News
27.07.2023
On the way: a reduction of Wagner’s opus that aims to make the work accessible to more orchestras and their audiences.
To The International Association of Wagner Societies:
This summer, American composer, conductor, arranger and music director Jonathan McPhee will publish the first half of his “The Essential Ring” – a reduction of Wagner’s opus that aims to make the work accessible to more orchestras and their audiences. McPhee worked for several years with the original engravings that include the composer’s handwritten manuscript. He is currently Music Director of the Lexington Symphony in Massachusetts.
The re-orchestrations of “Das Rheingold” (now available) and “Die Walkure” (later this summer) include reduced versions as well as piano-vocal scores.
“The Essential Ring” and other McPhee reductions are available through publisher Boosey & Hawkes.
Jonathan can speak via phone or Zoom to the process of rethinking the mammoth work, and the importance of making large-scale classics more widely available to artists and audiences around the world.
Thank you,
Jennifer Astin
JMKPR
ja@jmkpr.com
(424) 333-1718 (c)
This summer, American composer, conductor, arranger and music director Jonathan McPhee will publish the first half of his “The Essential Ring” – a reduction of Wagner’s opus that aims to make the work accessible to more orchestras and their audiences. McPhee worked for several years with the original engravings that include the composer’s handwritten manuscript. He is currently Music Director of the Lexington Symphony in Massachusetts.
The re-orchestrations of “Das Rheingold” (now available) and “Die Walkure” (later this summer) include reduced versions as well as piano-vocal scores.
“The Essential Ring” and other McPhee reductions are available through publisher Boosey & Hawkes.
Jonathan can speak via phone or Zoom to the process of rethinking the mammoth work, and the importance of making large-scale classics more widely available to artists and audiences around the world.
Thank you,
Jennifer Astin
JMKPR
ja@jmkpr.com
(424) 333-1718 (c)