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Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his second piano concerto in 1957 as a birthday gift for his 19-year-old son Maxim who premiered the piece during his graduation at the Moscow Conservatory. The eager, brilli...

Der spanische Komponist Pedro Iturralde (*1929) ist sowohl als Pionier als auch als Nestor der spanischen Jazzmusik zu betrachten. Pequena Czarda (kleiner Tanz) ist ein virtuoses kleines Solostück für...

Chaminade's Concertino for Flute in D major, Op. 107 was composed in 1902 for flute and orchestra and was later arranged for flute and piano. Scholarship indicates that the Concertino was commissioned...

Saint-Saëns leistete auch einen umfangreichen Beitrag zur konzertanten französischen Literatur. Er schrieb fünf Klavierkonzerte, drei Violinkonzerte, zwei Cellokonzerte und etwa zwanzig kleinere konze...

French composer Charles Gounod (1818-1893) regained great successes as a composer of operas, oratorios and masses but he was also a fine chamber-work and concerto-composer with a delicate touch and no...

The 'Piano Concerto No. 1' in B-flat minor, Op. 23, is one of the most popular of Tschaikowsky's compositions and among the best known of all piano concertos. The concerto follows the traditional form...

Vincenzo Bellini, was one of the three great composers of the belcanto-era. However, besides his opera's his instrumental output is limited. The Concerto for Oboe in E-flat major, most likely composed...

'Il Convegno' (in Italian 'the meeting' or the 'appointment') for two clarinets and piano was composed by Amilcare Ponchielli in 1857. 'Il Covegno' is in three sections, linked by cadenzas and other c...

As a composer Franz Lehar started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his operetta's made him clear that he had to gif his talents to the genre. Der Zarewitsch is one of tho...

Trumpet and Concert Band. Mexican composer Augustin Lara (1897- 1970) was mainly a composer of songs used in movies and cabarets. It is said that Lara never learned musical notation. In total he wrote...

Ludwig August Lebrun (1752 -1790) was a German oboist and composer. He started playing with the orchestra at the court of the Prince-Elector Carl Theodor in Mannheim at the age of 12 and became a full...

The 'Concerto for Two Trumpets in C Major' by Antonio Vivaldi is one of the few solo works of the early 1700's to feature brass instruments and is among Vivaldi's best-known creations. As with the gre...

Julius Fucík war ein tschechischer Komponist, der über 400 Märsche, Polkas und Walzer komponiert hat. Da die meisten seiner Werke für Militärkapellen bestimmt waren, wird er manchmal als "böhmischer S...

Despite being very busy with three different Broadway musicals, Gershwin was able to complete the 'Concerto in F' for Piano and Orchestra in November, 1925. It was commissioned by the American conduct...

Paul Dukas (1865-1935) schrieb seine "Villanelle" 1906 als anspruchsvolles Prüfungsstück für die Hornklasse des Pariser Conservatoire. Der Titel, der sich auf eine heitere traditionelle Gesangsgattung...

Jedes der drei 'Preludes' von George Gershwin aus dem Jahr 1926 ist ein berühmtes Beispiel für den enormen Einfluss des Jazz auf die klassische Musik Amerikas im frühen 20. Jahrhundert. Marco Tamanini...

An uncommon and surprising combination: violin and wind orchestra. The arrangement of this work by Camille Saint-Sa?ns was commisioned by Harmonie Orpheus Tilburg and performed at the 1997 World Music...

Eine ungewöhnliche und überraschende Kombination: Violine und Blasorchester. Die Bearbeitung dieses Werkes von Camille Saint-Sa?ns wurde von Harmonie Orpheus Tilburg in Auftrag gegeben und beim Weltmu...

An uncommon and surprising combination: violin and wind orchestra. The arrangement of this work by Camille Saint-Sa?ns was commisioned by Harmonie Orpheus Tilburg and performed at the 1997 World Music...

Eine ungewöhnliche und überraschende Kombination: Violine und Blasorchester. Die Bearbeitung dieses Werkes von Camille Saint-Sa?ns wurde von Harmonie Orpheus Tilburg in Auftrag gegeben und beim Weltmu...

A short solo work by the Italian composer Donizetti who, in addition to his many operas, also composed a few concert works for wind instruments. Suitable for beginning soloists. (Clarinet and Concert...

Ein kurzes Solowerk des italienischen Komponisten Donizetti, der neben seinen zahlreichen Opern auch einige Konzertwerke für Blasinstrumente komponierte. Geeignet für beginnende Solisten. (Klarinette...

A short solo work by the Italian composer Donizetti who, in addition to his many operas, also composed a few concert works for wind instruments. Suitable for beginning soloists. (Clarinet and Concert...