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American composer (1915–2009)
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- composer, musicologist, music theorist, writer, university teacher
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The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2024-02-09 21:08:25
[…] minutes. Mark DeVoto saw Ozawa conduct only a few times, but found every occasion memorable. “I heard his Gurrelieder in Symphony Hall in 1977, a solid but not notably exciting performance which Ozawa conducted (as he, of course, almost always did) from memory, leaving Schoenberg’s score glaringly visible on the conductor’s desk and never opening it. Ten years later he did a semi-staged Wozzeck, with Luxon and Behrens in the lead roles, and George Perle told me afterward it was one of the most moving performances he had ever heard. A few years later I had a fourth-row seat at a special concert that included the American premiere of Arthur Lourié’s fascinating Blackamoor of Peter the Great, followed by a magical performance of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with Kremer, all superbly controlled. I didn’t hear more than a portion of Messiaen’s seven-hour opera St. François d’Assise, when the BSO […]
2023-12-15 00:00:00
Another miscellany of orchestral and vocal music (Bostock, Corp, Davan Wetton, DePaul Wind Ensemble, Dreier, Elder, Pesek, The Albion Ensemble)
[…] [22'29]06 Ivor Gurney (edited & orchestrated P. Lancaster): The Trumpet # [5'45]Ralph Vaughan Williams: An Oxford Elegy * [22'01]Jeremy Irons- speaker*, Roderick Williams- baritone^, City of London Chorus^*#, London Mozart Players conducted by Hilary Davan WettonNaxos 8.573426 [recorded July 2014; issued 2014][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Henry Wood Hall, LondonRecording engineer: Mike Clements; Producer: Andrew WaltonRagtimes & Serenades:01 - 04 Willem van Otterloo (1907-1978): Serenade for Brass and Percussion [18'56]05 George Perle (1915-2009): Concertino for Piano, Winds and Timpani * [9'58]06 - 09 Ned Rorem (1923-2022): Sinfonia [11'26]10 - 12 Thom Ritter George (1942-): Concerto for Flute and Winds ^ [7'55]13 - 23 Hans Werner Henze (1926-2012): Ragtimes and Habaneras [13'57]Mary Sauer- piano*, Mary Stolper- flute^, DePaul Wind Ensemble conducted by Donald DeRocheAlbany TROY568 [recorded June 2000 to June 2002; CD issued 2003][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: DePaul University Concert Hall, Chicago, […]
2022-03-24 23:49:41
Dessoff Choirs premieres cantatas by civil rights composer Margaret Bonds April 28 at 7:30 PM, Church of the Heavenly Rest, 1085 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY
[…] over a wide variety of eras and styles, Dessoff’s musical acumen and flexibility has been recognized with invitations from major orchestras for oratorios and orchestral works. Past performances include Britten’s War Requiem and Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with Lorin Maazel in his final performances as Music Director with the New York Philharmonic. Over the course of its nearly 100-year history, Dessoff has presented many world premieres, including works by Virgil Thomson, George Perle, Paul Moravec, and Ricky Ian Gordon; the first American performance in nearly 100 years of Montemezzi’s opera La Nave with Teatro Grattacielo; and the American premieres of Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 5 and Sir John Tavener’s all-night vigil, The Veil of the Temple. Dessoff’s recent discography includes REFLECTIONS, featuring music by Convery, Corigliano, Moravec, and Rorem; GLORIES ON GLORIES, a collection of American song featuring composers from Billings to Ives; and MARGARET […]
2021-05-19 00:12:00
International Contemporary Ensemble and Dr. Naomi André Host the Afro-Diasporic Opera Forum, Online May 26–28, 2021 with FringeArts and Opera Omaha
[…] Afro-Diasporic Opera Forum online from May 26-28, 2021 with an opening session on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 7pm ET. The Forum is a free, three-day series of online events produced by colleagues and collaborators of the International Contemporary Ensemble in order to celebrate, share, and reflect on three operas that have had a major impact on the organization and collaborators. They include: George Lewis’ Afterword (2015), Dr. Tyshawn Sorey’s Perle Noire: Meditations for Joséphine Baker (2016), Pauline Oliveros and IONE’s The Nubian Word for Flowers: A Phantom Opera (2017). The Forum will end with the screening of Lisa E. Harris’ recent digital opera, Cry of the Third Eye (2020). These works, which focus on stories of Black experiences, are critical in pushing the canon forward. Over the three days, conversations and presentations will contextualize these works, showing the many ways in […]
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