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Lauridsen events on both coasts
Morten Lauridsen has been in residence at Westminster Choir College and Rowan University this spring, where many of his works have been performed. U.S.C.'s Thornton Symphony and Choral Artists present his Lux Aeterna on April 10, with Paul Salamunovich conducting. Then, it's back east for a choral workshop and Lauridsen Festival Concert on April 12, Immanuel Congregational Church, Hartford, CT.
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Leonard Rosenman, 1924-2008
We mourn the passing of Leonard Rosenman, who died in March at the age of 83. An Oscar-winner for his scores of the films “Barry Lyndon” and “Bound For Glory,” in his later years Rosenman concentrated on
concert works including a Violin Concerto performed by Elmar Oliveira and the American Composers Orchestra, and “Looking Back at Faded Chandeliers,” written for Leonard Stein’s Pierrot Project.
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"The alchemy of concerts is complex."
"How will players, soloists, conductor, program and audience all align? What combinations will work and what ideas will fly?" asks Andrew Patner in his review of a concert by the Chicago Sinfonietta conducted by Tania Leon, which featured two of her works.
Click on the photo for Patner's further thoughts.
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Musto & Campbell’s new Bastianello on double bill
Composer John Musto and librettist Mark Campbell’s comic one-act opera Bastianello premiered at the hands of the New York Festival of Song on March 11 and 13 in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, and on the 15th at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts. This is the 3rd collaboration between Musto and Campbell, following the full-length operas Volpone and Later the Same Evening.
William Bolcom’s Lucretia (libretto also by Campbell) shared the bill.
REVIEW
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Premiere Recording:
Ned Rorem's Piano Concerto No. 2
Composed for Julius Katchen in 1951, Ned Rorem's Second Piano Concerto was hailed at its premiere in 1954 but lay dormant for over 50 years. Brian Mulligan takes the solo part and Jose Serebrier leads the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in this premiere recording on Naxos, coupled with Rorem's Cello Concerto.
The CD is an Editor's Choice in the December 2007 Gramophone, which calls it "irresistible."
For more information and reviews, click on the photo.
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