Klarinet Archive - Posting 000067.txt from 2011/06
From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] =?windows-1252?q?Clarinet_Music_by_Steven_R=2E_Gerber_to_Be_?=
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:14:54 -0400
June 9, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net
Clarinet Music by Steven R. Gerber to Be Performed at American Composers =
Alliance Festival Concert at Manhattan=92s Nimoy Thalia Theater on June 15
Steven R. Gerber=92s Duet for solo clarinet, and the World Premiere of his =
Dialogues for clarinet and piano will be performed by clarinetist Alan =
Kay, with the composer at the piano on Wednesday, June 15 =96 7:30 PM at =
the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater at Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at =
95th Street in Manhattan. This will be part of the American Composers =
Alliance Summer Festival 2011.
Duet was written for clarinetist Alex Fiterstein, who gave its first =
performance at Bargemusic in Brooklyn. It is in one movement, about 7 =
minutes long, and is in three sections; a prologue, an epilogue, and in =
between a double fugue on motifs by Robert Parris and Yehudi Wyner. =
Dialogues, is a new one-movement work lasting about seven minutes and is =
much more on the atonal end of the spectrum than most of the composer=92s =
recent works. More about the pieces and the composer at =
http://composers.com/page/monday-june-13th-2011.
Other works on the program are Nicholas Csicsko=92s - Chaconne for Violin =
and Piano, Raoul Pleskow=92s Tre Ballati and Sextet with Voice, Frederick =
Tillis=92 Spiritual Fantasy "This Little Light of Mine" in two movements, =
No. 24 (2002) & No. 33 (2010) for clarinet and piano, Elizabeth Bell=92s =
Soliloquy for solo cello - Sean Shepherd=92s Sonata for Violin and Piano =
(2008-09) 1.Dust 2.Drops and Marilyn Bliss - Beneath the Azure Sky for =
soprano, clarinet, violin, and cello. More about these pieces and the =
evening=92s performers at =
http://composers.com/page/wednesdayJune15.ACAconcert.
Tickets for the June 15 concert are $11; Symphony Space Members $10; =
Students, Children $8; Day-of-Show $12. For more information, call =
212-864-5400 or visit =
http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/6775-aca-composers-festival-2011. For =
more about the ACA Summer Festival 2011, visit http://composers.com/.
New York-based composer Steven R. Gerber=92s music has gained =
international attention as a result of Chandos, Koch and Arabesque CD =
releases featuring several of his major orchestral works, including =
Symphony No. 1, Kurt Nikkanen=92s performance of the Violin Concerto and =
Jon Manasse=92s performance of the Clarinet Concerto. His orchestral work =
Music in Dark Times was commissioned by Vladimir Ashkenazy and the four =
World Premiere performances took place in March, 2009, with Maestro =
Ashkenazy conducting the San Francisco Symphony. His chamber music is =
represented on his latest CD - Steven R. Gerber =96 Chamber Music, (Naxos =
8.559618), featuring nine of his finest works in the genre, recorded by =
violinists Kurt Nikkanen, Cho-Liang Lin and Cyrus Beroukhim, cellist =
Brinton Smith and pianist Sara Davis Buechner. More about it at =
http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=3D8.559618. Visit his =
website at http://www.stevengerber.com.
He is represented by Jeffrey James Arts Consulting. Contact them at =
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.
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Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
4Tay Records & ClassicalCDs.net
45 Grant Avenue
Farmingdale, NY 11735 USA
Tel: 516-586-3433
E-mail: jamesarts@-----.net
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