lilypond-web: Productions
Productions
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Concerts
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LilyPond engravings have been used for performances around the world.
Some highlights:
• Aurélien Bello (http://www.aurelienbello.com/) has re-orchestrated
_Der Ring des Nibelungen_ by Richard Wagner to a 100-minute version
for children
(http://www.rsb-online.de/content/konzerte/wagnerzyklus-10-13/wagner-fuer-kinder/index_ger.html).
It has been written for a standard symphony orchestra but with a
reduced cast of singers, and will be performed by the
_Radio-Sinfonieorchester Berlin_ on the 5th and 6th April 2014 in
the Atze Musiktheater, Berlin. The Conductor is Heiko Matthias
Förster.
• Joe Smeets created sheet music for the children’s book _Zing Mee_
(_Sing along_) by Annie M.G. published by Querido – ISBN
9789045106205: www.queridokinderenjeugdboeken.nl
(http://www.queridokinderenjeugdboeken.nl/web/Boek.htm?dbid=18954&typeofpage=134707);
choir rehearsal scores for the Dutch translation of Benjamin
Britten’s _Saint Nicolas_ performed by _Muziektheater Hollands
Diep_ in 2011. www.muziektheaterhollandsdiep.nl
(http://www.muziektheaterhollandsdiep.nl/nl/voorstellingen/sint_nicolaas_leeft);
and is currently working on the score and parts for an arrangement
of Moussurgsky’s _Boris Godounov_ for wind quartet, piano and
percussion. To be performed in 2014, again by _Muziektheater
Hollands Diep_.
• A critical edition of Tommaso Traetta’s _Enea nel Lazio (1760)_,
opera series with libretto by Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi, in four
parts: Part One
(http://www.academia.edu/1987651/Enea_nel_Lazio_opera_riformata_prima_lazione_poi_le_parole_-_Partitura_1_4_)
Part Two
(http://www.academia.edu/1994533/Enea_nel_Lazio_opera_riformata_prima_lazione_poi_le_parole_-_Partitura_2_4_)
Part Three
(http://www.academia.edu/1994558/Enea_nel_Lazio_opera_riformata_prima_lazione_poi_le_parole_-_Partitura_3_4_)
Part Four
(http://www.academia.edu/1996242/Enea_nel_Lazio_opera_riformata_prima_lazione_poi_le_parole_-_Partitura_4_4_)
Created by Luca Rossetto Casel
(http://unito.academia.edu/LucaRossettoCasel) for his Ph.D. Thesis.
• Mussorgsky’s _Pictures at an exhibition_, re-orchestrated and
conducted by Aurélien Bello (http://www.aurelienbello.com/) with
the Junge Philharmonie Brandenburg
(http://www.junge-philharmonie-brandenburg.de/) on Oct 10 2011 and
again on Apr 15-16 2012.
• Kieren MacMillan (http://www.kierenmacmillan.info/), composer and
musical director. His many, recent works include; _Go Thy Way_,
performed by the Salt Lake Choral Artists
(http://www.saltlakechoralartists.org/) in March 2012; The _Just
Out of Reach Suite_ performed by the Chrysalis Duo
(http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/marshall/x1883873762/Music-duo-Chrysalis-to-perform-at-Marshall-University-on-Jan-19)
; _thrafsmata_ performed in July 2011 by the Pittsburgh New Music
Ensemble (http://www.pnme.org/CurrentSeason/PreviousSeasons.html).
• _Anonymous Student Compliment or Complaint_, by Mike Solomon
(http://www.mikesolomon.org), winner chosen from among 172 entries
from 22 countries of the 2011 Left Coast Composition Contest
(http://leftcoastensemble.org). Other works include, Norman (age
1) for clarinet solo, performed at the University of Florida
(http://emu.music.ufl.edu/fems_concerts.html)’s Electroacoustic
Music Festival (FEMF), October 2010.
• A modern edition of the _Serenata Erminia_ by Alessandro Scarlatti,
edited by Thomas Griffin, Musicologist (Rome, Italy). Performed on
22 October 2010 in the Galleria of the Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano,
Naples, Italy. Alessandro Scarlatti 2010
(http://www.ascarlatti2010.net), in celebration of the composer’s
350th birthday.
• Mercury Baroque (http://www.mercurybaroque.org)’s performance of
Lully’s _Armide_, May 15-16, 2009, in Houston, Texas (engraving by
Nicolas Sceaux (http://nicolas.sceaux.free.fr/)).
• Instrumental excerpts from Rameau’s _Hippolyte et Aricie_ at St.
James’s Church in Manhattan, May 8, 2009, by Frederick Renz and his
ensemble Early Music New York (http://www.earlymusicny.org/)
(engraving by Nicolas Sceaux (http://nicolas.sceaux.free.fr/)).
• _Affaire étrangère_, an opera by Valentin Villenave
(http://valentin.villenave.net/) to a French libretto by Lewis
Trondheim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Trondheim), premiered
February 1, 2009 at L’Opéra National de Montpellier
(http://www.orchestre-montpellier.com/), France.
Published sheet music
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• Mutopia Project (http://www.mutopiaproject.org/index.html), over
1500 pieces of classical sheet music for free download, and the
main showcase of LilyPond scores.
• Etude (http://etudeapp.com), “sheet music on steroids” is an iPhone
app which displays piano music engraved with LilyPond, including
many pieces from Mutopia. The app includes a virtual piano
keyboard showing which keys to press to help beginners learn how to
read sheet music.
• Adoro Music Publishing (http://www.adoromusicpub.com/),
high-quality scores of sacred music, available for immediate
download or in traditional paper format.
• The Shady Lane Publishing (http://www.shadylane.fr), a “micro
musical publishing house” whose goal is to promote a new form of
musical economy closer to the musicians and music lovers.
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