Mark-Anthony Turnage
Author
Publisher
Deutsche Grammphon
Pub. Date
p2013
Language
None
Description
Violinist Hilary Hahn saw a need for new encores, so she commissioned, premiered, toured, and recorded these "tiny pieces with a big attitude" (The Times UK). Written by composers with musical identities as distinct as their backgrounds, the 27 encores meld an already beloved genre with the creative impulses of our time.
5) The planets
Author
Series
Penguin music classics volume 6
Language
None
Description
Few composers have achieved such success with a single work as Holst with The Planets. Each movement expresses the planet's supposed astrological character, and the colorful orchestration and memorable melodies ensured its immediate and ongoing popularity. It's hard to believe now that it was a groundbreaking work, a huge multi-movement piece that finally fades into ethereal silence as wordless voices disappear into outer space.
Author
Series
BBC music magazine collection volume 20, no. 12
Publisher
BBC Music
Pub. Date
p2012
Language
None