Boosey & Hawkes, a BMG company, is the largest specialist classical music publishing company in the world.
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“It’s invigorating to be 89 and say, ‘Well, this is new!’” —Steve Reich
In an interview with @nytimes, Reich discusses his latest work "In All Your Ways" as well as "Music for 18 Musicians," which premiered 50 years ago in 1976.
nytimes.com/2026/10/13/arts/…
“I thought an artist ought to be able to respond to a collective tragedy like this."
John Adams reflects on the creation of "On the Transmigration of Souls" in @WSJ, 25 years after the September 11 attacks that prompted its commission.
wsj.com/arts-culture/music/h…
Adams discusses the difficult process of conceiving the work, from reading personal remembrances online and encountering missing-person fliers throughout New York to finding inspiration in Charles Ives’s "The Unanswered Question."
Tonight @edintfest, @colincurrieperc Group perform the world premiere of @SteveReich ‘In All Your Ways’, the centrepiece of his 90th-birthday celebrations.
➡️Read an interview with Steve Reich about the new work, which draws its title from Proverbs 3:6.
bit.ly/3UkRzUV
Boosey & Hawkes is pleased to announce a worldwide publishing agreement with Jung Jaeil, the acclaimed composer behind the music for "Parasite," "Squid Game," "Mickey 17," and "Okja."
boosey.com/cr/news/Jung-Jaei…
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Our #NameThatPiece was Alfred Schnittke’s Viola Concerto — written for Yuri Bashmet and built around a six-note motif derived from his name.
And our clue? The orchestra features eight violas, eight cellos and eight double basses — but not a single violin.
It’s Friday! 💡 Today’s mystery score puts one member of the string family firmly in the spotlight — while another is conspicuously absent from the orchestra altogether. Can you #NameThatPiece?
It’s Friday! 💡 Today’s mystery score puts one member of the string family firmly in the spotlight — while another is conspicuously absent from the orchestra altogether. Can you #NameThatPiece?
"Every now and then a new opera comes along that shakes your world," says @MusicalAmerica of the new recording of @davidtlittle's "What Belongs To You," based on @GarthGreenwell's 2016 novel.
📰: musicalamerica.com/news/news…
Today's #NameThatPiece is Osvaldo Golijov's cello concerto "Azul," which is performed at @TanglewoodMA this weekend by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and soloist Christine Lee. The concerto was originally premiered at Tanglewood with @YoYo_Ma. 👏
We've made it today Friday! Today's mystery score incorporates unusual instruments such as waterphone, wind whistle, cajón, dumbek, talking drum, and hyper-accordion. 💡 Can you #NameThatPiece?
We've made it today Friday! Today's mystery score incorporates unusual instruments such as waterphone, wind whistle, cajón, dumbek, talking drum, and hyper-accordion. 💡 Can you #NameThatPiece?
Today's #NameThatPiece is James MacMillan's "Britannia," which is performed this weekend at Grand Teton Music Festival, led by Donald Runnicles.
It's Friday! 💡Today's mystery score weaves different British musical icons into a short orchestral fantasy. Can you #NameThatPiece?
La Reina Roja by Gabriela Ortiz receives its world premiere today at @FestivalPaaxGNP with Alondra de la Parra. boosey.com/cr/news/Gabriela-…
It's Friday! 💡Today's mystery score weaves different British musical icons into a short orchestral fantasy. Can you #NameThatPiece?
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Today’s #NameThatPiece was Harrison Birtwistle’s „The Minotaur“. Rather than retelling a familiar myth, the opera explores the inner world of the Minotaur himself—a powerful new perspective on an ancient story.
It’s Friday! 💡 This week’s mystery score revisits one of Greek mythology’s best-known tales — but from a strikingly different perspective. Can you #NameThatPiece?
It’s Friday! 💡 This week’s mystery score revisits one of Greek mythology’s best-known tales — but from a strikingly different perspective. Can you #NameThatPiece?
"There’s a lot of classical music that is quintessentially American, but if I had to pick one, I think the most American of them would be Aaron Copland’s 'Rodeo,'" says @nytimes culture writer Joshua Barone.
nytimes.com/2026/07/05/podca…
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Today’s #NameThatPiece was Galina Ustvolskaya’s Symphony No. 2, “True and Eternal Bliss!” Combining an extraordinary instrumental line-up with a reciting voice, the work creates one of the most singular and uncompromising sound worlds of the late 20th century.
It’s Friday! 💡 Today’s mystery score unfolds with an extraordinary instrumental line-up, a reciting voice, and an uncompromising musical language of remarkable spiritual intensity. Can you #NameThatPiece?
It’s Friday! 💡 Today’s mystery score unfolds with an extraordinary instrumental line-up, a reciting voice, and an uncompromising musical language of remarkable spiritual intensity. Can you #NameThatPiece?