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Musical obituaries - On the 90th birthday of Rudolf Kelterborn
Rudolf Kelterborn would have celebrated his 90th birthday today, on 3 September 2021. Only a few months before, on 24 March, the Swiss composer, music educator, teacher and mentor of contemporary music passed away in Basel. On this special birthday, the Bärenreiter publishing house honours one of the most important and influential artists of his generation and a composer who sustained his creativity until his death. »more«

Erotic, mystical, nightmarish - Jules Massenet's opera “Thaïs” available for the first time in a scholarly-critical edition
Alongside Gounod's “Faust”, Bizet's “Carmen” and Saint-Saëns' “Samson et Dalila”, “Thaïs” by Jules Massenet is one of those 19th-century French operatic masterpieces whose success on the stage remains undiminished to this day. Together with “Manon” (1884) and “Werther” (1892), it is also one of the composer's most popular and original works. This new edition which appears as part of the “L'Opéra français” series enables all three versions of “Thais” to be drawn upon for the first time. »more«

Miroslav Srnka’s Space Opera in Munich
A glimpse into the not-too-distant future: In their new opera "Singularity," composer Miroslav Srnka and author Tom Holloway dramatize mind games about computerized people, updates, and human and technical malfunctions. Their opera is a fast-paced play with set pieces of the cyber world, combining vision with farce and a glimpse into human abysses. »more«

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Currently in demand: Small-scale Orchestral Works

Do you wish to play orchestral music while keeping your distance from the other players? 
From the Baroque period to the present day, music history offers a rich repertoire of pieces composed for string orchestra, chamber orchestra or small symphony orchestra.

Due to the current situation, we have compiled this catalogue which presents a selection of works available from Bärenreiter - Alkor. 

Recommendations by Barbara Scheuch-Vötterle and Ulrich Etscheit

 

Currently in demand: Small-scale Stage Works

We would like to support you in your strategies and scenarios at this time, when under difficult conditions, operas are gradually being allowed to be performed live again in front of an audience. We are convinced that small-scale stage works, whether concertante or in various scenic forms, will certainly play an important role at this stage and have compiled a suitable selection of our repertoire for you.

Recommendations by Barbara Scheuch-Vötterle and Ulrich Etscheit

 

Bärenreiter · Alkor

...is the stage and orchestral department of the Barenreiter Publishing Group. Here you can obtain all performance material available on hire from the repertoire of Bärenreiter, its affiliated publishers, and publishers in Germany and abroad represented by Bärenreiter · Alkor.

As an agency for stage and orchestral works, Bärenreiter · Alkor represents furthermore renowned German and foreign music publishers worldwide or in selected sales territories, including Faber Music London, DILIA Prague, Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag Wien, Georg Olms Verlag Hildesheim, Casa Musicale Sonzogno Milan, Editions Henry Lemoine Paris and Rai Com Rome.

Now in Focus

Salvatore Sciarrino:
Piogge diverse. Types of Rain
Five songs for baritone and orchestra
Commissioned work, composed on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Dresdner Philharmonie
World Premiere on 15 September 2021 at Kulturpalast Dresden
Soloist: Michael Nagy (baritone), Dresdner Philharmonie, Conductor: Emilio Pomàrico

https://www.dresdnerphilharmonie.de/konzerte/rosen-regen/1184


Il canto s’attrista, perché?
Scenes after Aeschylus by Salvatore Sciarrino. Libretto by the composer
Commissioned work; in Italian with German surtitles
German Premiere on 22 October 2021 at Wuppertaler Bühnen
Co-production with the Theater Klagenfurt
Conductor: Johannes Witt
Set design, stage and costumes: Nigel Lowery

https://spielzeitheft.wuppertaler-buehnen.de/#il-canto-sattrista-perche/1

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Performance materials available on hire from the Baerenreiter Publishing Group as well as foreign publishers represented by Alkor-Edition can be researched and ordered through Zinfonia:

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