Klarinet Archive - Posting 000113.txt from 2004/04

From: Mark Gresham <mgresham@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] PULITZER
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 20:59:10 -0400


Benjamin Maas wrote:
> Would that be the Pearle Wind Quintet, perhaps?
>
> Do you happen to know if a recording is commercially available of the
> Moravec?

I just got this press release this evening on the Moravic piece from his
promoter:

==
> APRIL 6, 2004 - PAUL MORAVEC has won the 2004 PULITZER PRIZE IN
MUSIC for his recent chamber composition, TEMPEST FANTASY.
>
> TEMPEST FANTASY, for solo clarinet and piano trio, was written for
David Krakauer and the Trio Solisti and received it's World Premiere May
2, 2003 at the Morgan Library in New York City.
>
> The five-movement work (each titled Prospero, Caliban, Sweet Airs,
and Fantasia) is a musical meditation on aspects of Shakespeare's The
Tempest.
>
> A recording of Tempest Fantasy, Mood Swings, B.A.S.S. Variations, and
Scherzo, featuring performances by David Krakauer and the Trio Solisti,
will be available on Arabesque Recordings in 2004.
>
>
> For more information about Paul Moravec, Tempest Fantasy, and all
other works by the composer, please visit our website:
www.brhoadsandassociates.com.
==

That's all I know; it should answer your question about a recording.

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