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Flute Concerto in G major, Badley G2
Concerto for Oboe and Harpsichord in F major, Badley F1
Leopold Hofmann (1738 – 1793) was an Austrian church musician and composer of instrumental music. His symphonies, concerti and chamber works were played all over Europe. He was regarded by his contemporaries as one of the more gifted and influential composers of his generation.
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December 1, 2011
Born in 1982, Israeli composer Gilad Hochman was already defined as “one of Israel’s most prominent composers” by the Deutschland Magazine and as “a rising star in the classical music world” by France 24. His search after expression and originality in music had led to many musical pieces and growing public attention. Being recognized by the BBC as an “already well known classical composer”, Hochman’s music is regularly performed and appreciated by musicians and the audience alike. In his homeland, Hochman’s music was praised to be “written with a true artist’s hand” by Ma’ariv newspaper’s critique. Today he continues his artistic search in Europe.
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November 1, 2011
Oboe Concerto in D major
Violin Sonata in A major “La Montanari”
Bizzarrie per Camera no.2 in E major op. 2
Giuseppe Valentini (1681-1753) was an Italian violinist, composer of operas, oratorios, cantatas and inventive instrumental music.
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Photograph: Howard Coster
Quilter songs
Roger Quilter (1877-1953) was an English composer known primarily for his elegant and distinguished art songs. He has composed more than 100 of them throughout his career, in addition to his choral, instrumental, and stage works.
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September 1, 2011
Lyric Symphony
Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942) was an Austrian composer and conductor whose career was essentially in opera. He had composed a total of eight operas, in addition to songs, chamber music and four symphonies. The last of these, the Lyric Symphony (1923), was among one of his best-known compositions and was quoted by Alban Berg in his own Lyric Suite, as a sign of respect and affection. Zemlinsky’s works are recognized as authentic testimonies of the turbulent developments in music between 1890 and 1940.
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August 1, 2011
Fantaisie, Op.72 “Septuor” (1906)
Ballade, Op.27
Mélanie “Mel” Bonis (1858 – 1937) was a prolific French composer who wrote more than three hundred pieces, including works for piano solo and four hands, chamber and choral music, mélodies, and works for orchestra.
Born in a modest Parisian family, Mélanie was a lively and strong-willed child, and started teaching herself the piano since an early age. However, her parents refused to give little Mélanie musical education until she was 12.
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July 1, 2011
Scarlattiana, Op. 44 (1926)
Alfredo Casella (1883 – 1947) was an outstanding Italian composer who led several of his contemporaries, such as Respighi, Malipiero and Pizzetti, to modernize the music of their home country. The interests of Casella as a composer and as an author of music-related articles were highly cosmopolitan, both gathered from his early enthusiasms for the works of Debussy, Strauss, Bartók, Schoenberg and the Russian nationalists, as well as intensely inspired by Italian culture, including its folkways and its Futurism movement.
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June 1, 2011
The Incredible Flutist (Ballet Suite)
Walter Piston (1894 – 1976) was a notable American composer, music theorist and an influential professor at Harvard University whose students included Leonard Bernstein, Irving Fine, Leroy Anderson, and Elliott Carter.
Born in Rockland, Maine, Piston and his family moved to Boston in 1904. He exhibited musical talent at a young age, and could play the violin and piano with self-taught proficiency.
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May 1, 2011
Variations on a Georgian Theme, Op.49 (1915)
Violin Concerto in D minor Op.61 (1915)
7 Preludes Op.6 (1895)
Sergei Mikhailovich Lyapunov (1859-1924) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. His father Mikhail Lyapunov was a celebrated mathematician and astronomer, while his mother Sofya Alexandrovna was an accomplished amateur pianist who fostered his interest in music.
When Sergei Lyapunov was eight, his father passed away, and the family moved to Nizhny Novgorod, where Sergei was enrolled in the Russian Musical Society.
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