On this tour, they're playing Carlos Chávez, Arturo Márquez and José Pablo Moncayo, all of whom composed vivid orchestral showpieces.
The inclusion of Kabir testifies to the link joining the Gurus to the tradition of the sants, most of whom were Hindus though two were Sufi Muslims (notably Farid), both of whom composed works that were regarded by Sikhs as entirely acceptable.
Mr. Kriikku played a basset clarinet, as did Anton Stadler, for whom Mozart composed the piece in 1791.
The singer Eva Gauthier, for whom he composed several songs, introduced him to Oriental music, which impressed him deeply.
As such he was like a conductorial equivalent of Rossini and Sibelius, both of whom stopped composing long before their deaths.
Then there is the Austrian emperor Leopold II, for whom Mozart composed the opera, in 1791, and whose benevolent image went hand in hand with anti-revolutionary propaganda.
Palestrina first went to the Vatican at the behest of Pope Julius III, for whom he composed a great quantity of sacred music, both short works and mass settings.
We do know that Beethoven had a close friendship with the black virtuoso violinist George Bridgetower, for whom he composed his most ambitious violin sonata, the Kreutzer (they premiered it together, and Beethoven called it his "Sonata per un Mulattico Lunatico").
A music review on May 12 about the Young Concert Artists benefit gala at Rose Hall in Manhattan misidentified the marimba player for whom Kevin Puts composed the work performed by Naoko Takada.
Turner cites Jarman, for whom he composed the soundtracks for Caravaggio, The Last of England, Edward II, The Garden and Blue, as a continuing influence on his life and work.
What caused this gentle man, with two young sons (one of whom, Forrest, composed music for this film) and a place of honor in the imaginative life of New York and the rest of America, to end his life?
