Ron Downs

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CHRISTOPHER BROWN : Aubade, Op. 17
(for unaccompanied SSAATTBB choir & soli)
Wednesday 15 May, 1968 – Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Elizabethan Singers, cond. Herrick Bunney
Chester Music, 1999 (CH55114)

Texts: Robert Herrick, William Davenant, and Edmund Spenser

08:26 PM - May 15, 2024

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PAUL HINDEMITH : Concerto for Woodwinds, Harp, and Orchestra
Sunday 15 May, 1949
McMillan Academy Theatre, Columbia University, New York
CBS Symphony Orchestra, cond. Thor Johnson

Schott Music Ltd., London, 1950 (ED 4604)

08:19 PM - May 15, 2024 (Edited)

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BENNO AMMANN : Missa «Defensor Pacis»
(for unaccompanied SSCTBB div. choir)
Thursday 15 May, 1947 – St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Sistine Singers, cond. S. Exz Don Lorenzo Perosi
Hug & Co. Musikverlage, 1954 (GH 9965)

Benno Ammann: Missa Defensor Pacis (Vatican 1947) - YouTube

World Premiere RecordingBenno Ammann (1904-1986)MISSA DEFENSOR PACIS (Vatican 1947)Basler Madrigalisten · Raphael ImmoosRecording: Zürich, 4.-7.3.2020Audio P...

08:18 PM - May 15, 2024

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ERNST PEPPING : Deutsche Choralmesse
(for unaccompanied SSATBarB choir)
Thursday 14 May, 1931 – Bremen, Germany
Bremer Domchor, dir. Richard Liesche

Schott Music GbmH & Co., 1930 (ED 3241)

08:10 PM - May 14, 2024

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ALEXANDER SHCHETYNSKY :
"Uzna Sebe" Symphony for Mixed Choir a cappella
(for unaccompanied SSAATTBB choir & Soli)
Friday 5 May, 2006
Festival of Contemporary Sacred Music, Uzhhorod, Ukraine
Uzhhorod Chamber Choir Cantus, cond. Emil Sokacz
Acta Publishers, 2007

08:03 PM - May 05, 2024

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PAUL MORAVEC : Tempest Fantasy
Friday 2 May, 2003 – The Morgan Library, New York City
Trio Solisti – David Krakauer, Clarinet
Subito Music Publishing, 2003

Winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in Music

08:00 PM - May 02, 2024

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BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ : String Quartet No. 6
Thursday 1 May, 1947 – Harvard University
The Walden String Quartet

Edition Bärenreiter Praha, 2006 (H 7968)

08:05 PM - May 01, 2024

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LEVENTE GYÖNGYÖSI : Magnificat
(for unaccompanied SATB-SATB choir & soli)
Tuesday 29 April, 1997 – Béla Bartók Conservatory, Budapest
Choir of the Music Academy, cond. by Anna Mechler

Kontrapunkt Music Ltd., Budapest, 2017 (K-0358)

08:00 PM - Apr 29, 2024

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THEA MUSGRAVE : For the Time Being: Advent
(for unaccompanied SSAATTBB choir & Narrator)
Monday 27 April, 1987
St. John's Smith Square, London
The BBC Singers, cond. John Poole

Text: W. H. Auden (1907–1983)
Novello & Company Ltd., London, 1991 (No. 070513)

08:00 PM - Apr 27, 2024

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ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK : Song to the Virgin
(for SMCTBarB a cappella chorus or 6 Soli)
Sunday 26 April, 1964 – Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Geraint Jones Singers, cond. Geraint Jones

Boosey & Hawkes Ltd., 1970 (B&H 19867)

08:16 PM - Apr 26, 2024

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ELLIOTT CARTER : Symphonia 'sum fluxae pretium spei'
( 'I am the prize of inconstant hope' )
Saturday 25 April, 1998 – Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, England
BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Oliver Knussen, CBE
Hendon Music / Boosey & Hawkes, 2008

https://youtu.be/5jW_ljJnA...

Symphonia: "Sum fluxae pretium spei" - Elliott Carter - YouTube

BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Oliver Knussen.I - Partita: 0:00II - Adagio tenebroso: 16:26III - Allegro scorrevolle: 33:52Carter's Symphonia was compos...

09:10 PM - Apr 25, 2024

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ROBERTO GERHARD : Concerto for Orchestra
Sunday 25 April, 1965 – Boston, Massachusetts
BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Antal Dorati

Oxford University Press, London, 1965

09:07 PM - Apr 25, 2024

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PAUL HINDEMITH : Concerto for Organ and Orchestra
Thursday 25 April, 1963
Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, New York
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Paul Hindemith
Anton Heiller, Organ

Schott Music GbmH & Co., Mainz, 1964 (Ed. 40872)

09:05 PM - Apr 25, 2024

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JULIAN ANDERSON : Four American Choruses
(for unaccompanied SSAATTBB choir)
Saturday 24 April, 2004 – The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Netherlands Radio Choir, cond. Simon Halsey
Faber Music, Ltd., 2008

I'm a pilgrim
https://www.youtube.com/wa...

4 American Choruses: No. 1, I'm a Pilgrim - YouTube

Provided to YouTube by IIP-DDS4 American Choruses: No. 1, I'm a Pilgrim · City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus · Simon HalseyJulian Anderson: Book of Hours℗ NM...

08:32 PM - Apr 24, 2024 (Edited)

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STEVE REICH : Music for 18 Musicians
Saturday 24 April, 1976 – Town Hall, New York City
Steve Reich & Musicians
Hendon Music / Boosey & Hawkes, 1976 (HPS 1239)

— Ensemble Intercontemporain (2014)
https://youtube.com/watch?...

Steve Reich, Music for Eighteen Musicians - Synergy Vocals - Ensemble intercontemporain - YouTube

Steve Reich Music for Eighteen Musicianspour ensemble Synergy Vocals Micaela Haslam, rehearsal coach and soprano Amy Haworth, Rachel Weston, sopranos Heath...

08:07 PM - Apr 24, 2024 (Edited)

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