Fittingly coinciding with the commemorative year in 2021 to mark the 100th anniversary of Camille Saint-Saëns’ death, a rediscovered choral work by the composer will be published for the very first time. “Super flumina Babylonis” will then be available in three versions.

For each of the ten Mahler symphonies, Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini has composed a short orchestral work which contemplates Mahler’s music and intellectual world. The end of April sees the premiere of the fourth piece, “Incantesimo”.

Miroslav Srnka has composed a concerto for the harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani and the Gürzenich-Orchester Cologne. François-Xavier Roth conducts the premiere. Srnka follows this with a short “Encore” for the Mahler Competition in Bamberg. Three questions to the composer.

Bohuslav Martinů composed his “Polní mše” (“Field Mass”) in exile in Paris
This popular work for male voices and ensemble has now been published in an authoritative Edition.

Early in his career Saint-Saëns composed his Oratorio de Noël, an easily accessible work which is now available in an authoritative Urtext Edition.

In his large-scale work “Lobgesang” (“Hymn of Praise”), Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy combines words from the Bible, thoughts from Martin Luther and set pieces from earlier compositions to make a rounded and effective choral-symphonic work.

Frank Peter Zimmermann has performed both of Bohuslav Martinů’s violin concertos with the Berliner Philharmoniker. In an interview the violinist talks about the beauties and challenges of these works.