When “Alfred the Great” was still only “Alfred”, namely at a young age, he was sent to Rome where, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, he was “anointed king” by Pope Leo IV. This was understood as an anticipatory coronation to the King of Wessex. After this coronation he was still
Throne of the North – Alfred the Great and the Vikings Weiterlesen »
The euphonium is described as “the most romantic” in the sound of brass instruments. It has a large range, both down and in the higher octaves, and good soloists enchant with their rich expressiveness. Here we present two CDs, one by the soloist Robbert Vos, the other in duet with
The many moods of the euphonist Weiterlesen »
Ten compositions were to be judged anonymously by the jury, in which Paul Hindmarsh, Oliver Waespi and Lucy Pankhurst were represented. EBBA Music Commission Chairman Paul Hindmarsh comments: “It has been an exceptional year. All ten compositions that we had to judge deserve much praise for the imagination, the craftsmanship
Stijn Aertgeerts wins with “Bipolarity” Weiterlesen »
In the last newsletter we reported about the plan to add tags to our database. In addition to keywords, with which you can already select, tags are used to find works with a certain subject area. Several members have told us “good tags”, with which they have put together a
Reactions to “good tags” Weiterlesen »
Many call the composition style of the German-born Jacques Offenbach “more French than French” and so he became the most popular composer of Napoleon III. Jakob Eberscht was his real name and he was born on 20.06.1819 in Cologne as the seventh (of ten) children. In order to give his
On the occasion of Jacques Offenbach’s 200th birthday Weiterlesen »
A concert speaker who has nothing to say? No matter whether a programme booklet or a speaker on stage: an explanation of the individual works is always in demand. This information should be factual and perhaps spiced with a little humour. The texts shouldn’t be too long and still arouse curiosity about the coming work. Not too easy, right? Don’t worry, we help you out!
When you have nothing to say…. Weiterlesen »
Sigmund Freud said: “Leonardo da Vinci resembled a man who had awoken too early in the darkness, while all the others were still asleep.” In fact, da Vinci was far ahead of the knowledge of that time. He was a painter, sculptor, architect, anatomist, mechanic, engineer, writer, natural philosopher, inventor,
500 years of universal genius Leonardo da Vinci Weiterlesen »
It was in the late 1980s when I organized a seminar “Humor in wind music”. None other than Henk van Lijnschooten was a seminar leader. And one thing he quickly made clear to us: humour in music is not fun, but hard work. Not only the presented music has to
Humor in music is not funny! Weiterlesen »
The three colourful works of this world premiere recording are a representative selection of Catalan music of the 20th century, including popular Cobla band instruments such as the Tibel and the Tenora with their bright, penetrating reed reeds and the flabiol flute with its high tones. This CD brings together
Catalan Wind Music: World premiere recording with Barcelona Symphonic Band Weiterlesen »
More than 50 feature films and over 300 television productions bore the musical signature of Martin Böttcher. The German radio station praised the composer with the words “He was one of the greats of German entertainment, television and film music. His compositional handwriting is unmistakable, his sound unmistakable. The melodies
Film music composer Martin Böttcher died at the age of 91. Weiterlesen »
