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Sir Peter Maxwell Davies on the music of Marc Yeats: 'Marc Yeats' musical voice is quite unlike anything else; the music is challenging to both performers and audiences, and very communicative. He pro...

It was 1995 when I had the fortune to listen to the freshly published recording of the suites performed by Mstislav Rostropovich. I would have given anything to be able to play them, and this was what...

Twelve concerti grossi, Op. 6, is a collection of twelve concerti, arranged for publication in 1714. These are some of the finest examples of the baroque-style concerti grossi, that is, concertos for...

Though most clarinetists are more than familiar with Holst's two suites for military band, his St. Paul's Suite should not be overlooked. In fact, it was composed shortly after he completed the Second...

Julius Klengel (1859 - 1933) was a German cellist who is most well-known for his compositions for his own instrument, most notably a large output of works for multiple cellos. After joining the Leipzi...

Johan Favoreel studied at the Royal Music Academy in Brussels. Being producer with the Belgian Broadcasting Company since 1982, he made several CD-recordings with a.o. the BRTN-Filharmonic orchestra a...

Belgian composer Wilfried Westerlinck composed this solo piece for bass clarinet in 1985. It is doubtlessly one of the most representative works for this instrument. It highlights all the features and...

Hanne Deneire (°1980) studied composition, piano and bass clarinet at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. As a composer, she has worked with major theatres, orchestras and ensembles. Her music is perfo...

Sir Dirk Brossé, music director at the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, is a versatile composer of orchestral and symphonic repertoire, chamber music, film & musical. His compositions are performed wor...

During the time the arranger studied bassoon in college, he always got the impression that the Premier Solo by Eugene Bourdeau was one of those minor pieces, meant to be played early on as a student b...

This arrangement came about thanks to a bright, high school bass clarinet student from Washington State, expressing his desire to play a concerto of some sort. Though the repertoire for the instrument...

Christa Steenhuyse-Vandevelde has been teaching for over 30 years with unbridled enthusiasm and unparalleled creativity. Throughout her career she inspired more than a thousand piano students, which s...

Christa Steenhuyse-Vandevelde has been teaching for over 30 years with unbridled enthusiasm and unparalleled creativity. Throughout her career she inspired more than a thousand piano students, which s...

Christa Steenhuyse-Vandevelde has been teaching for over 30 years with unbridled enthusiasm and unparalleled creativity. Throughout her career she inspired more than a thousand piano students, which s...

Christa Steenhuyse-Vandevelde has been teaching for over 30 years with unbridled enthusiasm and unparalleled creativity. Throughout her career she inspired more than a thousand piano students, which s...

Christa Steenhuyse-Vandevelde has been teaching for over 30 years with unbridled enthusiasm and unparalleled creativity. Throughout her career she inspired more than a thousand piano students, which s...

Lascia ch'io pianga' is a soprano aria from the Opera Rinaldo and is a popular concert piece. The Opera Rinaldo was composed in 1711 and was the first Italian language Opera written specifically for t...

The three woodwind sonatas of Camille Saint-Saëns for oboe, clarinet and bassoon were composed in the final years of his life. In his mid-80s and knowing that he did not have much time left to live, h...

Although Ferdinand David is mostly known as a composer for a couple of his instrumental works, namely a Concertino for Trombone, and this Concertino, Op. 12 for bassoon, perhaps he should be most well...