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2023-06-02 00:00:00
Barber, Piston & Tower Orchestral Works and Abraham Lincoln Portraits (Leonard Slatkin)
[…] Legend [16'36]2.02 - 2.06 George Frederick McKay: To a Liberator. A Lincoln Tribute * [11'18]2.07 Paul Turok: Variations on an American Song. Aspects of Lincoln and Liberty, op.20 [9'18]2.08 Aaron Copland: Lincoln Portrait ^ [14'31]Barry Scott- narrator^; Sharon Mabry- mezzo~; Nashville Symphony Chorus*; Nashville Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard SlatkinNaxos 8.559373-74 [recorded July 2007 and July & September 2008; CD and download issued 2009][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Laura Turner Hall, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USARecording engineers: Tim Lynch, John Hill and Kevin Edlin; Producer: Tim HandleyDownload from Mega.
2020-08-03 05:08:00
Kernis: Color Wheel (CD Review)
[…] seeks to define. Some parts of the movement work; other parts seem more than a bit odd merely for the sake of eccentricity. The final movement, “Fanfare Chromelodia,” is short and sparingly regal, ending the symphony in a triumph of sorts. Both works on the disc are world première recordings. Producer Tim Handley and engineers Gary Call and Trevor Wilkinson recorded the music at the Laura Turner Concert Hall, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, Tennessee in November 2016 and February 2019. As with most of the recordings of the Nashville Symphony, this one sounds quite natural. Although it’s a little shallow in front-to-back depth and slightly narrow in orchestral width, it doesn’t detract much from the overall realism of the sound. It’s well balanced throughout, with no elements of the frequency spectrum sticking out obtrusively, and even though the extreme ends of the scale, the […]
2019-08-10 04:48:00
Classical Music News of the Week, August 10, 2019
[…] part in the comprehensive program, led by Symphony Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Aaron Jay Kernis. During their three-day visit to Nashville, each composer will showcase their music and gain firsthand insights into working with a major American orchestra. The centerpiece of the program will be an open rehearsal at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, September 4, when the Nashville Symphony will perform works by all five Composer Lab & Workshop participants at Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Admission is free and open to the public, but a ticket is required for entry. Tickets are available at NashvilleSymphony.org/ComposerLab. --Rebecca Davis PRThird Coast Baroque to Bask in Handel, Vivaldi, and Gallic Greats Third Coast Baroque, Chicago's newest early music ensemble, has announced its 2019–2020 concert season, which will feature music of George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, and French Baroque masters at performances in Chicago and suburbs. This season, the flourishing arts […]
2019-05-17 23:20:00
Performances at League Conference feature new works, innovative programming
Two Concerts at League's National Conference, MUSIC CentriCITY, Highlight Orchestras' Commitment to Innovative Programming, Collective Action, and Topical New Works Hannibal Lokumbe's Crucifixion Resurrection: Nine Souls a-Traveling, Honors the Victims of the 2015 Mass Shooting at Charleston's Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church Free Concert on June 4 at Nashville's Historic Downtown Presbyterian Church Preceded by Conference Delegate "Walk of Love" Conference Hosts Nashville Symphony and Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero to Perform Multimedia Version of Carmina Burana with the Nashville Ballet; Joan Tower's Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman; Jonathan Leshnoff's Symphony No. 4, "Heichalos," June 3 at Schermerhorn Symphony Center […]
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