Elie Siegmeister News
American composer (1909-1991)
- opera
- United States of America
- conductor, composer, musicologist, university teacher, film score composer
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2022-01-29 00:28:53
[…] for the pianist Scott Tinney (now deceased) who requested short works for his virtual performances on Facebook, and the world premiere of Two Pieces for Porter, a pair of works written on a call for scores by pianist Stephen Porter that pay homage to Schubert (Schubert's Swan) and Beethoven (Ruminations). The concert will also feature works by composer-conductor Joseph Jones as well as compositions by Hale Smith, Abel Meeropol, Edith Segal, Elie Siegmeister and the world premiere of Leonard Lehrman's setting of Amanda Gorman's 2021 poem "The Hill We Climb", penned for the inauguration of President Biden. A flyer for the concert is annexed herewith. I will send the ZOOM link to this concert over the weekend. If you are unable to attend, the concert will be posted in its entirety on YouTube, and you […]
2020-04-16 18:52:00
John Malveaux: Composer Elie Siegmeister's "I HAVE A DREAM" was originally commissioned by Cantor Solomon Mendelson at Temple Beth Sholom
Elie Siegmeister John Malveaux of MusicUNTOLD.com writes: POLITICS of MUSIC This is to share information from the Elie Siegmeister Centennial files by conductor Leonard J. Lehrman. Composer Elie Siegmeister's "I HAVE A DREAM" was originally commissioned by Cantor Solomon Mendelson at Temple Beth Sholom in Long Beach, Long Island. In the text adaptation by Edward Mabley, authorized by Dr. King, the scope of the speech is deliberately extended, so that the famous phrase "judged not by the color of their skin but the content of their character" becomes "not by their color nor by their creed-but their character only shall they be judged." The concept of the "exile in his own land" relates the Hebrew exile by the waters of Babylon to the desolation of Langston Hughes' "The Negro Speaks of Rivers." A blue fugue combines the lines "No man is an Island" […]
2020-03-31 23:30:00
John Malveaux: Ambassador Aharoni: "ISRAEL is the only country, outside of the USA, that is officially marking MLK’s legacy."
[…] a book signing & photo exhibit titled "BETA ISRAEL-House of Israel (capturing the hardships and kinships of Ethiopian Jews living in Israel) followed by reception led by Rabbi-Cantor. The location was Long Beach Borders Books and Music, June 7, 1998. The event was officially endorsed by the Israeli Consulate in honor of the 50th anniversary of Israel's statehood. I recently emailed Ambassador Aharoni to share information about composer Elie Siegmeister I HAVE A DREAM Cantata with text by Edward Mabley based on a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. I was surprised to learn from the Ambassador that "ISRAEL is the only country, outside of the USA, that is officially marking MLK’s legacy." See pic 1 Israel Ambassador Ido Aharoni, pic 2 Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
2018-07-12 05:32:00
American Flute Concertos (CD review)
[…] on the program is that of Virgil Thomson, represented here by his "Concerto for Flute, Strings, Harp and Percussion" from 1954. It is unusual in that its first movement is entirely a flute solo. It is mostly calm and settled, building only slightly as it moves forward; it is followed by a sullen middle movement, and then by the entrance of harp and percussion in the finale. Mary Stolper From 1960 comes Elie Siegmeister's "Concerto for Flute and Orchestra." It begins as a nostalgic piece and then works its way toward jazz and more modern rhythms by the end. Finally, the newest work on the disc is the one that opens the album, Lita Grier's "Renascence," 1996, which the composer calls her "rebirth" because it was her first new composition in over thirty years. Of the three movements, the first and third are quick, lively, spirited, and just […]
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