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Today’s #NameThatPiece was the Piano Concerto by Józef Koffler — born on this day in 1896.
A sharply etched modernist voice, silenced by persecution during the Second World War, yet unmistakable in its clarity, wit, and expressive rigor.
Today’s #NameThatPiece was the Piano Concerto by Józef Koffler — born on this day in 1896.
A sharply etched modernist voice, silenced by persecution during the Second World War, yet unmistakable in its clarity, wit, and expressive rigor.
It’s Friday! 💡 Today’s mystery score comes from a composer whose voice was almost lost to history — bold, modern, and full of sharp-edged brilliance. Can you #NameThatPiece?
November 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Today’s #NameThatPiece was the Piano Concerto by Józef Koffler — born on this day in 1896.
A sharply etched modernist voice, silenced by persecution during the Second World War, yet unmistakable in its clarity, wit, and expressive rigor.
Today’s #NameThatPiece was the Piano Concerto by Józef Koffler — born on this day in 1896.
A sharply etched modernist voice, silenced by persecution during the Second World War, yet unmistakable in its clarity, wit, and expressive rigor.
It’s Friday! 💡 Today’s mystery score comes from a composer whose voice was almost lost to history — bold, modern, and full of sharp-edged brilliance. Can you #NameThatPiece?
November 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
It’s Friday! 💡 Today’s mystery score comes from a composer whose voice was almost lost to history — bold, modern, and full of sharp-edged brilliance. Can you #NameThatPiece?
"A deeply original and unsettling depiction of living like a hunted animal—on the run from oneself," says @dagensnyheter.bsky.social on @davidtlittle.bsky.social's "Black Lodge" after it's Swedish premiere at Malmö Opera.
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Mardrömslikt operabesök i ”Twin Peaks” onda dimension
I operagästspelet ”Black Lodge” släpps publiken in i en mardrömslik värld som påminner om den onda dimensionen i ”Twin Peaks”.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"A deeply original and unsettling depiction of living like a hunted animal—on the run from oneself," says @dagensnyheter.bsky.social on @davidtlittle.bsky.social's "Black Lodge" after it's Swedish premiere at Malmö Opera.
www.dn.se/kultur/mardr...
www.dn.se/kultur/mardr...
Today's #NameThatPiece was "Dances from Estancia" by Alberto Ginastera. This weekend, Nashville Symphony and Giancarlo Guerrero perform the work. Listen and follow along with our #BHStudyScore video here: youtu.be/8JqLOHzg1DQ?...
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Today's #NameThatPiece was "Dances from Estancia" by Alberto Ginastera. This weekend, Nashville Symphony and Giancarlo Guerrero perform the work. Listen and follow along with our #BHStudyScore video here: youtu.be/8JqLOHzg1DQ?...
David T. Little’s ritual opera theatre piece ‘Black Lodge’ travels to Sweden, with performances presented by Malmö Opera and Folksoperan in Stockholm.
Find out more here: www.boosey.com/cr/news/Davi...
Find out more here: www.boosey.com/cr/news/Davi...
David T. Little: _Black Lodge_ staged in Malmö and Stockholm
Following recent stagings in Rotterdam, Los Angeles and New York and its nomination for a 2024 GRAMMY® Award, David T. Little’s _Black Lodge_ travels to Sweden in November, with performances presented...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
David T. Little’s ritual opera theatre piece ‘Black Lodge’ travels to Sweden, with performances presented by Malmö Opera and Folksoperan in Stockholm.
Find out more here: www.boosey.com/cr/news/Davi...
Find out more here: www.boosey.com/cr/news/Davi...
We've made it to Friday! 💡Today's mystery score features the suite of a ballet that was premiered before the ballet itself. Can you #NameThatPiece?
November 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We've made it to Friday! 💡Today's mystery score features the suite of a ballet that was premiered before the ballet itself. Can you #NameThatPiece?
In his new concerto for pianist Seong-Jin Cho, Donghoon Shin explores the Schumannesque duality between the impulsive Florestan and the introspective Eusebius. The @londonsymphony.bsky.social present the premiere tonight under the baton of Maxime Pascal.
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Donghoon Shin: new _Piano Concerto_ premiere in London
In his new concerto for pianist Seong-Jin Cho, Donghoon Shin explores the Schumannesque duality between the impulsive Florestan and the introspective Eusebius. The London Symphony Orchestra presents t...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
In his new concerto for pianist Seong-Jin Cho, Donghoon Shin explores the Schumannesque duality between the impulsive Florestan and the introspective Eusebius. The @londonsymphony.bsky.social present the premiere tonight under the baton of Maxime Pascal.
www.boosey.com/cr/news/Dong...
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Now on video: Steven Mackey chats with us about his new Anemology sax concerto which comes to Seattle Symphony this week. Includes excerpts from the piece, and a skier's explanation of its "bumpy" rhythms.
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Steven Mackey discusses Anemology with Michael Schell
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November 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Now on video: Steven Mackey chats with us about his new Anemology sax concerto which comes to Seattle Symphony this week. Includes excerpts from the piece, and a skier's explanation of its "bumpy" rhythms.
youtu.be/VUdIHPId9G0 @kbcs.bsky.social @mcallistersax.bsky.social @booseyandhawkes.bsky.social
youtu.be/VUdIHPId9G0 @kbcs.bsky.social @mcallistersax.bsky.social @booseyandhawkes.bsky.social
🎉Happy Friday - we’ve made it to the end of the week! This week's mystery score certainly needs no introduction… can you #NameThatPiece? 🎺
November 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
🎉Happy Friday - we’ve made it to the end of the week! This week's mystery score certainly needs no introduction… can you #NameThatPiece? 🎺
"Black Lodge," @davidtlittle.bsky.social's film opera, "employs both 'active' horror (jump scares, flashing lights, unsettling costumes) and 'passive' horror (atmospheric choices such as camera angles and surreal backdrops)," says The Brooklyn Rail.
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Horror Arias | The Brooklyn Rail
Opera and horror thrive on excess. Both often take contemporary topics and process them through a theatrical lens, producing works that are exaggerated, sometimes even to the point of camp. As someone...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"Black Lodge," @davidtlittle.bsky.social's film opera, "employs both 'active' horror (jump scares, flashing lights, unsettling costumes) and 'passive' horror (atmospheric choices such as camera angles and surreal backdrops)," says The Brooklyn Rail.
brooklynrail.org/2025/11/musi...
brooklynrail.org/2025/11/musi...
Our London team are #hiring! We have an opening for a Boosey & Hawkes Rental Services Coordinator.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Our London team are #hiring! We have an opening for a Boosey & Hawkes Rental Services Coordinator.
➡ Apply today or share this post with your network! Find out more and how to apply here: bit.ly/4qQjh7N
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Today's #NameThatPiece was Gabriela Ortiz's "Kauyumari." Tonight, Roomful of Teeth and Coro Acardenchado give the world premiere of the version for mixed chorus at the @metmuseum.org.
Learn more: engage.metmuseum.org/.../s…
Learn more: engage.metmuseum.org/.../s…
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Today's #NameThatPiece was Gabriela Ortiz's "Kauyumari." Tonight, Roomful of Teeth and Coro Acardenchado give the world premiere of the version for mixed chorus at the @metmuseum.org.
Learn more: engage.metmuseum.org/.../s…
Learn more: engage.metmuseum.org/.../s…
It's the first Friday of November! 💡Our mystery score today is inspired by the sacred traditions of the Huichol people of Mexico centered around transformation. Can you #NameThatPiece?
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It's the first Friday of November! 💡Our mystery score today is inspired by the sacred traditions of the Huichol people of Mexico centered around transformation. Can you #NameThatPiece?
Boosey & Hawkes marks the death of composer Jonathan Lloyd, a unique figure in the 1980s and ‘90s whose Puckish invention and often-anarchic collision of cultures belied a profound fascination with music’s temporal ambiguities.
Read more here: bit.ly/4os5aDR
Read more here: bit.ly/4os5aDR
Jonathan Lloyd (1948-2025): a maverick composer remembered
Boosey & Hawkes marks the death of composer Jonathan Lloyd, a unique figure in the 1980s and ‘90s whose Puckish invention and often-anarchic collision of cultures belied a profound fascination with mu...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Boosey & Hawkes marks the death of composer Jonathan Lloyd, a unique figure in the 1980s and ‘90s whose Puckish invention and often-anarchic collision of cultures belied a profound fascination with music’s temporal ambiguities.
Read more here: bit.ly/4os5aDR
Read more here: bit.ly/4os5aDR
Boosey & Hawkes today announces a leadership transition in 2026. After an extraordinary 46-year career, Janis Susskind OBE concludes her tenure as Managing Director in June 2026, handing the baton to Steven Lankenau, B&H Senior Vice President.
Boosey & Hawkes announces leadership transition: Janis Susskind passes baton to Steven Lankenau
Managing Director Janis Susskind OBE concludes her distinguished 46-year career at Boosey & Hawkes. Steven Lankenau becomes President, continuing the company’s legacy of championing the world’s leadin...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Boosey & Hawkes today announces a leadership transition in 2026. After an extraordinary 46-year career, Janis Susskind OBE concludes her tenure as Managing Director in June 2026, handing the baton to Steven Lankenau, B&H Senior Vice President.
“We are inviting cross-genre singers so it’s not primarily opera singers in the cast,” says Jeanine Tesori ahead of the Nov 15th concert performance of her opera "Blue" at
@lincolncenter.bsky.social.
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'Music for Me Is a Means to Another End': Jeanine Tesori on Her Season-Long Celebration at Lincoln Center
Her opera Blue will get a one-night-only concert, as well as her musical Violet .
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November 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
“We are inviting cross-genre singers so it’s not primarily opera singers in the cast,” says Jeanine Tesori ahead of the Nov 15th concert performance of her opera "Blue" at
@lincolncenter.bsky.social.
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@lincolncenter.bsky.social.
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Today’s #NameThatPiece was Serge Prokofieff’s "The Fiery Angel" – a vision of obsession, temptation, and burning faith. 🔥
Some of the most intense music of the 20th century – no costumes required.
Today’s #NameThatPiece was Serge Prokofieff’s "The Fiery Angel" – a vision of obsession, temptation, and burning faith. 🔥
Some of the most intense music of the 20th century – no costumes required.
It’s Halloween Friday! 💡 Today’s #NameThatPiece explores the dark side of Halloween – not trick or treat, but obsession, temptation, and inner fire. Can you name the opera?
October 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Today’s #NameThatPiece was Serge Prokofieff’s "The Fiery Angel" – a vision of obsession, temptation, and burning faith. 🔥
Some of the most intense music of the 20th century – no costumes required.
Today’s #NameThatPiece was Serge Prokofieff’s "The Fiery Angel" – a vision of obsession, temptation, and burning faith. 🔥
Some of the most intense music of the 20th century – no costumes required.
This weekend, The John Adams festival in Manchester sees the composer conducting concerts with @thehalle.bsky.social. The four-concert event features 11 Adams works, including the UK premiere of 'The Rock You Stand On'.
➡️Find out more here: bit.ly/437N41D
➡️Find out more here: bit.ly/437N41D
John Adams conducts festival concerts with the Hallé
The John Adams festival in Manchester, running 30 October to 1 November, sees the composer conducting concerts with the Hallé orchestra. The four-concert event features 11 Adams works, with highlights...
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October 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This weekend, The John Adams festival in Manchester sees the composer conducting concerts with @thehalle.bsky.social. The four-concert event features 11 Adams works, including the UK premiere of 'The Rock You Stand On'.
➡️Find out more here: bit.ly/437N41D
➡️Find out more here: bit.ly/437N41D
It’s Halloween Friday! 💡 Today’s #NameThatPiece explores the dark side of Halloween – not trick or treat, but obsession, temptation, and inner fire. Can you name the opera?
October 31, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It’s Halloween Friday! 💡 Today’s #NameThatPiece explores the dark side of Halloween – not trick or treat, but obsession, temptation, and inner fire. Can you name the opera?
The world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s new opera 'The Railway Children', based on the classic novel by Edith Nesbit, is premiered at Glyndebourne today.
Find out more: bit.ly/4hELDxA
Find out more: bit.ly/4hELDxA
Mark-Anthony Turnage: _The Railway Children_ staged at Glyndebourne
Following close upon the success of his opera _Festen_, Mark-Anthony Turnage’s _The Railway Children_, based on the classic novel by Edith Nesbit, is premiered at Glyndebourne on 30 October with a sta...
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October 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s new opera 'The Railway Children', based on the classic novel by Edith Nesbit, is premiered at Glyndebourne today.
Find out more: bit.ly/4hELDxA
Find out more: bit.ly/4hELDxA
Happy Friday! 🎉 Our mystery score this week is written to reflect upon Beethoven’s rapid shifts of mood, texture, and dynamics. Can you #NameThatPiece?
October 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Happy Friday! 🎉 Our mystery score this week is written to reflect upon Beethoven’s rapid shifts of mood, texture, and dynamics. Can you #NameThatPiece?
Unsuk Chin’s time as Featured Composer with @thehalle.bsky.social opens later today with the UK premiere of ‘Le Silence des Sirènes’.
Find out more about Unsuk Chin’s three residencies across the 2025/26 season here: bit.ly/49dwVve
Find out more about Unsuk Chin’s three residencies across the 2025/26 season here: bit.ly/49dwVve
Unsuk Chin: residencies in Manchester, Frankfurt and Dresden
The 2025/26 season brings three European orchestral residencies for Unsuk Chin, with the Hallé, the hr-Sinfonieorchester in Frankfurt and the Staatskapelle in Dresden. Events in Manchester include the...
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October 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Unsuk Chin’s time as Featured Composer with @thehalle.bsky.social opens later today with the UK premiere of ‘Le Silence des Sirènes’.
Find out more about Unsuk Chin’s three residencies across the 2025/26 season here: bit.ly/49dwVve
Find out more about Unsuk Chin’s three residencies across the 2025/26 season here: bit.ly/49dwVve
Featured on @newsounds.bsky.social: @davidtlittle.bsky.social's "Dark Hymnal," described by the composer as “a series of meditations" from his opera "Black Lodge."
🎧Listen here: www.wnyc.org/story/5060-d...
🎧Listen here: www.wnyc.org/story/5060-d...
#5060, Music Out of the Darkness | New Sounds | WNYC
Hear music out of the darkness from cellist SUUVI, composer and drummer David T. Little, and composer/performer Molly Joyce.
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October 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Featured on @newsounds.bsky.social: @davidtlittle.bsky.social's "Dark Hymnal," described by the composer as “a series of meditations" from his opera "Black Lodge."
🎧Listen here: www.wnyc.org/story/5060-d...
🎧Listen here: www.wnyc.org/story/5060-d...
We’ve made it to Friday! 🎉 This week’s mystery score is taken from the opening of Act II... but of what work?! 🤔 Can you #NameThatPiece?
October 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
We’ve made it to Friday! 🎉 This week’s mystery score is taken from the opening of Act II... but of what work?! 🤔 Can you #NameThatPiece?
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The soundtrack to Luca Guadagnino’s film 'After the Hunt' is out digitally today, with a two-CD edition to follow. You can hear it now and pre-order the double CD at afterthehunt.lnk.to/soundtrack
October 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The soundtrack to Luca Guadagnino’s film 'After the Hunt' is out digitally today, with a two-CD edition to follow. You can hear it now and pre-order the double CD at afterthehunt.lnk.to/soundtrack