News from G. Schirmer, Associated Music Publishers,and the Music Sales Group

March 2008

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Aaron Jay KernisReturns to G. Schirmer/AMPAaron Jay Kernis has signed an exclusive publishing agreement with G. Schirmer/Associated MusicPublishers, restoring a long-standingcomposer-publisher relationship.

“I am thrilled to resume my partner-ship with Schirmer/AMP,” Kernis com-mented. “I feel great satisfaction thatmy AJK Music catalogue from the lastseven years is now brought togetherwith my older works under one roof. Ilook forward to being represented bythe wonderful staff at Schirmer/AMPwho take such care and joy in workingwith the music of our time.”

“It is a great pleasure that we wel-come Aaron back to Schirmer/AMP,”added Kristin Lancino, Vice President ofSchirmer/AMP. “And it is with particularpride that we will now be representingthe entire catalogue of this importantAmerican composer. Aaron’s music isknown to musicians and audiencesworldwide as deeply creative, dynamic,and chock full of lyricism. His partnershere at G. Schirmer/AMP look forwardto many years of new ideas, projects,and collaborations.”

Kernis’s return to Schirmer/AMPbrings along the acquisition of his AJKMusic catalogue, which includes theorchestral works Newly Drawn Sky andColor Wheel; chamber works includingTwo Awakenings and a Double Lullaby,Trio in Red, Fanfare Con Fuoco, andBallad; and choral works such as TheLove of God, Two Meditations, andDorma, Ador.

Soprano Susan Narucki released arecording of Kernis’s Simple Songs,Valentines, and both books of theSongs of Innocents in February 2008on the Koch International Classics label.

PHOTO: RICHARD BOWDITCHAaron Jay Kernis

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John HarbisonSymphony No. 5

He carried in it the music of theearth, against the abyss.

— Czeslaw Milosz, Orpheus and Eurydice

“Concert music has aspirations.”Perhaps this quote refers to a distinc-tion between different musics, or per-haps it spells out degrees of artisticmeasure. For John Harbison, this notionis vital to his art. To him, there is agrand cultural tradition in concert musicthat should be recognized.

Noble aspirations permeateHarbison’s work — he writes music thathas “a sense of opportunity.” This grandsense is evident in his newest work,Symphony No. 5, commissioned by theBoston Symphony Orchestra (his sixthcommission from the BSO), which willbe premiered on 17 April, with JamesLevine conducting, Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano, and Nathan Gunn, baritone.Harbison’s Symphony No. 5 sets textfrom three poems, each based on themyth of Orpheus and Eurydice.

The first poem, by Czeslaw Milosz,

Orpheus and Eurydice (the genesis ofthis project), sets the dark mood andthe “meditation on loss” Harbison men-tions in his program note to the sym-phony. The poem introduces the tragicirony and Orpheus’s path toward comingto terms with his loss of Eurydice.

The second poem, Relic, by LouiseGlück takes the perspective of Eurydiceand describes her torment, the “tor-ment of mortal passions.” For Harbison,her voice reconstitutes a forwardmotion for the music, which is nearlyimmobilized during Orpheus’s journeyout of the abyss.

The final poem, Sonnet to Orpheus II,by Rainer Maria Rilke (the last poemHarbison brought into the symphony)brings the other two texts together.Although the conclusion of Rilke’s poemis not entirely resolved, to Harbison,Rilke’s positive, humanitarian tonecasts a much wider net than Milosz’s.

Rilke’s poem concludes the tragedywith hope, and asks readers to joyfullyadd ourselves to the “creatures ofnature’s totality.” Perhaps there,appeased with our mortality, we can beat peace — a truly worthy aspiration.

Tan Dun, Greenberg, PrevinThree Spring ConcertiTan DunThere is a very special bond betweenTan Dun and pianist Lang Lang — forLang Lang, they are “like brothers.”After meeting seven years ago in NewYork, the two musicians have collaborat-ed on several projects including the filmscore to the Chinese-language movie,“The Banquet,” and on revisions to TanDun’s solo piano score, Eight Memoriesin Watercolor.

Their latest collaboration, to be pre-miered by the New York Philharmonicand Leonard Slatkin on 9 April, is apiano concerto described by Lang Langas “very melodic, very rhythmic, andvery dramatic.” Given the power of thisnew work, Lang Lang is certain the con-certo will appeal to a large audience,particularly, as this 25 year-old virtuosoputs it, “to the younger generation.”

Tan Dun’s rich pageant of ancientChina, The First Emperor, returnsto the Metropolitan Opera featuringPlácido Domingo, tenor, and TanDun, conductor, on 10, 14, 17 May.

Jay GreenbergThe East Texas Symphony Orchestra and conductor Per Brevig join forceswith the Eroica Trio on 26 April to con-clude the orchestra’s season with JayGreenberg’s Concerto for Piano Trio andOrchestra, a commission from theorchestra.

This is Greenberg’s second concertothis season. In October, Joshua Bell andthe Orchestra of St. Luke’s offeredCarnegie Hall audiences his ViolinConcerto, a piece which the AssociatedPress hailed as a “compelling additionto the genre.”

Greenberg travels to Tyler, TX, prior tothe concert for rehearsals and to speakalong with Brevig and the Eroica Trio atthe orchestra’s Noon Notes concert-preview. �

2008 GRAMMY AWARDSJoan Tower Made In America

Best Classical Contemporary Composition — Best Classical Album — Best Orchestral Performance

� Nashville Symphony; Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Naxos 8.559328)

Peter Lieberson Neruda SongsBest Classical Vocal Performance, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano

� Boston Symphony Orchestra; James Levine, conductor (Nonesuch 79954-2)

Steven Mackey Indigenous InstrumentsBest Chamber Music Performance — Producer Of The Year, Classical

� eighth blackbird; Judith Sherman, producer (Cedille Records CDR 90000 094)

Samuel Barber Violin ConcertoBest Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

� James Ehnes, violin; Bramwell Tovey, conductor; Vancouver Symphony (CBC Records 5241)

Jean-Baptiste Camille CorotOrpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld, 1861

Oil on canvasThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Museum purchase with funds provided

by the Agnes Cullen Arnold Endowment Fund, 87.190

Lang Lang(left) and Tan Dunat work

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artistic boundaries. Yet, there is a quali-ty to this project that seems quite new.

Working from a seed of commonground, the composers wrote in soli-tude. Once composed, the notes werehurriedly rehearsed by the musiciansbefore Marshall began to bring it alltogether. During rehearsals, she addedher touch, yet she took great care towork within the limitations. “It is a greattribute to Susan as an artist,” JuliaWolfe commented on the choreogra-pher. “She didn’t want to interfere withthe music.”

For Marshall, though, it was the limi-tations that gave her much of the inspi-ration for her input. “The challenge isthey are playing their instruments, theirbodies and minds are active andinvolved, there is no wiggle-room there, Ihad to work within the scope ofoptions,” she insisted.

But as with much artistic creation,the limiting of possibilities actuallyopened up the opportunities: Marshalland the musicians worked together tointerlace movement and theatre intothe music. “The blend will be very sur-prising; it is very natural within themusic. It might be startling when theyleave their instruments; hopefully,though, you will think, ‘but of course!’ ”

singing in the dead of night will pre-miere on 26 March in Virginia at theUniversity of Richmond. Its subsequenttour includes the New York premiere atZankel Hall on 17 April.

André PrevinPerformers are always excited to pre-miere concerti for their instrument.Despite the reality that many instru-ments have stores of concerti, it is vitalto be part of the creation of somethingnew. For Gretchen Van Hoesen, princi-pal harp of the Pittsburgh Symphony,the joy of a concerto premiere is, per-haps, more sweet. “The harp doesn'thave a large body of concerti,” VanHoesen explains. According to her thereis only a handful that really have madea mark. Van Hoesen's premiere ofAndré Previn’s Harp Concerto on 7March will be quite a boon. She expectsit to be a “tremendous addition to therepertoire.”

Gordon, Lang, and Wolfesinging in the dead of nightWhen does movement become dance?When does music become theatre?

The delicate shades betweendance/movement and music/theatreare fully embraced by the collaboratorsof singing in the dead of night, a workthat balances on the intersection ofthese artistic worlds. This collaborationtakes the compositions of MichaelGordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfeand brings them to life as, perhaps, noother chamber work has done to thispoint. Commissioned by the adventur-ous chamber ensemble eighthblackbird, the work is an intricate fabricof music, action, soundscapes, silence,theatre, and motion — woven into awhole by choreographer SusanMarshall.

This intriguing project is a familiar, yetaltogether new process for these collab-orators. In the past, each person hashad experience working across artisticborders: Susan Marshall is renownedfor her work with musicians; all of thecomposers have had significant experi-ence working with dance; and eighthblackbird is no stranger to pushing

Gabriela Lena FrankWorld PremieresSpring is a busy season for Gabriela Lena Frank who will hear the world pre-mieres of five new works. On 25 March,the Los Angeles Philharmonic NewMusic Group, under the baton of JoanaCarneiro, will present New AndeanSongs on their Green Umbrella serieswith special guests soprano Tony Arnoldand mezzo-soprano Rachel Calloway.Guitarist Manuel Barrueco and theCuarteto Latinoamericano launch aworld-wide tour in Mexico City on 11April featuring Frank’s Inca Dances.Frank’s composer-residency with theModesto Symphony culminates with thepremiere of her Two American Portraitswith conductor David Alan Miller on 9 May. Concertante presents the pre-miere of Hypnagogia on 17 May inHarrisburg, PA. Finally, on 30 May, Odesto Neruda will be performed by theAdorno Ensemble and soprano LucyShelton at San Francisco’s de YoungMuseum.

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Choreographer Susan Marshall (left) develops movement with pianist Lisa Kaplan

for singing in the dead of night.

PHOTO: TIM MUNRO

New Andean Songs21'Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, 2perc, 2pf

Inca Dances 21'guitar, str quartet

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Odes to Neruda 15'Soprano, cl, perc, pf, vn, vc

Gabriela Lena Frank at the dance hall onIsla Amatani, in Lake Titicaca, Peru, the

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André PrevinHarp Concerto 15'Harp; 3(pic).2(ca).2+bcl.2+cbn/4.2.2+btbn.1/timp.2perc/cel/str

Gordon, Lang, Wolfesinging in the dead of night 21'fl, cl, perc, pf, vn, va, vc

Kirke Mechem’s opera John Brown is seen inits premiere production at Lyric Opera of

Kansas City 3-11 May under the direction ofKristine McIntyre. The cast features James

Maddelena as the controversial abolitionist.

JOHN BROWN, ENGRAVING FROM DAGUERREOTYPE, CA. 1856

MechemJohn BrownSoprano, Mezzo-soprano, 3 Tenors, Baritone,3 Bass-baritones, 2 Basses, chorus 3333/4331/timp.4perc/hp.cel/str

“It isn’t dance... it’s Task Oriented Action.”Tim Munro, flutes, eighth blackbird

Judith WeirQueen’s Medal for MusicJudith Weir has been awarded theQueen’s Medal for Music. Sir PeterMaxwell Davies, Master of the Queen’sMusic, spoke at the December 2007ceremony, remarking that Weir “is acomposer of the most striking originalityand freshness who communicates onthe broadest level with the public, notonly with dedicated and intense skill,but with an absolute and infectiousintegrity.” The annual Queen’s Medal forMusic was first awarded in 2005, toreward individuals who have had amajor influence on the musical life ofthe UK.

Stewart CopelandSavannah Music FestivalLike many at an young age, Rob Gibson,executive director of the SavannahMusic Festival, was impressed byStewart Copeland’s command of thedrum kit — Gibson had seen The Policeperform on their first US tour in 1979.After Gibson began a successful musiccareer himself, ultimately founding Jazzat Lincoln Center and teaching for nineyears at the Juilliard School, he movedto Georgia and founded the SavannahMusic Festival — a festival dedicated tobreaking down musical barriers byshowcasing a broad array of musicaltraditions and styles. This year, Gibson— along with violinist and AssociateArtistic Director Daniel Hope — hasorganized an evening of concert musicby Copeland. The 26 March programwill feature Celeste, a new trio writtenfor the Festival featuring Hope, StewartCopeland, and pianist SebastianKnauer. Other Copelando works on theconcert include Eve, Grace, Eleanor,Prey “Birds,” Prey “Baboons,” Stalin’sSultry Serenade, and The Gene Pool.

Joan TowerApril FlowersThree new pieces by Grammy-winner Joan Tower sprout this spring. She joinsthe Enso String Quartet to premiere herDumbarton Quintet at — where else? —the Dumbarton Oaks library and gar-dens in Washington, DC, on 12 April.The premiere celebrates new facilitiesand the site’s history of commissions,

such as Stravinsky’s Concerto in E-flat,Dumbarton Oaks.

Tower has never set words to music.Until now. Her inner wordsmith bloomsfor the Young People’s Chorus of NewYork City. "The words are simple, direct-ed at children and teenagers,” sheexplains, “and basically express thethought of ‘can I be heard’ which manychildren experience as they grow up.”The YPC premieres Can I on the after-noon of 27 April at Columbia’s MillerTheater.

Tower will then hail a cab to hear vio-list Paul Neubauer give Simply Purpleits first performance on a ChamberMusic Society of Lincoln Center eventthat includes her Trio Cavany and WildPurple.

John TavenerTwo Premieres:Sollemnitas in ConceptioneImmaculata Beatae MariaeVirginis (Feast of the ImmaculateConception of the Blessed VirginMary) and Toward SilenceThe Missa Solemnis (Solemn Mass or High Mass) is one of the most important antecedents in Westernmusic — it is closely associated withboth the development of Westernpolyphony and the development ofWestern musical notation. This musicaloffering has been interpreted since itsmedieval beginnings; the earliest frag-ments of mass polyphony date from the10th and 11th centuries.

For John Tavener, his interpretationof the Mass is unusual for its ecumeni-cal nature. A deeply devout man,Tavener’s oeuvre has paralleled his spir-ituality as it has evolved from his con-version to the Orthodox Church in 1977to his recent interest in the universalistphilosophy of the late Swiss metaphysi-cian Fritjhof Schuon, and the AdvaitaVedanta (the Hindu doctrine of non-duality), which embraces all great reli-gious traditions. As his life has beenshaped by these influences, as well as“a life-long veneration and love of

Mary,” this Mass, to Tavener, “seemedto be a commission sent from heaven.”

The work — Sollemnitas inConceptione Immaculata BeataeMariae Virginis, which receives its USpremiere on 7 March by the SaintThomas Choir with the Orchestra of St.Luke’s in New York City — unites thecomplete text of the liturgy for the feastday of Mary with elements from Latin,Sanskrit, Arabic, Aramaic, Greek,American Indian, German, Italian,poems by Fritjhof Schuon, and a linefrom Dante — to “express something ofthe Divine Effulgence of the Femininethat the Mother of God reveals to us.”

The Saint Thomas Choir is a co-com-missioner of this work.

The Rubin Museum of Art has com-missioned Tavener to create TowardSilence, to be performed on 29 May inconjunction with the Brainwave festival— a collaborative cultural and scientificexperience in New York City fromJanuary through May 2008. This eventis a good fit for Tavener: throughout thefestival, the organizers will delve intothe workings of the mind by looking atart, music, and meditation, and how wecan learn from these practices. TheRubin Museum, which concentrates onart from the Himalayan region, is cer-tainly the ideal venue for this site-spe-cific work, which commands the forcesof four string quartets (led by the MediciQuartet) positioned on different floorsof the galleries on and around theRubin Museum’s stunning spiral stair-case.

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PHOTO: SUZANNE JANSENJudith Weir

Thea MusgraveAt 80

Thea Musgrave celebrates hereightieth birthday on 27 May

with performances of new andexisting works taking place

throughout the year.

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March 7 Previn (GS) � Concerto for Harp andOrchestraGretchen van Hoesen,harpPittsburgh Symphony/André PrevinPittsburgh, PA

March 7 Tavener (CH) � Sollemnitas inConceptioneImmaculata BeataeMariae VirginisSaint Thomas Choir ofMen and Boys;Orchestra of St.Luke's/John ScottNew York, NY

Green UmbrellaMarch 25 Frank (GS) � New Andean SongsLos AngelesPhilharmonic New Music Group/Joana CarneiroLos Angeles, CA

Savannah MusicFestivalMarch 26 Copeland (PAL) � CelesteDaniel Hope, violin;Stewart Copeland, per-cussion; SebastianKnauer, pianoSavannah, GA

March 18 Danielpour (AMP) � The Book of HoursKalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio withMichael Tree, viola92nd Street YNew York, NY

March 19 Saariaho (CH) � MirageBBC SymphonyOrchestra/Jiri BelohlavekLondon, UK

March 21 Tavener (CH) � AdoremusWinchester WaynfleteSingersLondon, UK

March 14 Hawes (NOV) � The Lazarus RequiemTallis Chamber Choir/Patrick HawesLondon, UK

March 16 Ali-Zadeh (GSR) � Gottes Ist Der OrientCantori New York/Mark ShapiroNew York, NY

China TourMarch 16 Thomas (GS) � Juggler of DayCornell University GleeClubBeijing, China

March 7 Thomas (GS) � Eurythmy EtudesViktor Moser, pianoAlanus University of Artsand Social SciencesKöln, Germany

March 12 O'Regan (NOV) � A Light Exists inSpringMethodist College JuniorChoir/Lynda BarrettBelfast, Ireland

March 13 Saariaho (CH) � Mirage� Notes on LightOrchestre de Paris/Christoph EschenbachParis, France

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March 26 Gordon/Lang/Wolfe(RP) � singing in the dead ofnightSusan Marshall, choreographereighth blackbirdUniversity of Richmond,Richmond, VA

March 28 Sheng (GS) � A Night at theChinese OperaAugustin Hadelich, violinNew York, NY

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April 2 Saariaho (CH) � MirageDeutsches SymphonyBerlin, Germany

April 5 Nyman (CH) � gdmColin Currie, percussionRoyal LiverpoolPhilharmonic/Clark RundellLiverpool, UK

April 5 Saariaho (CH) � Leino SongsAnu Komsi, sopranoKyoto Symphony/ErnestMartínez IzquierdoOsaka, Japan

April 6 Brødsgaard (WH) � Six Sax ExamplesCopenhagen SaxophoneQuartetBirkerød, Denmark

April 7 Sheng (GS) � String Quartet No. 4,"Silent Temple"Ne(x)tworksNew York, NY

April 9 Salonen (CH) � Piano ConcertoYefim Bronfman, pianoToronto Symphony/Reinbert de LeeuwToronto, Canada

April 17 Harbison (AMP) � Symphony No. 5Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano; Nathan Gunn, baritoneBoston Symphony/James LevineBoston, MA

The Great ServiceApril 23Lang (RP) � Again (AfterEcclesiastes)Nederlands Kamer-koor/Paul HillierLeeuwarden, Holland

April 24 Saariaho (CH) � Adriana MaterBBC SymphonyOrchestra, BBC Singers/Edward GardnerLondon, UK

April 25 Wallin (CH) � Urban BestiaryNorwegian NationalOperaOslo, Norway

Wittener TageApril 26 Abrhamasen (WH) � SchneeEnsemble RechercheWitten, Germany

April 13 Harbison (AMP) � CortègeNew EnglandConservatory PercussionEnsemble/Frank EpsteinBoston, MA

April 13 Wood (CH) � Clarinet QuintetNicholas Cox, clarinetChilingirian StringQuartetLondon, UK

April 15 Harbison (AMP) � Milosz Songs(for voice and piano)Emily Hindrichs, soprano; Brett Hodgdon, pianoNew EnglandConservatoryContemporary EnsembleBoston, MA

April 17 Corigliano (GS) � TriplePlayEvelyn Glennie, percussionGulbenkian Orchestra/Lawrence FosterLisbon, Portugal

April 17 Gordon/Lang/Wolfe(RP) � singing in the dead ofnightSusan Marshall, choreographereighth blackbirdNew York, NY

April 12 Frank (GS) � Inca DancesManuel Barrueco, guitarCuartetoLatinoamericanoDa Camera of HoustonHouston, TX

April 12Glass (CH) � Concerto forHarpsichord andOrchestraAnthony Newman, harpsichordToronto Symphony/Reinbert de LeeuwToronto, Canada

April 12 Tower (AMP) � Dumbarton QuintetJoan Tower, pianoEnso String QuartetWashington, DC

April 13 Bainbridge (NOV) � Piano TrioGramercy TrioBoston ConservatoryBoston, MA

April 13 Frank (GS) � Cuatro CancionesAndinasMusique ala ModeNew York, NY

April 9 Tan Dun (GS) � Piano ConcertoLang Lang, pianoNew York Philharmonic/Leonard SlatkinNew York, NY

April 10 Corigliano (GS) � TriplePlayEvelyn Glennie, percussionRoyal Scottish NationalOrchestra/StéphaneDenèveAberdeen, Scotland

April 10 Frank (GS)� Sueños de Chambi:Snapshots for anAndean AlbumChamber Music Societyof Lincoln CenterNew York, NY

April 11 Frank (GS) � Inca DancesManuel Barrueco, guitarCuartetoLatinoamericanoMexico City, Mexico

April 11 Whitbourn (CH) � LuminosityDaniel Stewart, violaWestminster WilliamsonVoices; WestminsterSchola Cantorum; BlairAcademy Singers/James JordanPhiladelphia, PA

April 26 Greenberg (GS/LPP) � Concerto for PianoTrio and OrchestraEroica TrioEast Texas SymphonyOrchestra/Per BrevigTyler, TX

April 26 O'Regan (NOV) � Scattered RhymesOrlando Consort/Rotterdam, TheNetherlands

Works & ProcessApril 27 Harbison (AMP) � God Only KnowsGuggenheim MuseumNew York, NY

April 27 Tower (AMP) � Can IYoung People’s Chorusof New York City/Francisco NúñezNew York, NY� Simply PurplePaul Neubauer, viola� Trio CavanyChamber Music Societyof Lincoln CenterNew York, NY

April 29 Schnittke, recons. Raskotov (GSR) � Symphony No. 9Bruckner OrchesterLinz/Dennis RussellDaviesLinz, Austria

May 3 Mechem (GS) � John BrownLyric Opera of KansasCityKristine McIntyre, directorKansas City, MO

May 4 Kernis (AMP)� Ballad(e) out of theBlues (Superstar EtudeNo. 3)Mihaela Ursuleasa,piano , St. Paul, MN

May 4 Sørensen, (WH) � PhantasmagoriaTrio con BrioLondon, UK

May 18 Thomas (GS) � Dream ThreadsPatel ConservatoryYouth Orchestra/William W. WiedrichTampa, FL

May 29 Saariaho (CH) � Notes on LightAnssi Karttunen, celloNDR Symphony/Sylvain CambrelingGermany

May 30 Frank (GS) � Odes to NerudaLucy Shelton, sopranoAdorno EnsembleSan Francisco, CA

May 16 Saariaho (CH) � EchoLes Jeunes SolistesParis, France

May 17 Frank (GS) � HypnagogiaConcertanteHarrisburg, PA

Galway Early MusicFestivalMay 17 O'Regan (NOV) � Scattered RhymesOrlando ConsortIreland

May 10 Muldowney (NOV) � Four from ArcadyGodolphin and LatymerChoral SocietyLondon, UK

May 11 Hvidtfelt Nielsen (WH) � Of Fire and EarthShanghai SymphonyOrchestraShanghai, China

May 14 Holt (CH) � a table of noisesColin Currie, percussionCity of BirminghamSymphony Orchestra/Martyn BrabbinsBirmingham, UK

May 5 Vir (NOV) � HayagrivaKlangforum Wien/Johannes KalitzkeVienna, Austria

May 9 Frank (GS) � Two AmericanPortraitsModesto Symphony/David Alan MillerModesto, CA

May 10 Kernis (AMP)� Ballad(e) out of theBlues (Superstar EtudeNo. 3)Mihaela Ursuleasa,piano, New York, NY

May 30 Schuller (AMP) � Grand Concerto forPercussion andKeyboardsMet ChamberEnsemble/James LevineNew York, NY

May 31 Henze (CH) � PhaedraTheater an der WienVienna, Austria

May 31 Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (WH) � Convex-Concave-ConcordBang on a Can All-StarsNew York, NY

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Live and RecordedJohn CoriglianoTriplePlayPittsburgh SymphonyEvelyn Glennie, percussionFebruary 2008; Pittsburgh, PATriplePlay by John Corigliano proved tobe a brilliant compositional achieve-ment, one blessed by a full-dimensionperformance by soloist Dame EvelynGlennie, conductor Marin Alsop and theorchestra. Mark Kanny, Pittsburgh Tribune

Avner DormanFrozen In TimeMunich PhilharmonicMartin Grubinger, percussionJanuary 2008; Munich, GermanyThe “classic” division of the work intothree parts does not disappoint thedemand for contemporary at all.Instead it amuses due to the fact thathere the familiar concerto form is filledwith vibrant, up-to-date material thatnot only keeps the soloist on the go, butthe orchestra quite busy as well. It is asuccessful piece because the headstays in the clouds, but the feet arefirmly anchored to the ground.Laszlo Molnar, KlassikInfo.de

Gabriela Lena FrankQuijotadasBrentano String QuartetNovember 2007; New ZealandLeader Mark Steinberg introduced thecharacter of Don Quixote, the inspira-tion for Frank's five portraits, as livingon the border of fantasy and reality —this substantial work seemed to tra-verse countless musical borders in its20 minutes.

Bursting upon us with Bartókian gustoand ending with a bullet-trainSeguidillas, it embraced a wealth ofmusic, punctuated by pizzicatos ofevery hue. They were especially savagein the fourth movement, a mountainsong, passionately voiced by MishaAmory’s viola.William Dart, The New Zealand Herald

Bright ShengThe Nightingale and the RoseNew York City Ballet, ChristopherWheeldon, choreographerFebruary 2008; New York, NY...sets the atmosphere from its magicalfirst moments, providing aural color andnear-melodic climaxes that delicatelysupport the ballet's emotional climaxes.Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times,June 2007

String Quartet No. 5 “The Miraculous”Emerson String QuartetFebruary, 2008; Stanford, CAAn engaging and virtuosic piece...Sheng’s [quartet] is brainy entertain-ment, with two personalities as alternat-ing presences, circling one another,drawing closer. They are opposingforces that work to find a balance.Richard Scheinin, San Jose Mercury-News

John CoriglianoTriplePlay: Concerto for Percussion 35'Percussion; str orchestra

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Dmitri Shostakovich Odna (Alone), Op. 26Complete Film ScoreFrankfurt Radio Symphony OrchestraMark Fitz-Gerald, conductorNaxos 8.570316Shostakovich fanciers should snap up thisfirst complete recording of his oftenextraordinary score for the 1931 film“Alone (Odna),” the story of a Leningradteacher getting her mettle tested in aposting to miserable Siberia. Into the potShostakovich stirs circus marches, barrel-organ clichés, throat-singing, a wailingtheremin and woodwinds at the extremi-ties. Russian singers and Frankfurt’s radioorchestra lap up Fitz-Gerald’s reconstruc-tion; a job well done all round.Geoff Brown, The Times of London

Robert X. RodríguezLull-A-Bearfor Cello and PianoScore and Part$12.9550486383A short movement depicting the hibernation of a baby bear cub.

Three Lullabiesfor Solo Guitartranscribed by Enric Madriguera$4.9550486384Three short pieces for guitar, transcribed from the composer’s Three Lullabies for Piano Solo.

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