2007 Festival Recordings

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Concert I – June 20, 2007

Robert G. Patterson: Oceanic Prelude (2006) (.mp3)

John McMurtery, flute; Craig Hultgren, cello; Adam Bowles, piano

Paul Hindemith: Sonata for Bassoon (1938) (.mp3)

Jennifer Rhodes, bassoon; Adam Bowles, piano

Mark Volker: Waterways (2005)

I. Lakeside Dance (.mp3)
II. Deep River/Were You There? (.mp3)
III. The Erie Canal (.mp3)
IV. Gerry’s Rocks (.mp3)

Marta Szlubowska-Kirk, violin; Nobuko Igarashi, clarinet
Craig Hultgren, cello; Mark Volker, guitar

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6 (1938) (.mp3)

I. Aria (Choro): Largo (.mp3)
II. Fantasia: Allegro (.mp3)

John McMurtery, flute; Jennifer Rhodes, bassoon

George Rochberg: Trio for Clarinet, Horn, and Piano (1947)

Liberamente e molto espressivo; allegro con moto(.mp3)
Adagio (.mp3)
Adagio/Allegro giocosamente (.mp3)

Nobuko Igarashi, clarinet; Robert Patterson, horn; Adam Bowles, piano

Concert II – June 21, 2007

Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94, for flute and piano (1942)

I. Moderato (.mp3)
II. Scherzo (.mp3)
III. Andante (.mp3)
IV. Allegro con brio (.mp3)

John McMurtery, flute; Adam Bowles, piano

Tom Peterson: Ballade (2006) (.mp3)
2007 Beethoven Club Composition Contest Winner, Organ Division

Wesley Emerson, organ

James Jensen: bare ruin’d choirs (2005) (.mp3)

Craig Hultgren, cello

Mark Volker: Painted on the Firmament (2007)

I. Thunder Moon (.mp3)
II. Reflected Sky (.mp3)
III. Sundogs (.mp3)
IV. Heat Lightning (.mp3)

John McMurtery, flute; Craig Hultgren, cello; Adam Bowles, piano

Ho-Man Tin: Samsara: The Cycle of Existence (2007) (.mp3)
2007 Beethoven Club Composition Contest Winner, 3rd Place

Marta Szlubowska-Kirk, violin • Craig Hultgren, cello • Adam Bowles, piano

Maurice Ravel: Piece en forme de habanera (1907) (.mp3)

Jennifer Rhodes, bassoon; Adam Bowles, piano

Frederic Rzewski: North American Ballads, No 4: Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues (1979) (.mp3)

Lynn Raley, piano

Concert III – June 22, 2007

Jan Jirasek: Dilemma (1987/2007) music by Jan Jirasek (.mp3)

Craig Hultgren, cello; Sheri Wills, videographer

Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80, for violin and piano (1946)

I. Andante assai (.mp3)
II. Allegro brusco (.mp3)
III. Andante (.mp3)
IV. Allegrissimo (.mp3)

Marta Szlubowska-Kirk, violin; Lynn Raley, piano

Elliott Bark: Duo for Flute and Cello (2007) (.mp3)
2007 Beethoven Club Composition Contest Winner, 2nd Place

John McMurtery, flute; Craig Hultgren, cello

Ofer Ben-Amots: Songs from the Pomegranate Garden (2004) (.mp3)

Diane Thornton, contralto;Lynn Raley, piano

Gianluca Verlingieri: Schubert Fragmente (2007) (.mp3)
2007 Beethoven Club Composition Contest Winner, 1st Place

Marta Szlubowska-Kirk, violin; Craig Hultgren, cello; Adam Bowles, piano

James Carlson: Miserere et Guerre (2006) Animated Film on a print series by Georges Rouault Media artists: David Hellams and Kevin McCoySteinway

Concert IV – June 23, 2007

Benjamin Britten: Six Metamorphoses after Ovid - Pan, Niobe (.mp3)

Timothy Daniels, oboe

Carl Reinecke: Ballade, Op. 288 (.mp3)

Leah Wilensky, flute; Kelly Kramer, piano

Claude Debussy: Syrinx (.mp3)

Tony Sax, flute

Louis Ganne: Andante et Scherzo (.mp3)

Elspeth Sweatman, flute; Kelly Kramer, piano

John Moll: An Adventure of de Vitry’s Ghost (2007) (.mp3)

Nobuko Igarashi, clarinet; Marta Szlubowska-Kirk, violin

Andrew Drannon: Time Hates Control (2007) (.mp3)

Andrew Drannon, piano

James Carlson: Menacing Spirits (2007)

I. Ariel (.mp3)
II. Lady Macbeth

(.mp3)

Diane Thornton, contralto; Adam Bowles, piano

Robert G. Patterson: Bell Towers (1998) (.mp3)

Nobuko Igarashi, clarinet; Jennifer Rhodes, bassoon; Joan Gilbert, piano

Concert V – June 23, 2007

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Distribution of Flowers (1928) (.mp3)

John McMurtery, flute; Mark Volker, guitar

Frederico Mompou: Prelude 6 (pour la main gauche) (1930) (.mp3)

Daniel Heacock, piano

Daniel Heacock: Programmed to Enjoy (2007) (.mp3)

Rene Orth, speaker; Andrew Drannon, speaker
Daniel Heacock, violin; Brandon Goff, conductor

Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon (1922/1945)

1st movt. (.mp3)
2nd movt. (.mp3)
3rd movt. (.mp3)

Nobuko Igarashi, clarinet; Jennifer Rhodes, bassoon

Frederic Rzewski: Les Moutons de Panurge (1969) (.mp3)

Festival Ensemble

Concert VI – June 23, 2007

Jean Langlais: “Hymne d’Actions de Graces (Te Deum)”
From Trois Paraphrases Grégoriennes (Op. 5, No. 3) (.mp3)

Robert G. Patterson: Chorale Prelude Wachet auf, ruft, uns die Stimme (1991) (.mp3)

Mark Volker: In the Presence of Mystery: Part III (.mp3)

William Bolcom: From Gospel Preludes

What a Friend We Have in Jesus (Book 1) (.mp3)
Shall We Gather At the River (Book 2) (.mp3)

Ofer Ben-Amots: The Quasquicentennial Organ Book

1. Pastoral Invocation (b. 1955) (.mp3)
2. The Q Anthem (.mp3)

Calvin Hampton: Five Dances for Organ

I. The Primitives (.mp3)
II. At the Ballet (.mp3)
III. Those Americans (.mp3)
IV. An Exalted Ritual (.mp3)
V. Everyone Dance (.mp3)

Catherine Rodland, organ

 

Acknowledgements

Recording Engineer: Brandon Goff (www.brandongoff.com)

Steinway Concert Grand Piano Model D provided to Grace St. Luke’s Episcopal Church courtesy of AMRO Music Stores

Yamaha Concert Grand Piano Model CFIII provided to The Beethoven Club courtesy of Memphis Music Yahama Pianos

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