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INVITATION TO COMPOSERS

The London Schubert Players invites composers of any age and nationality to write short works for specific chamber music combinations which are very rare in the standard classical music repertoire of the last two centuries. Any number of inspiring and well written works to enhance this repertoire will be selected by the LSP with the following aims:

  • To perform them in concerts in 2008 – 2009 alongside their models composed by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns and Messiaen.
  • To record them for RMA record company in London on CDs accompanied by booklets containing interviews with the composers about their life and work
  • To get them published by the Constantin Silvestri International Foundation
  • To perform and discuss them in international workshops in England, Romania and other selected European countries, bringing together the composers, performers and their audiences.

The first Silvestri Composition Prize will be awarded to a selected work by the Constantin Silvestri International Foundation (£500)

COMPOSITION GUIDELINES

  • Experimental and electronic music not suited for this project
  • Maximum duration 13 minutes
  • We welcome descriptive titles
  • We prefer to receive the instrumental parts in free pages and not bound

Quintet for Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass as in Schubert’s Piano Quintet in A major Die Forelle D667, 1819.

Concertante work for Solo Piano, Solo Violin and String Quintet (Two Violins, Viola, Cello, Double Bass) as in Mendelssohn’s concerto for the same in D minor, 1823. (Mendelssohn’s 200th anniversary in 2009).

Septet for Piano, Trumpet and String Quintet (Two Violins, Viola, Cello, Double Bass) as in Saint-Saëns’ Septet in E flat major Op. 65, 1881.

Quartet for Violin, Clarinet, Cello, Piano as in Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du temps, 1940. (Messiaen’s 100th anniversary in 2008)

  • All entries must include the composer’s CV and full contact details.
  • Entries should reach the LSP at the above address by 1st September 2008 at the latest.
  • Each composer will be notified about the selection by Email before 31st December 2008.
  • The successful works will be listed on LSP’s website.

 
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