Productions
Concerts
LilyPond engravings have been used for performances around the world. Some highlights:
- Aurélien Bello has re-orchestrated Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner to a 100-minute version for children. 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; choir rehearsal scores for the Dutch translation of Benjamin Britten’s Saint Nicolas performed by Muziektheater Hollands Diep in 2011. www.muziektheaterhollandsdiep.nl; 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 Part Two Part Three Part Four Created by Luca Rossetto Casel for his Ph.D. Thesis.
- Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an exhibition, re-orchestrated and conducted by Aurélien Bello with the Junge Philharmonie Brandenburg on Oct 10 2011 and again on Apr 15-16 2012.
- Kieren MacMillan, composer and musical director. His many, recent works include; Go Thy Way, performed by the Salt Lake Choral Artists in March 2012; The Just Out of Reach Suite performed by the Chrysalis Duo ; thrafsmata performed in July 2011 by the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble.
- Anonymous Student Compliment or Complaint, by Mike Solomon, winner chosen from among 172 entries from 22 countries of the 2011 Left Coast Composition Contest. Other works include, Norman (age 1) for clarinet solo, performed at the University of Florida’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, in celebration of the composer’s 350th birthday.
- Mercury Baroque’s performance of Lully’s Armide, May 15-16, 2009, in Houston, Texas (engraving by Nicolas Sceaux).
- 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 (engraving by Nicolas Sceaux).
- Affaire étrangère, an opera by Valentin Villenave to a French libretto by Lewis Trondheim, premiered February 1, 2009 at L’Opéra National de Montpellier, France.
Published sheet music
- Mutopia Project, over 1500 pieces of classical sheet music for free download, and the main showcase of LilyPond scores.
- Etude, “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, high-quality scores of sacred music, available for immediate download or in traditional paper format.
- The Shady Lane Publishing, 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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