J.S. Bach / Heissen - Beat BachThere is a wealth of legends about great composers and famous musicians, among them examples of musical duels such as that between the young Georg Friedrich Hndel and Domenico Scarlatti in Rome in 1709 or Wolfgang Amadus Mozart and Muzio Clementi in Vienna in 1781. The contenders were expected to rival one another in the art of improvisation or display their musical skills in an appropriate manner. The present program relates to a keyboard competition

including exotic China and the jazz rhythms of America

Draagen presents a collection of organ works of Norwegian organists who either studied in Leipzig themselves for longer or shorter periods of time in the early 1900s

beautiful tribute to Alexander

all of them seem to be driven by a deep-seated urge to push back the formal limits of orchestral music by confronting it with other traditions and musical horizons

embraces the music of the 17th and 18th centuries

combined with their straight and traditional 80s metal sound

Director of Choral Activities at Southeastern Louisiana University

remastered by Scott Colburn and complete with insightful new sleevenotes

yet Alder & Ash seem discontent in this mild approach

with it's unique instrumentation

Violin Meditations

on March 20