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December 25, 2009

Holidays 2009

Here are a couple of great programs from the past for Christmas and New Years Fridays:

25 December 2009: rebroadcast

#178: April 17, 2009 :: Garland/Hovhaness

 

Peter Garland: String Quartet #2 “Crazy Cloud”  (1994)
Apartment House Quartet - Cold Blue CB0032 (2009)

Alan Hovhaness: Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra (1954)
Premier recording: Martin Berkofsky, Atakan Sari, pianos
Globalis Symphony Orchestra, Konstantin Krimets, cond.
Black Box BBM1103 (2004)      This work had to wait 50 years for a first performance and recording!


1 January 2010: rebroadcast

#91 :: January 19, 2007 :: THINKING

Maria de Alvear: THINKING (2000), for piano + violin + video - piano: Stephen Clarke, violin: Marc Sabat; based on texts by: Tsolagiu M.A. RuizRazo:

THE THINKING OF PEOPLE

WHEN I SPEAK OF THE SPIRIT
IT IS FAR BEYOND WHAT MOST PEOPLE THINK OF.
I’M CONFIDENT IN MY WAYS.
I DON’T CARE ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF ME
BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT WHAT I HAVE BEEN SHOWN
AND TOLD IS FAR BEYOND.

Recording: 12.1.2001, Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto, Canada; LIVE UNEDITED CONCERT RECORDING. World Edition CD0009


Best wishes for the new year!

 

Originally posted by rchrd from Music From Other Minds, ReBlogged by newmusicrebloggers on Dec 25, 2009 at 11:12 PM

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