Klarinet Archive - Posting 000000.txt from 2006/07

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Steven R. Gerber Duet for Solo Clarinet to Be Performed at Bargemusic
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 09:52:59 -0400

July 1, 2006
For Immediate Release:
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
(516) 586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Steven R. Gerber Duet for Solo Clarinet to Be Performed at Bargemusic July 7

Steven R. Gerber’s Duet for Solo Clarinet will be premiered on Friday,
July 7 - 7:30 PM at Bargemusic, Fulton Ferry Landing near the Brooklyn
Bridge in Brooklyn, New York.

The Gerber piece will be performed by clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein,
with the composer at the piano. Other selections, which will be
performed by Mr. Fiterstein and pianist Steven Beck, will include
Weber’s Grand Duo Concertante for Carinet and Piano in B-flat Major,
Opus 48, Francaix’s Tema Con Variationi, Schumann’s Fantasy Pieces, Opus
73, Lutoslawski’s Dance Preludes and the Giampieri Variations on
"Carnival of Venice."

Tickets for this concert are $35, with discounts for students and
seniors. For more information, please contact Bargemusic at 718-624-2083
or visit them online at http://www.bargemusic.org. For directions, visit
http://www.bargemusic.org/DirectionsRest.htm.

Bargemusic is a located in a 102-foot barge that has been converted into
a floating concert hall for chamber music. Olga Bloom is the visionary
who founded Bargemusic in 1977. Ms. Bloom, a musician herself, and
President and Executive Director Mark Peskanov have assembled a
distinguished group of international musicians who return to Bargemusic
regularly to perform. The Barge presents concerts 52 weeks a year,
Thursday through Sunday.

Steven R. Gerber’s music has gained international attention as a result
of two CD releases (on Chandos and KOCH) featuring several of his major
orchestral works, including the Symphony No. 1. Gerber has also achieved
great success in the United States and in his ten tours of the former
Soviet Union, perhaps becoming the most often-played living American
composer in that area. Of the Symphony No. 1, Evening Moscow wrote,
“Gerber could serve as an example of American musical professionalism
…he stands out with the highest of temperaments and musical taste.” Mr.
Gerber has written for a number of fine soloists including Yuri Bashmet
for the viola concerto, Kurt Nikkanen for the violin concerto and Carter
Brey for the cello concerto. His work has been performed by groups such
as the Louisville Orchestra, Knoxville Chamber Orchestra, the Fine Arts
Quartet, the National Chamber Orchestra and the Russian Philharmonic.
Mr. Gerber is currently writing another new orchestral work at the
request of the conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, who will conduct it in the
2007-08 season in his guest conducting tour of the U.S. Additionally a
CD of Mr. Gerber's chamber music will be released on KOCH International
in Fall 2006, featuring the principal violinist of New York City Ballet,
Kurt Nikkanen.

Steven R. Gerber is the subject of an Electronic Dialogue interview in
Sequenza 21 web magazine, which can be read at
http://www.sequenza21.com/gerber.html. Visit his website at
http://www.stevengerber.com. He is represented by Jeffrey James Arts
Consulting. For a CD sampler of Steven R. Gerber’s music or more
information, contact them at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.

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Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
45 Grant Avenue
Farmingdale, NY 11735 USA
Tel: 516-586-3433
E-mail: jamesarts@-----.net
Website: http://www.jamesarts.com

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