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On September 25, this year’s Ultima festival in Oslo will close with the world premiere of a dazzling and virtuosic new work for percussion trio and orchestra by Rolf Wallin.
Mountainwave has been commissioned by...
A new version of the Mozart-inspired concerto Das war schön! by Rolf Wallin for solo percussion, cello and orchestra is premiered by Trondheim Symphony Orchestra on January 28 at 1930h CET.
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In works by Rolf Wallin and Kaija Saariaho, the clarinet floats atop massive, shifting musical atmospheres, occasionally punctuated by bursts of percussion. Watershed concertos by John Corigliano, Thea Musgrave, and...
Our summer listening series continues with orchestral repertoire that features solo cello. Selections range from concertos by Samuel Barber and Arnold Schoenberg to recent pieces by Thea Musgrave and Betsy Jolas, who...
The 2018 BBC Proms Season has been announced and several works by Music Sales composers are to feature as part of the eight-week classical music festival this summer. Two BBC-commissioned works will receive their world...
“A celebration of joy” is how Rolf Wallin describes his latest work, Spirit, to be premiered by the London Sinfonietta conducted by Pierre-André Valade at Bergen International Festival this week.The piece has been...