The Detroit Symphony is sponsoring a competition for female composers….check it out ladies! http://www.dso.org/page.aspx?page_id=552 The Elaine Lebenbom Annual Memorial Award for Female Composers WINNER NOTIFICATION DATE AND PREMIERE SEASON FOR THE SIXTH ANNUAL ELAINE LEBENBOM COMPETITION HAVE CHANGED. PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR UPDATES GENERAL DESCRIPTION The Elaine Lebenbom Memorial Award for Female Composers is granted [...]
Archive for Chamber Repertoire
Quatre Sonnets a Cassandre, Martin F.
I just stumbled onto another gem – another work recommended by Robért Langevin, Principal Flutist with the New York Philharmonic. Amours de Ronsard, for Mezzo Soprano, Flute, Viola and Cello is the most beautiful work of the Swiss composer Frank Martin’s I have yet to experience….think Debussy and Ravel with a Renaissance twist. Looking very [...]
Paying Tribute…Jack Wellbaum
The world of Piccolo playing just lost a huge advocate, mentor, teacher, and virtuoso performer…Jack Wellbaum. It is very rare to find someone who is so universally loved and respected by students and colleagues alike…he was a class act in every way and will be greatly missed. What he did for the level of piccolo [...]
Four Songs by Andre Previn , based on Poems by Toni Morrison
We recently discovered this fabulous work and highly recommend it. It is a beautiful, poignant, and whimsical setting of these stunning poems. The piano writing is uniquely Previn and very interesting, the cello part is like another voice part, and the soprano part is soulful, contemplative, melancholy, and funky ! This is a work of [...]
Collaborating with Composers ( the living ones!)
It is one of our great joys to work with a composer in bringing a new work to life. We got to do that this week with Cleveland Composer Stephen Stanziano who just wrote a terrific new quartet entitled “Superiority Complex ” for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano. The character he is going for in [...]
Louise Farrenc-Piano Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano, e minor
Louise Farrenc (1804-1875) was a female composer and Professor of Piano at the Paris Conservatoire, the only woman to hold this prestigious position in the 19th Century. A contemporary of Mendelssohn, this substantial work is a rare gem in the literature of flute music. Not only does it fill a void in the Romantic Flute [...]
Durufle- Prelude, Recitative and Variations for Flute, Viola and Piano, op.3
To my knowledge, this is the only piece of chamber music Durufle wrote, and it is an absolute gem! His other works are for organ, piano, piano 4 hands, 2 pianos, many choral works, orchestral works, and his famous Requiem. Durufle was a celebrated organist , choirmaster and church musician in the great Cathedrals of Paris, [...]
Hebert Variations for Piccolo and Piano by M. Griebling-Haigh, live at St. Peter’s
The Hebert Variations was a collaborative project with Panoramicos, composer Margi Griebling-Haigh and a number of former colleagues and students of William (Bill )Hebert, long time and legendary Solo Piccolo with the Cleveland Orchestra. On the occasion of his 80th birthday, we presented him with a new piece written in his honor, with one variation [...]
