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Five Pre-1950 Orchestral Pieces by Women for Your Conducting Workshop

Posted on June 29, 2018 by heatherroche

The Royal Philharmonic Society has recently announced a workshop for professional women musicians new to conducting. A great idea, featuring an afternoon of conducting and lectures on business and leadership, and a small class size with only 10 women invited. … Continue reading →

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A Collaborative History of the Clarinet: Nielsen / Oxenvad

Posted on September 8, 2014 by heatherroche

Carl Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto (1928) was written just three years after the Sixth Symphony was finished, Nielsen at the time was suffering some illness and disillusionment both with his own lack of international success and what he perceived as the … Continue reading →

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A Collaborative History of the Clarinet: Brahms / Mühlfeld

Posted on September 3, 2014 by heatherroche

It was in May 1890, when Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) was just 57 years of age, that his friend, Billroth, wrote in a letter, ‘He rejected the idea that he is composing or will ever compose anything.’ (qtd Mason 1970; 219) … Continue reading →

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A Collaborative History of the Clarinet: Weber / Baermann

Posted on August 29, 2014 by heatherroche

Heinrich Baermann (1784-1847), trained at Potsdam, served in a military band, and after a tour that took him through England, France, Italy and Russia he arrived in Munich in 1811, widely famous. While there, it was arranged that Carl Maria … Continue reading →

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A Collaborative History of the Clarinet: Spohr / Hermstedt

Posted on August 24, 2014 by heatherroche

In 1808, Duke Günther Friedrich Karl I of Sondershausen commissioned a concerto for the director of his wind band, Johann Simon Hermstedt (1778-1846), to be written by Louis Spohr (1784-1859). He wrote of his reaction to the commission, and of … Continue reading →

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