Entries in the Category "Podcasts"
Trio for Violin, Alto Saxophone and Piano
Written for and played by the Cleveland Duo & James Umble
I. Closer than they appear
II. The answered question
III. Battlefield dance
II and III are segue, but separate tracks on my CD, so imagine the break isn't here.
Symphony in D
For those who missed it last weekend, here is the Schimpfonie (as its dedicatee, Vienna-based composer David Babcock, calls it), performed by the Suburban Symphony Orchestra under Martin Kessler. It's about 26' long. Enjoy!
Seeker Variations
Here is the premiere of my new cello and piano piece, played by Eden Raiz (age 16) with Elizabeth Johnson on piano.
String Quartet #1 in A
OK folks, here it is, from the capable hands of Sae Shiragami, Beth Woodside, Lisa Boyko and Linda Atherton of the Cleveland Chamber Collective:
I. Sonata quasi una ciaccona
II. In silent streets of water
III. Rondo Afro-Gorale
Cuyahoga Boat Song
A bit of salon music for piano, a little barcarolle about dreamily floating down the river that burned.
Piano Trio performance coming
On Weds. the 11th at 8PM at the University of Akron, the Gramercy Trio will be doing my Piano Trio on a CCG concert on the U-Ak New Music Festival. For those who want a taste beforehand, here's a performance by Takako Masame, Linda Atherton, and Nicholas Underhill, of the Cleveland Chamber Collective.
I. Allegro agitato
II. Experience: variations after Jeremiah Ingalls
Ave regina coelorum
This is a piece I wrote for Andrew and Brenda Pongracz (and friends, in this case Heather Gullstrand, viola and Mark George, piano), former choristers at St. James Anglican Catholic. Andy is actually a percussionist, but I make him sing a little. Brenda has all kinds of high notes (I take her up to e''' here). This is a little unusual for me...it's a sort of chamber-ensemble take on the Eton Choirbook style.
Divertimento in C
At long last, the Cleveland Chamber Collective performance of 11/5/06, with Mary Kay Fink, flute; Sae Shiragami, violin; Lisa Boyko, viola; Linda Atherton, cello.
I. Stephen's tune
II. Aubade
III. A cute minuet
IV. Jimmy's march
Overture in Organum
We haven't had any band music here (or any large ensemble music at all). This is a reading by Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony 1, directed here by Bill Ciabbatari. There are a few scoring changes in the final version (most notably, thinned-out percussion).
Unus ex discipulis
This is the third (and last) of the excerpts from the Responsoria, alternating between rage and lamentation. There are still 6 that haven't been performed or recorded yet, so if you have a choir...
Amicus meus
Amicus meus comes before "Judas mercator" (my last podcast) in the Responsoria cycle. Again, from the Mac concert.
Judas mercator pessimus
The Friday Podcast is a bit from the Mac concert...a sick little bit of modal disco for the "commercial apostle."
Mag and Nunc in D.
Here's my Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D, from last summer's concert at Immaculate Conception RC Church. If you like big blowsy Anglican church music, you should find this veddy satisfying indeed.
Annabel Lee
Poe for baritone and Dilling harp, with Andrew White and Jocelyn Chang.
"Like a very sophisticated sea chantey" -- Klaus George Roy.
De profundis clamavi
The Offertory for the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost (the pre-Advent holding pattern), performed by the (augmented) Schola Cantorum of Immaculate Conception Catholic church, Cleveland, directed by moi.
Grand Polka de Concours
This was written in 1991 as a "5 minute barnburner" for Fred Ziwich's MM clarinet recital. Fred has been nominated for the Cleveland Slovenian-style Polka Hall of Fame, and this was inspired by my experiences (some shared with Fred) in the Oktoberfest industry.
Maria Pla is the pianist. It's a sick piece. Enjoy!
Great Hunger
This is my first podcast. The Great Hunger, written to honor the sesquicentennial of the Irish Potato Famine, was done on a Cleveland Composers Guild concert several weeks ago. This is not that performance (which I don't have a recording of yet) but the premiere by the Coryton Ensemble.