op. 20 was written by Edward Elgar in March 1892 and first performed in private in that year, by the Worcester Ladies' Orchestral Class, with the composer conduc...

The 'Serenade for Strings in E minor', Op. 20 was written by Edward Elgar in March 1892 and first performed in private in that year, by the Worcester Ladies' Orchestral Class, with the composer conduc...

Richard Wagner composed the 'Siegfried Idyll' as a birthday present to his second wife, Cosima, after the birth of their son Siegfried in 1869. It was first performed on Christmas morning, 25 December...

Richard Wagner composed the 'Siegfried Idyll' as a birthday present to his second wife, Cosima, after the birth of their son Siegfried in 1869. It was first performed on Christmas morning, 25 December...

Franz Liszt, a deeply religious man, wrote several piano pieces with the title of 'Ave Maria'. One of these is based on a secular chanson of Jacques Arcadelt. Ave Maria d'Arcedelt is is one of Liszt's...

Franz Liszt, a deeply religious man, wrote several piano pieces with the title of 'Ave Maria'. One of these is based on a secular chanson of Jacques Arcadelt. Ave Maria d'Arcedelt is is one of Liszt's...