Eastman Series, Vol. 6
Download from iTunes Quantity in Basket: None EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC Eastman Series, Vol. 6 TROY277 - Price: $16.99
Go Back >

 

Another appearance by Renée Fleming highlights this volume of the Eastman Series.

Brian Israel studied with Ulysses Kay, Robert Palmer, Burrill Phillips and Karel Husa. He graduated from Cornell in 1975. He taught at Syracuse University for 12 years until his untimely death at 35. His In Praise of Practically Nothing for tenor voice and eight-player Chamber ensemble was composed in Syracuse and is a setting of poems by Samuel Hoffenstein. Gerald Levinson is professor of music and former chair of the Department of Music and Dance at Swarthmore College. He studied composition with George Crumb, Richard Wernick and George Rochberg. His work in dark is a setting of poems by Nanine Valen and Robert Lax. David Noon is a graduate of Yale. His teachers have included Milhaud, Charles Jones, Yehudi Wyner and Mario Davidovsky. His Six Chansons were composed when he was a Fulbright Fellow in Warsaw, Poland. They are settings of six poems by the great Chinese master of the late Tang dynasty, Meng Chiao. Noon translated the poems into French. Robert Stern was educated at Eastman. He studied with Louis Mennini, Kent Kennan, Wayne Barlow, Lukas Foss and Howard Hanson. He writes: "Blood and Milk Songs takes its name from Blood and Milk Poems, a volume by Ruth Whitman. The lyric quality of the poetry is mirrored in the music, which is propelled by a strong melodic impulse."
Contents:
Brian Israel, composer
In Praise of Practically Nothing
Jeffrey Fhanestock, tenor, Eastman Musica Nova Ensemble, Sydney Hodkinson, conductor

Gerald Levinson, composer
in dark
Elizabeth Fulford, soprano, Eastman Musica Nova Ensemble, Sydney Hodkinson, conductor

David Noon, composer
Six Chansons
Renée Fleming, soprano, Eastman Musica Nova Ensemble, Sydney Hodkinson, conductor

Robert Stern, composer
Blood and Milk Songs
Elizabeth Fulford, soprano, Deborah Kraus, mezzo, Eastman Musica Nova Ensemble, Sydney Hodkinson, conductor

Review:
Review to come
You may also like:
More Info
EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC Eastman Series, Vol. 8
More Info
EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC Eastman Series, Vol. 1
More Info
iTunes EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC Eastman Series, Vol. 2
More Info
iTunes EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC Eastman Series, Vol. 3
More Info
iTunes EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC Eastman Series, Vol. 5
More Info
iTunes EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC Eastman Series, Vol. 7
More Info
iTunes NEW MUSIC MIX Eastman Series, Vol. 9