Music Gesture And Life

One of the most respected British conductors of Mozart; Jane Glover was, from 1984 to 1991, Artistic Director of the London Mozart Players. Under her leadership the orchestra expanded its repertoire beyond the great 18th Century classics to take in a wider range of contemporary works. In addition to their adventurous and highly praised London concerts, Jane Glover and the orchestra toured throughout the U.K. and abroad, to France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan and the Far East. In 1991 they made their sixth appearance together at the BBC Promenade Concerts. Their many recordings include a major and highly acclaimed series of Mozart and Haydn symphonies for ASV (the set of Mozart's Symphonies 25-41 won the Music Retailers' Association Award for Excellence in 1992, as had their recording of arias with Felicity Lott in 1991), as well as works by Britten and Walton.

The London symphonies, sometimes called the Salomon symphonies after the man who introduced London to Joseph Haydn, were composed by Joseph Haydn between 1791 and 1795. They can be categorized into two groups: Symphonies No.93 through 98, which were composed during Haydn's first visit to London, and Symphonies No.99 through 104, composed in Vienna and London for Haydn's second London visit.

Alfred Schnittke - Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7 (1995) {BIS Schnittke Edition, BIS-747} (Item #19)
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Symphony No. 6. Life and work come together in a particularly disturbing way in Alfred Schnittke's Sixth Symphony. Schnittke wrote the work in 1992, after sustained his second major stroke; he suffered his first in 1985, would suffer another in 1994, and, eventually, a fourth in 1998 would take the composer's life. While Schnittke's debilitation was constant and cruel, his fortitude was more astonishing, and his post-1985 "late period" bore a tremendous spring of new music: 3 operas, 4 symphonies, 6 concerti, and many smaller works.

A young couple is brutally killed, and the convicted murderer, Joseph De Rocher, sits on death row. Sister Helen Prejean agrees to be his spiritual adviser. As she meets his family, and the families of his victims, she begins questioning every attitude she has about how human beings treat each other. Based on real-life events, Jake Heggie’s music and Terrence McNally’s libretto explore the nature of friendship and forgiveness in the most profound ways. Hugely acclaimed in major houses internationally, Dead Man Walking is widely acknowledged as one of the most riveting operas of the 21st century. It simply demands to be seen.

A longstanding leader in contemporary electronic music, composer and multi-instrumentalist Steve Roach draws on the beauty and power of the Earth's landscapes to create lush, meditative soundscapes.