Upcoming Performance Spotlight
CHANGING KEYS
With Gil Morgenster, Violin
October 26, 2008, in Elkins Park, PA
October 30, 2008, in Miami, FL
November 9, 2008, in New York City
New Recordings
Americans in Rome: Music by Fellows of the
American Academy in Rome
(Bridge Records) November 2008
This FOUR-CD SET of music by Rome Prize-winning
composers from 1920 to 2000 offers a compelling
glimpse of the history of American music, with
American masters side by side with younger
innovators and fresh discoveries from the past.
The Light That is Felt: Songs by Charles Ives
Susan Narucki, Soprano
Donald Berman, Piano
(New World Records) October 2008
27 songs by Charles Ives representing a wide range
of his compositions. Each song, in its own way,
evokes memory through stories and characters
drawn from Ive's life. Susan Narucki and I
have each had a lifelong involvement with the
music of Ives and together are developing an
evening-length performance
piece based on this CD.
Songs of Aaron Jay Kernis
Susan Narucki, Soprano
Donald Berman, Piano
(Koch Records) 2008
Aaron Jay Kernis, winner of the 2002 Grawemeyer
Award for Music Composition and one of the youngest
composers ever to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize,
is among the most esteemed musical figures of
his generation. His settings of Carol Ann Duffy's "Valentines"
are a modern look at love. The CD also features the
first complete recording of Kenis's ten "Songs of Innocents,"
a remarkable group of songs about childhood.
Arthur Levering: Still Raining, Still Dreaming
(New World Records) 2008
Arthur Levering's remarkable cycle of works echoes
the masters Takemitsu and Stravinsky. The CD
also features Nicholas Kitchen, violin, in the
virtuosic "Echoi;" Fumito Nunoya in the playful
duo for vibes and celeste, "Sppooo;" and
Dinosaur Annex in the title track.
Tamar Diesendruck: Theater of the Ear
,
(Centaur Records) September 2008
This CD captures Diesendruck's evening-length
program based on the biblical story of The Tower
of Babel. The music is stunning—eclectic and
intriguing—and includes a solo piano performance
of "Sound Reasoning in the Tower of Babel."
New Program Offering
When Brahma Sleeps
An evening-length program of electro-acoustic music, featuring the music of Mark Wingate.
Funded in part by a grant from the Argosy contemporary Music Fund.
Audio Clips from Recent Performances
John Cage: Interlude No. 4
Monadnock Music Festival
Peterborough, New Hampshire
Christopher Theofanidis: Piano Concerto, movement I
Belgrade Philharmonic, Belgrade, Serbia
Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra, Columbus, Ohio
Mark Wingate: When Brahma Sleeps
Music On the Edge, Pittsburgh, PA
Distler Hall, Tufts University
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