Baton Music

Der 22. November sollte ein Feiertag für jeden echten Musikliebhaber sein. Dann ist nämlich der Tag der Heiligen Cäcilia, der Schutzpatronin der Musik und der Musiker. Dieser Tag war in den angelsächs...

The Pirates of Penzance oder "The Slave of Duty" ist eine komische Oper in zwei Akten mit Musik von Arthur Sullivan und einem Libretto von W. S. Gilbert, die 1879 in New York City uraufgeführt wurde,...

The Pirates of Penzance oder "The Slave of Duty" ist eine komische Oper in zwei Akten mit Musik von Arthur Sullivan und einem Libretto von W. S. Gilbert, die 1879 in New York City uraufgeführt wurde,...

The 'Sinfonia sobre motivos de Zarzuela' was composed by Spanish composer Francisco Asenjo Barbieri in 1856 for an integrated band and an orchestra and premiered for the inauguration of the 'Teatro de...

Händel's oratorio 'Solomon' contains a short and lively instrumental passage (Sinfonia). This 'sinfonia' is also known as 'The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' and has become very famous outside the con...

La vie parisienne" is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, composed by French composer Jacques Offenbach. It was Offenbach's first full-length piece to portray contemporary Parisian life, unlike his earlier...

Franz von Suppé komponierte etwa 30 Operetten und 180 Farcen, Ballette und andere Bühnenwerke. Obwohl der Großteil von Suppés Opern relativ in Vergessenheit geraten ist, sind die Ouvertüren - insbeson...

Franz von Suppé komponierte etwa 30 Operetten und 180 Farcen, Ballette und andere Bühnenwerke. Obwohl der Großteil von Suppés Opern relativ in Vergessenheit geraten ist, sind die Ouvertüren - insbeson...

Ennio Morricone (1928-2020) war ein italienischer Komponist, Orchestrator, Dirigent, Trompeter und Pianist, der Musik in einer Vielzahl von Stilen schrieb. Mit mehr als 400 Filmmusiken für Kino und Fe...

Ennio Morricone (1928-2020) war ein italienischer Komponist, Orchestrator, Dirigent, Trompeter und Pianist, der Musik in einer Vielzahl von Stilen schrieb. Mit mehr als 400 Filmmusiken für Kino und Fe...

Die romantische, malerische und dramatische Anziehungskraft des mittelalterlichen Christentums inspirierte Richard Wagner nach "Tannhäuser" zu "Lohengrin". Es handelt sich um eine romantische Oper in...

Die romantische, malerische und dramatische Anziehungskraft des mittelalterlichen Christentums inspirierte Richard Wagner nach "Tannhäuser" zu "Lohengrin". Es handelt sich um eine romantische Oper in...

The romantic, picturesque and dramatic appeal of medieval Christianity furnished Richard Wagner, after 'Tannhäuser', with 'Lohengrin'. It's a romantic opera in three acts first performed in 1850 in We...

The romantic, picturesque and dramatic appeal of medieval Christianity furnished Richard Wagner, after 'Tannhäuser', with 'Lohengrin'. It's a romantic opera in three acts first performed in 1850 in We...

2 Piccolo Trumpets, 4 Trumpets, 4 Horns, 4 Trombones, 2 Tubas and Timpani 'Now thank we all our God' is a popular Christian hymn. It is a translation from the German 'Nun danket alle Gott', written ci...

Mendelssohn wrote the incidental music, for Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in 1842, 16 years after he wrote the Overture. It was written to a commission from King Frederick William IV of Pr...

The opera Porgy and Bess contains many songs that have become popular in their own right, becoming standards in jazz and blues in addition to their original operatic setting. One of those is the lulla...

The 'Missa Solemnis in B flat' was Anton Anton Bruckner's first major work for choir and orchestra. In this transcription of the Agnus Dei, a brass choir of horns, Trumpets and trombones replaces the...

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) was a Danish-German organist and composer of the Baroque period. His organ works represent a central part of the standard organ repertoire and are frequently performed...

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) was a Danish-German organist and composer of the Baroque period. His organ works represent a central part of the standard organ repertoire and are frequently performed...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847), wrote an enormous amount of music in all the forms of his day except opera; today, only a few of his works are in the concert repertory, but these are very pop...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847), wrote an enormous amount of music in all the forms of his day except opera; today, only a few of his works are in the concert repertory, but these are very pop...

In 1840 Felix Mendelssohn composed his 'Lobgesang' ('Hymn of Praise'), Op. 52. It's a 13-movement 'Symphony-Cantata on Words of the Holy Bible for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra'. Decades after Mendels...

In 1840 Felix Mendelssohn composed his 'Lobgesang' ('Hymn of Praise'), Op. 52. It's a 13-movement 'Symphony-Cantata on Words of the Holy Bible for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra'. Decades after Mendels...