Violin and orchestra (solo: vl - picc.2.2(cor ang).2.2.dbn. - 4.3.3.1. - perc(3) - hp - pno - str: 14.12.10.8.6.)

SKU: BR.PB-5434

Composed by Ye Shen. Orchestra; Softbound. Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library). World premiere: Tokyo, August 21, 2018. Solo concerto; Music post-1945; New music (post-2000). Full score. Composed 2018. 96 pages. Duration 27'. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB 5434. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-5434).

ISBN 9790004212813. 10.5 x 14 inches.

My first violin concerto, The Psalms of Taciturnity, describes the inner feelings that cannot be expressed verbally, but that also cannot remain unexpressed. There is the human spirit's pain, sorrow and fortitude in the face of this big quandry. The Psalms stand for the praise of humanity and of life. And so in this concerto, the Psalms are lacking in words, but are full of music. (Ye Shen)

World premiere: Tokyo, August 21, 2018.

Cello and Orchestra

SKU: HL.14023249

Composed by Arne Nordheim. Music Sales America. Classical. Score. 46 pages. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #WH29746. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.14023249).

ISBN 9788759861981. 11.75x16.5x0.45 inches. English.

Tenebrae (1982), a single-movement cello concerto, commissioned and premiered by Rostropovich who praised the composer for his fine understanding and command of the rich timbre of the instrument. It is a convincing and almost nightmarish work containing music which leaves a tremendous impact on the listener. Not least in the central section where ghastly and terrifying apparitions are invoked out of the darkness. The final poetical section of the work is directly inspired by the description of the closing movement of Leverkuhn's Cantata in Thomas Mann's Doktor Faustus.