Encyclopædia Britannica bolcom, william American composer, pianist, and teacher whose compositions encompassmany idioms, from popular cabaret songs to more traditional classical http://www.britannica.com/search?query=william blake&fuzzy=N&ct=eb&start=8&show=
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester - Orchester - Dirigent His close personal friendships with composers like Luciano Berio, william bolcom,John Cage prolific recordings, as conductor as well as pianist, number well http://www.stuttgarter-kammerorchester.de/english/orchester/conductor.htm
Extractions: //Scrollfunktionen bereitstellen. var scrollText=true; One of the most innovative and adventurous conductors in the classical music world, Dennis Russell Davies, has succeeded in challenging and inspiring audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. Davies has ventured into operatic, orchestral and even popular forms of music, as conductor, chamber musician and pianist, to express his eclectic and versatile musical agenda. Since 1980, he has lived in Germany, but has maintained an active presence on the North American scene as a regular guest conductor with the major orchestras and opera houses of New York and Chicago. Davies is currently Chief Conductor of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Chief Conductor of the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Professor of Orchestral Conducting at the Salzburg Mozarteum and is concluding his tenure as Music Director of the American Composers Orchestra. His diverse repertory is testimony to his commitment to the artistic growth and development of not only each organization he has led, but also the living composers with whom he has collaborated. His close personal friendships with composers like Luciano Berio, William Bolcom, John Cage, Philip Glass, Lou Harrison, Hans Werner Henze and Francis Thorne (with whom he formed the American Composers Orchestra) have been important catalyst for enriching concert and operatic repertory in general. Extensive collaborations throughout his career include ones with Laurie Anderson, Keith Jarrett, Cab Calloway and Jan Garbarek.
Muenchner Philharmoniker . Redaktion Personen Übersicht Translate this page Daniel, pianist. Bartók , Béla, Komponist. Beethoven , Ludwig van, Komponist.Berlioz , Hector, Komponist. Bernstein , Leonard, Komponist. bolcom , william, Komponist. http://www.muenchnerphilharmoniker.de/presswork/german/kuenstler_werk/uebersicht
The Michigan Daily Online Soprano Valente, pianist Raim unite for 'Briefly it Enters The concert features theWorld Premiere of william bolcom's Song Cycle Briefly it Enters, based on http://www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1996/sep/09-27-96/arts/arts2.html
Extractions: For the Daily The 118th season of the University Musical Society opens impressively with a solo recital by distinguished American soprano Benita Valente. The concert features the World Premiere of William Bolcom's Song Cycle "Briefly it Enters," based on the poems of Jane Kenyon. Originally from Ann Arbor, Kenyon lived in New Hampshire where she died of cancer in 1995. Her poems reflect an intense connection with nature, an integral part of her life. Valente has selected complementary works by Schumann, Brahms, Strauss and Wolf, also featuring nature themes for the rest of the program. Benita Valente is an internationally celebrated interpreter of chamber music, oratorio and lieder, as well as being equally acclaimed for her performances on the operatic stage. Encompassing a wide array of styles, her repertoire ranges from the Baroque of Bach and Handel to the varied idioms of today's leading composers, making her one of the most sought after orchestral soloists over the last two decades. A California native, Valente has won acclaim since winning the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and has participated in the prestigious Marlboro Festival in addition to collaborations with instrumental greats such as cellist Yo-Yo Ma, clarinetist Richard Stoltzman and pianists Rudolf Serkin, Leon Fleisher, Richard Goode and Cynthia Raim among others. Performing with nearly every great orchestral conductor over the past 20 years including Seiji Ozawa, Robert Shaw, Leonard Bernstein, Sergiu Comissiona and Kurt Masur, Valente has performed with every great symphony in the United States as well as many of the renowned symphonies of Canada and Europe.
Inside WSU pianist Christopher Taylor has come a long way since age 8, when he recent recordingfeatures works by presentday American composers william bolcom and Derek http://www.wichita.edu/insidewsu/@1-24-2002/Conn_Series_Taylor.htm
Extractions: Volume 18, Number 9, January 24, 2002 Issue Connoisseur Series recital to feature young pianist Pianist Christopher Taylor has come a long way since age 8, when he came to his piano teacher Julie Bees, armed with the first movement of Beethoven’s "Moonlight" sonata. Bees, now a WSU piano professor, was then a doctoral student at the University of Colorado. In the past few years Taylor has emerged as one of the nation’s foremost young musicians. Audiences and critics alike hail the intensity and artistry he brings to the works of masters ranging from Bach and Beethoven to Boulez and Bolcom. The Washington Post, for instance, deems Taylor "one of the most impressive young pianists on the horizon today." His program includes works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Olivier Messiaen and Robert Schumann. In recent seasons Taylor has performed in France, Korea, Spain, the Philippines, and the Caribbean. In the United States he has appeared with such orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Houston Symphony, Utah Symphony and Boston Pops, and has toured with the Polish Chamber Philharmonic.
Extractions: "From Joplin to Bolcom and Beyond" John Roache, Piano This is my premier CD of classic and contemporary ragtime, stride and novelty piano music. These are all new recordings. Even though a few of the songs are available as MIDI sequences on this Web Site, all of the songs included on the CD are digitally recorded using my Roland RD-500 Stage Piano utilizing new MIDI sequences never released publicly. Six of the songs are premiere recordings having never been recorded by anyone before. Don't miss my other CD "Hot Kumquats" "...All in all, this is one of the finest ragtime CD's I have ever encountered. If you avoid getting it because it is 'computer music' you are doing yourself a grave disservice. If it bothers you that much, tear up the liner notes before you read them and forget you saw this review. Just put John Roache on your stereo, settle into your listening chair, and prepare to be delighted."
Ragtime | Stride | Swing | Novelty Rifkin is a classical pianist who takes a classical approach to playing JosephLamb, George Gershwin, James Scott, Jelly Roll Morton and william bolcom. http://members.aol.com/midimusic/ragtxt.html
Extractions: David A. Jasen and Trebor Jay Tichenor write in their book, Rags and Ragtime , that "Ragtime is a musical composition for the piano comprising three or four sections containing sixteen measures each which combines a syncopated melody accompanied by an even, steady duple rhythm." They add that "If there is one incontestable statement which can be made about ragtime, it is that ragtime is a paradoxical art form with a perpexing history."
The Katherine K. Herberger College Of Fine Arts At ASU Korean pianist Ji Sun Lee will headline this year's concert with her performanceof the Pulitzer Prize winning pieces of william bolcom, The New Etudes. http://herbergercollege.asu.edu/college/news/newsreleases/som_amerpiano_032902.h
Upcoming Events of Kurt Weill , With Catherine Malfitano, Joan Morris and william bolcom. Dein Stanley ,(Sabrina Ascacibar, singer/guitarist; Stanley Walden, singer/pianist). http://www.kwf.org/pages/upcoming.html
Extractions: DATE CITY WORK CALENDAR INFO 3 January ROTTERDAM Songs and opera excerpts Rotterdam Philharmonic (HK Gruber, conductor). de Doelen, 8:15pm. 4 January AUGSBURG Die Dreigroschenoper Theater Augsburg (Geoffrey W. Abbott, conductor). Also 7, 9, 25. 7 January BIRMINGHAM The Threepenny Opera Royal National Theatre Education. Midland Arts Centre. Through 11. 9 January ERLANGEN Die Dreigroschenoper Theater an der Ruhr. Theater Erlangen, 8:00pm. Also 10-14. 10 January LEIPZIG Gewandhausorchester (John Mauceri, conductor; Meret Becker, voice). Gewandhaus, Grosser Saal, 8:00pm. Also 11. 14 January KENDAL The Threepenny Opera Royal National Theatre Education. Brewery Arts Centre. Through 18. 21 January WINTERTHUR Die Dreigroschenoper Theater an der Ruhr. Theater am Stadtgarten, 7:30pm. Also 22. 22 January ST. POLTEN Die Dreigroschenoper 22 January NORTHAMPTON The Threepenny Opera Royal National Theatre Education. Royal Theatre. Through 25. 24 January BALTIMORE Mahagonny Songspiel Peabody Chamber Opera (JoAnn Kulesza, conductor; Roger Brunyate, director). Theatre Project, 8:00pm. Also 25, 26 (3:00pm), 30, 31.
Biography Of William (Eden) Bolcom With Gold-music.com Sheet music, Biographies list, Gold links, Goldmusic en francais, william (Eden)bolcom ( 1938 ) Composer and pianist, born in Seattle, Washington, USA. http://www.gold-music.com/fiches/fiche_9928.php
Extractions: Composer and pianist, born in Seattle, Washington, USA. After studies in the USA and Paris, he taught at the University of Michigan from 1973. For many years he also accompanied his wife, the soprano Joan Morris, in performances of American popular songs from all periods. His compositions favoured a wildly eclectic style that incorporated popular elements. His 12 New Etudes for Piano won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1988.
Bay Chamber Concerts Bay Chamber Concerts Presents william bolcom Joan Morris. 06/09/2002, Bay ChamberConcerts Presents I Musici Montreal Orchestra and pianist Leonard Hokanson. http://www.baychamberconcerts.org/Presskit.cfm
Extractions: Bay Chamber Concerts has been presenting the finest classical, jazz and world music performances to midcoast Maine for more than forty years. Our 30-concert season includes a Summer Music Festival every July-August, and a ten-concert Performing Arts Series from September-June. Guest artists have included: Vermeer, St Lawrence, and Muir String Quartets, Keith Lockhart, Billy Taylor, Marian McPartland, the Duke Ellington Orchestra and Gary Burton. Bay Chamber Concerts also hosts a nine-day summer music camp for young Maine musicians in August, and an adult chamber music workshop in October. BCC annually provides $7,000 in prizes to young Maine musicians and presents the nationally recognized Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award to internationally aspiring pianists that contribute to the betterment of chamber music. Past recipients have included: Jeffrey Kahane, Christopher O'Riley, Anne-Marie McDermott, Jeremy Denk, Wu Han and Jonathon Biss. The following information will provide you with up-to-date news about BCC concerts, activities and special events as well as detailed biographies of past and present guests artists. Select Artist Biographies STEVEN ANSELL CECYLIA ARZEWSKI MICHAEL BAHMANN EDMUND BATTERSBY JONATHAN BISS JAMES CAMPBELL REGINA CARTER LYNN CHANG DEBORAH DUNHAM JAMES DUNHAM VIRGINA ESKIN JENNIFER FRAUTSCHI JUDITH GORDAN GARY GRAFFMAN KATHRYN GREENBANK JERRY GROSSMAN MARTIN HACKLEMAN LEONARD HOKANSON I MUSICI de MONTREAL ORCHESTRA KIRSTEN JOHNSON MARC JOHNSON NICOLE JOHNSON JEFFREY KHANER
RedLudwig.com: Music News of Experience, a musical take on william Blake poems bolcom will also be in residenceat various Orange include violinist Sarah Chang and pianist Andre Watts. http://www.redludwig.com/news/archive/040402.html
S022581 pianist and Postmodernist composer william bolcom is well known for his eclecticmusical tastes and blending of seemingly disparate musical idioms. http://www.sonoraproductions.com/s022581.html
Extractions: Catalog #S022581CD [DDD] Program Notes Peter Madlem works as a studio arranger and quitarist in the Los Angeles area. His American Sketches (1974) show both his affinity for incorporating folk and blues styles into a traditional Suite and his love for the landscape and oral traditions of America. His Homage to Scarlatti carries on the Segovia tradition of creating a "new" Baroque repertoire with a slightly impressionistic flavor while Rayo traces, sonically, the path of one pure ray of light as it is reflected and bounced across the Cosmos. Spirituals are often described as the Gregorian Chant of American music. In these Four Spirituals (1976) (which are actually three spirituals and the old Shaker Hymn, Simple Gifts) Madlem interweaves the old melodies with a light counterpointe and lilting Impressionistic harmonies that form a sonic tapestry of old and new, tradition and innovation, the essence of American music. Albert Harris Albert Harris was introduced to Andres Segovia in 1950 by his friend and neighbor Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. He wrote his Variations and Fugue on the Theme by Handel as a result of this meeting and Segovia promptly recorded it. Written in a neo-classical style, the different variations take the form of movements from a Baroque Suite and alternate between strict Baroque counterpoint and a poignant romanticism. The theme comes from one of Handel's "Aylesford" harpsichord pieces, which Segovia himself had transcribed for solo guitar. This theme is readily apparent in all variations save the fourth which is the theme played backwards and upside down. The Tremelo sixth variation was added at Segovia's request.
2001 Schedule - Library Of Congress 2000-2001 Concert Series vibrant whole joined in its Washington, DC debut by a frequent guest pianist ofthe In the world premiere of a new song cycle by william bolcom with text by http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/2000-2001/00-2001.html
Extractions: All programs and dates are subject to change without notice. All concerts are free, but require tickets (see Ticket Information Mary Pickford Theater ~ No tickets required; seating on a first-come basis The Jazz Film Series is a presentation of the Music Division and the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division in the Library of Congress. For information, see the full schedule for the 2001 Jazz Film Series Prazák Quartet Thursday, February 1, 8:00 p.m.
Www.loc.gov/today/pr/1995/95-105 March 6, at 730 pm._ The Beaux Arts Trio pianist Menahem Pressler Richard Stolzmanwill then join the Beaux Arts Trio in william bolcom's Second Piano http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/1995/95-105
APM2003 trio of piano rags by william bolcom, which includes Afternoon Cakewalk was composedby bolcom in 1979 traditional trio programs, says Smith, pianist for the http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/music/apm03.html
Extractions: For Immediate Release Alaska Pro Musica to perform all-American concert at UAA The University of Alaska Anchorages faculty music trio, Alaska Pro Musica, (Walter Olivares, violin, Mark Wolbers, clarinet, and Timothy Smith, piano) have planned an exciting concert for all Alaskans on Sunday, January 26 at 4 p.m. in the UAA Arts Building, Room 150. The program, consisting entirely of works by American composers, includes works by Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Scott Joplin, William Bolcom, and a work by a recent UAA Music graduate, Garth Hangartner. On the program is the Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, by Leonard Bernstein; followed by two selections by George Gershwin: The Porgy and Bess Fantasy, arranged for violin and piano, and the Ive Got Rhythm variations for two pianos (here Smith will be joined by his wife Rumi). Next is a work titled In Dark Mountain Hollows by UAA music graduate Garth Hangartner, which includes sections for prepared piano, and finally the Afternoon Cakewalk, a trio of piano rags by William Bolcom, which includes arrangements of well-known rags such as Easy Winners and Heliotrope Bouquet (Joplin), Ethiopia Rag (Joseph Lamb), Frog Legs Rag (James Scott), as well as two Bolcom originals, The Graceful Ghost and Incineratorag. The Afternoon Cakewalk was composed by Bolcom in 1979, at the request of the Murray Louis Dance Troupe. This marks a bit of a departure from earlier more traditional trio programs, says Smith, pianist for the trio. We have included some traditional American favorites, such as the Gershwin works, and Leonard Bernsteins music also has a wide appeal; but the rags definitely put a different spin on the program. The arrangements, specifically for the instrumentation of Alaska Pro Musica (piano-violin-clarinet) are proving to be excellent vehicles for music that was originally performed solely on the piano. In addition, the Hangartner work, with its dark and eerie imagery of an Alaskan winter, evokes some unusual sounds, whereby the pianist is called upon to work the piano as a real percussion instrument by plucking the strings directly, as if the piano were a harp.
Extractions: NOTES Young American baritone NMON FORD has wowed audiences in the US and Europe with a fire and passion that the San Francisco Chronicle calls "at once vigorous and suave." The Los Angeles Times proclaims him "a baritone of commanding voice and presence", while the San Jose Mercury News finds his performance "spontaneous and theatrical." THE SWEETEST BRILLIANCE, Ford's debut solo release, is a collection of thirteen songs by the duo of Pulitzer Prize-winner WILLIAM BOLCOM and ARNOLD WEINSTEIN. The selections are drawn from their notorious Cabaret Songs Vols. 1-4, whose contents, through quirky melody and unconventional rhyme, tell vivid stories of the seamier side of life and the lush bittersweetness of love. The combination of Ford's theatrical facility, operatically-trained voice make him uniquely qualified to interpret this repertoire.
Selected Works On Themes Of Ecology & The Natural World Dur 14'. String Orchestra. bolcom, william. Gaea for Two Pianos Left Hand and Orchestra.EB Marks. Concerto 1. First pianist and Chamber Orchestra. Dur 20. http://www.presser.com/Lists/ecology.html
Extractions: Avni, Tzvi Desert Scenes [IMI] 2 Dur: 18' (Picc) 2(Ehn) 2(Bcl) 2 - 4 3 3 1; Timp. 3Perc. Hp. Str. Bach, PDQ Royal Firewater Musick (original version) Dur: 17' 2 1 - 2 0; Perc. Bottles Str. Benson, Warren Beyond Winter: Sweet Aftershowers Dur: 14' String Orchestra Bolcom, William Gaea for Two Pianos Left Hand and Orchestra [E.B. Marks] Concerto 1 First Pianist and Chamber Orchestra Dur: 20 Orchestra 1: 3(Picc.) 3(E(Cl., B.Cl.) Cbsn. - 3 3 1; Timp. Perc. Cel. Violas - Concerto 2 Second Pianist and Chamber Orchestra Dur: 20 Orchestra 2: 3(E.H.) 2 - 4 0; Perc. Str. Concerto 3 Two Pianists and Full Orchestra Dur: 20 Summer Divertimento Dur: 25' Burrell, Diana Landscape [UMP] Dur: 20' 2 2 2 2 - 2 .0 0; Perc. Hp. Str. Landscape with Procession (commissioned by BBC for video "The Cry of the Cosmos") Dur: 12' 2 recorders, 2 2 2 2 - 2 3 3 1; 2Perc. Hp. Pno. Str. Das Meer , das so gross und weit ist, da wimmelt's ohne Zahl, grosse und kleine Tiere Dur: 15' String Orchestra Scene with Birds Dur: 12' 3 3 3 3 - 4 3 3 1; 3Perc. Str.
Extractions: [62'32"] full-price by Johann D'Souza INKTRODUCTION. It is not uncommon for Americans to give ticker-tape parades to homecoming winning basketball teams like the Chicago Bulls or Olympic medallists; but for a pianist- that's practically unheard of. Well, that is exactly what happened to Van Cliburn, the tall Texan, when he won the First (ever) Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow in 1958. A virtual unknown on Russian soil, he was soon to be the favourite going into the finals. The Russians were shocked but not surprised for Cliburn possessed charm, charisma, stature and not forgetting good technique. Practically every major classical recording star has won a major competition, Martha Argerich - the Chopin Competition; Vladimir Ashkenazy - 2nd Tchaikovsky Competition 1962; Murray Perahia - Leeds Piano Competition; Kristian Zimmerman - Chopin Competition and the list goes on and on. In fact it is now a great belief that one needs a major competition to bolster one's career. Major competitions like the Leeds, the Arthur Rubinstein Competition, Tchaikovsky and Chopin Competitions give the winners major career breakthroughs, with engagements at various major halls and festivals, recording contracts with major labels like DG, EMI or Teldec (who can normally afford the crème de la crème). Past winners of the Van Cliburn competition in recent years have included Jose Fenghali and Alexei Sultanov.
