In all the works, the roots are unmistakably in his motherland and express in a different way the “moods of his Bohemian heart”. It is no coincidence that the special nature and sensitivity of his many compositions has led to him winning composition competitions in Germany. This “Bohemian heart” has […]
A Bohemian heart turned 85! Weiterlesen »
Cats have inspired many composers to write works. Besides Andrew Lloyd Webber with his “Cats”, Rossini also dealt with the purring creatures, but John Philipp Sousa also dedicated a work to the wild cats. Jacques Offenbach’s operetta “The Metamorphosed Cat” (Le chatte métamorphosée en femme), which was first performed on
When cats turn into girls… Weiterlesen »
Henry Fillmore (1881 to 1956) is the son of the publisher of the same name who has been active in America since the end of the 19th century. In 1915 the junior founded his own wind orchestra. Besides Sousa, Henry Fillmore is the most important American composer for wind orchestra.
Henry Fillmore and his discriminating trombones Weiterlesen »
This well-known song from the musical Kiss me, Kate served a conductor as the basis for a concert program. We can assume this because we were able to fix this on the basis of an order. In no way, however, will we check your order for program content, but this
Brush Up Your Shakespeare Weiterlesen »
Body-Percussion is a body-centered game that is fun and trains and activates many different muscles. In this case, social interaction is also encouraged, as the present composition requires four players to rock together. The special thing about it is that the rhythms are taken from four internationally known rock numbers,
When the body rocks. Weiterlesen »
The harp is one of the oldest musical instruments of mankind. It can be traced back as far as 6000 years ago in the so-called Mesopotamia and Egypt. In religious paintings it is often attributed to angels, because the harp produces a “heavenly” sound. The shape of the harp is
Heaven on earth – or: when angels play the harp Weiterlesen »
We are constantly updating, supplementing and adding new works. Sometimes you come across works where you think “Man, that’s been around for a long time, I haven’t met it at any concert”. I would like to present such works to you from time to time. Because in the abundance of
Michael Nover began his musical career at the Jugendmusikschule Neuss and then studied saxophone as his main subject at the Hochschule für Musik, Rheinland in Düsseldorf. In 1990 he began an apprenticeship as a music dealer and at the same time attended the course in wind orchestra conducting at the
MiMuFa – an abbreviation for new publisher. Weiterlesen »
Can one bring the horror to the stage? On 27 January 1945, the Russian army liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp – they found only a few thousand survivors. About 60,000 of the other prisoners had been sent on death marches to other death camps before. At 9.00 am the soldiers
75 years liberation of Auschwitz Weiterlesen »
Nearly 100 composers have a round birthday in 2020 (100/200/300 etc.) and about 30 are celebrating the anniversary of their death. More than 140 have a “half round” birthday (50/150/250 etc.) and more than 50 have the anniversary of their death. But all of them are outshone by the 250th
Annual regents 2020 Weiterlesen »
