Concert Highlights

American Composers Alliance 75^th Anniversary Concert
Saturday, June 23, 2012 at 8:00pm

Schwartz - Chamber Concerto VI: Peter Sheppard-Skaerved, violinEdwards - Parallel Convergences: Oliver Hagen, conductorMoore - TranscensionWeber - Concerto Op. 32: Fred Sherry, cello

Gideon - Bohmischer Krystall: Jo Ellen Miller, Soprano

Peter Sheppard-Skaerved, solo violin

Philip Blackburn, Innova Recordings: Laurel Leaf Award 2012Weber - Concerto Op. 32: Orion Weiss, piano; Fred Sherry, cello; Orchestra of the League of Composers, Oliver Hagen, conductor

Gideon

Weber

Beth Wiemann (L) and Gina Genova present the 2012 Laurel Leaf Award to Philip Blackburn, Director of Innova Recordings

The Orchestra of the League of Composers
Oliver Hagen, conductor

Soloists:

Jo Ellen Miller, soprano
Peter Sheppard Skaerved, violin
Fred Sherry, cello
Orion Weiss, piano

Symphony Space
New York City

Program:

Dorothy Rudd Moore, TRANSCENSION ("I have been to the mountaintop") for chamber orchestra (1986) (*this performance for fl, ob, cl, and string quintet) Concert Recording on Sound Cloud
Video of Transcension on YouTube

Elliott Schwartz, Chamber Concerto VI: Mr. Jefferson (2007) New York Premiere; for solo violin and chamber orchestra; VIDEO of performance

 Intermission

Miriam Gideon, Bömischer Krystall (1990) for Soprano, and Pierrot Ensemble  (fl, cl, vln,  vcl, piano) (see performance video below)
Ben Weber, Concerto, Op. 32 (1950) for piano solo, cello obbligato, and woodwind quintet; Concert Recording on Sound Cloud
George Edwards, Parallel Convergences (1988) for eleven players; VIDEO of performance

Guest conductor:  Oliver Hagen

To download entire concert program/PDF, click here.