ALEXANDER VOLTZ

Composer (b. 1999)
Alexander's work takes inspiration from myth, politics and the historic, whilst also deconstructing and challenging the human condition.

RECENT NEWS

  • Edward and Richard Survives COVID
    Alexander's opera is now set to premiere in Winter 2021.
  • Open Fanfare Mentor
    Alexander has just finished working with Artology's newest participants.
  • Essays Now Avaliable
    Alexander's writing now appears on this website.
  • Competition Success In Budapest
    Alexander was a finalist in the 2020 Bartok Composition Competition.
  • Raineri Plays Voltz
    Alex Raineri has very generously agreed to a studio recording of Mirage.
  • Cybec 2020-21
    Alexander is currently participating in the MSO's Cybec Program.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Best wishes to everyone as we enter 2021.
Score Availability
Alexander is currently editing his catalogue. During this time, some sample scores on this website will not be avaliable. All avaliable scores can be found on Issuu. PLEASE NOTE: Scores will no longer be avaliable on Issuu after 31 January 2021.

EDWARD AND RICHARD

THE TRUE STORY OF THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER
Northcote, The Murder of the Princes in the Tower (1786)

Anno Domini 1483

Edward and Richard, the eldest sons of the late King Edward IV – have been arrested and imprisoned in the Tower of London by their uncle Richard, Duke of Gloucester. Uncle Richard soon accedes as King Richard III and embarks upon a reign of tyranny. Oddly enough, in the weeks following the Usurper’s rise, the Princes have vanished without a trace.
Ah, he is young; and his minority Is put unto the trust of Richard Gloster, A man that loves not me nor none of you.
- Shakespeare, Richard III 1.3.11-3.

  • Curtain!

    "Recounts draw on the past. As does narrative fiction, but it also draws on the present and the predicted future as well. Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek, for example, with all its innovative wonder, assumes that sapient beings will still wear uniforms in the twenty-third century."

  • Heart of Air

    "Why is it that we come to respect the goliaths of history? Is it because they did great things, because they were great? Or is it because they were merely perceived as doing great things? Were they always great? Perhaps they were never actually great in the first place."

  • The Misrule of Henry VI

    "My mantra for this piece was 'over before it starts.' Such could very easily be said about the reign of Henry VI; in fact, it could very easily be said that Henry's reign never really started. He was not a competent king."
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