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The range of tote bags celebrating 20th century works in the Hawkes Pocket Scores series has expanded with new designs featuring iconic scores by Copland, Prokofieff and Rachmaninoff.

Dean’s 2018 Cello Concerto is performed by cellist Alban Gerhardt with conductor Osmo Vänskä leading the Minnesota Orchestra on November 14-16.

Giya Kancheli, the leading Georgian composer who created works for performers Mstislav Rostropovich, Yuri Bashmet and Gidon Kremer, has died in Tbilisi at the age of 84.

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra premieres Anna Clyne’s Sound and Fury in Edinburgh on 7 November, the first work commissioned under her new Associate Composer role with the orchestra.

First reviews are appearing for Dmitri Braginsky's remarkable book, Shostakovich and Football: Escape to Freedom, now available from The Shop at Boosey.com.

Steve Reich’s latest work, Reich/Richter, for large ensemble with film by renowned painter Gerhard Richter and filmmaker Corinna Belz, has its first European performances this season in London, Luxembourg, Paris, Tallinn and Oslo.

Alexei Ratmansky's choreographies to the music of Shostakovich range from his revivals of the 1930s ballets The Bolt and The Bright Stream to his Shostakovich Trilogy drawing upon the composer's concert works.

This fall, Boosey & Hawkes will begin regularly releasing brand new video content—including composer interviews and study score videos—throughout the year on its YouTube channel.

Qigang Chen’s emotional 2017 violin concerto makes its way to the US with performances by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and soloist Ning Feng, November 7, 9, and 10.

Gemma New leads the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and timpani soloist Brian Jones and in the world premiere of Mackey’s A Different Drummer on November 8-10.

James MacMillan’s widely acclaimed Stabat Mater and Miserere are presented at Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival in November with Harry Christophers, The Sixteen, and the Britten Sinfonia.

Boosey & Hawkes is sad to announce the death of American composer Christopher Rouse, who passed away on Saturday, September 21, at age 70 in Baltimore, Maryland. His final work, Symphony No. 6, will have its world premiere on October 18-19 with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Louis Langrée.

A festival feature on Magnus Lindberg in Helsinki in October includes nine of his works, including the Finnish premieres of Triumph to Exist and Shadow of the Future.

The premiere of James MacMillan’s new Symphony No.5: ‘Le grand Inconnu’ provided a powerful finale to his 60th birthday feature in Edinburgh.

Eric Whitacre introduces his new large-scale choral work The Sacred Veil, receiving first European performances in London and Amsterdam this season.

2021 brings the centenary of Astor Piazzolla's birth. A number of orchestral works by the bandoneonist and composer are newly available from Boosey & Hawkes in versions for concert programming.

Whiteley, the new opera by Elena Kats-Chernin about the iconic Australian artist, was premiered by Opera Australia in July in a stunning production by David Freeman.

Two major works by Serge Prokofieff dating from the 1930s, his Cello Concerto inspired by Piatigorsky and the Chant symphonique, have joined the prestigious Hawkes Pocket Scores series.

Claude Vivier highlights this season include a feature at the Festival d'Automne in Paris and a series by the Asko|Schönberg ensemble in Amsterdam, Utrecht and Arnhem.

Christopher Rouse's dark and introspective Symphony No. 6—his final work before passing away on September 21—receives its posthumous world premiere on October 18-19 with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and conductor Louis Langrée.