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JACOB AVSHALOMOV
Fabled Cities
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City Upon A Hill
University of Oregon Chorus, Gov. Tom Lawson McCall, speaker
Jacob Avshalomov, composer
Inscriptions at the City of Brass
Lewis & Clark College, Portland State College and Oregon State University Choruses, Mara Stahl, soprano
Jacob Avshalomov, composer
Symphony: The Oregon (The Rose, The Glistening City)
Portland Youth Philharmonic, Jacob Avshalomov, conductor
Jacob Avshalomov, composer
Up At Timberline (The Action)
Portland Youth Philharmonic, Jacob Avshalomov, conductor
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City Upon a Hill and Inscriptions at the City of Brass are both for Chorus and Orchestra. City Upon a Hill was commissioned by the Boston Winterfest of 1965 where it received a terrible performance. Ten years later during the Bicentennial celebrations it was performed with the Portland Youth Orchestra and the Governor of Oregon as the speaker. The reviewer for the Portland Oregonian called it a work of "moving beauty." Inscriptions At the City of Brass was premiered by the Schola Cantorum of New York under Hugh Ross, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1957, with Vera Zorina as Sheherezad. Avshalomov began work on his Symphony: The Oregon in Portland in 1960 and it was completed there in 1962. Between these dates much of the music was written in Munich where the composer was on sabbatical. The premiere was given by the Portland Youth Symphony. On this disc we hear only the third and fourth movements. Up at Timberline has an unusual history. It was commissioned by the Friends of Timberline to note the Lodge's 50th anniversary. Situated on the slopes of magnificent Mt. Hood, the Lodge is one of the most enduring projects of the WPA (Works Progress Administration). It was dedicated in 1937 by President Roosevelt. It was premiered in 1987 at the Lodge.Contents:
Jacob Avshalomov, composerCity Upon A Hill
University of Oregon Chorus, Gov. Tom Lawson McCall, speaker
Jacob Avshalomov, composer
Inscriptions at the City of Brass
Lewis & Clark College, Portland State College and Oregon State University Choruses, Mara Stahl, soprano
Jacob Avshalomov, composer
Symphony: The Oregon (The Rose, The Glistening City)
Portland Youth Philharmonic, Jacob Avshalomov, conductor
Jacob Avshalomov, composer
Up At Timberline (The Action)
Portland Youth Philharmonic, Jacob Avshalomov, conductor