recommend new music composers?

[jayemsea]

I'm looking for some exciting new music composers, orchestral. Can anyone recommend any?

[Gareth]

Lol, try Frederick Magle??

[Swaft]

Lol, when I first looked to the thread I said that to myself.

Yeah listen to Frederick Magle, his compositions are awesome

[jayemsea]

Thank you. Can you recommend any specific pieces, or anyone else? THere's bound to be more than one out there, despite what some musicians say!

[giovannimusica]

jayemsea,

A composer who regularly gets his works performed by the Honolulu Symphony is Dr. Donald Reid Womack - Very interesting stuff.

Cheers,

Giovanni

[Torsten Brandes]

What do you think of Hans Werner Henze. I find he is a pure Genius. If you want have a look at:
http://www.schott-henze.de/
All the best,
Torsten Brandes

[acciaccatura]

For a truly comprehensive list, look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ical_composers

[catolliver]

There are some great composers out there right now for orchestra:

Lee Hoiby
John Corigliano
Christopher Rouse
Roberto Sierra
Michael Daughetry
Jennifer Higdon
Aaron Jay Kernis
Mark O'Connor
Ned Rorem
Michael Torke
Carlisle Flloyd

...to name a few. Hope that helps

-Chris

[Messiaen]

• Thomas Ades
• Magnus Lindberg

[giovannimusica]

Hello MIMFers,

Einojuhani Rautavaara or Urmas Sisask are doing some great stuff.

Cheers,

Giovanni

[Brad Stark]

Greetings,

As well as the other composers mentioned, I recommend orchestral works by the French composer Henri Dutilliuex, especially his work l'Arbre des Songes for Violin and Orchestra. It’s a personal favorite of mine. As well, I recommend works by Toru Takemitsu, Valentin Silvestrov, Michael Tippett, and Oliver Knussen.

[Cherry]

There are some great composers out there right now for orchestra:

Lee Hoiby
John Corigliano
Christopher Rouse
Roberto Sierra
Michael Daughetry
Jennifer Higdon
Aaron Jay Kernis
Mark O'Connor
Ned Rorem
Michael Torke
Carlisle Flloyd

...to name a few. Hope that helps

-Chris

Thank you!
I have been looking for some new music to listen to for some time now, having a list like this to walk into the music store with is fantastic.
I just hope I can find some of these..

[catolliver]

Cherry,

You're quite welcome.

Cd's of some of these composers may not be very easy to find. The easiest to find will should be Corigliano, Rorem, and Floyd. Rorem and Floyd, as well as Hoiby, write mainly vocal pieces/operas, though they do have some well known orchestral pieces as well. Because these composers are still living, you might check their websites to get a better idea of their style and record labels. Many are available on Amazon.com and you can hear audio samples from their CD's.

Good luck and happy listening!

Chris

[Cherry]

I had a feeling they would be hard to find, and on searching, I agree.
Not much on Amazon thats for sure!
I have a good local store that can track hard-to-find stuff down, I plan to try there.