Premiered in 2009, the three-movement “Concerto with Echoes” was commissioned by…[the] Orpheus Chamber Orchestra as part of a project to create companion pieces for each of Bach’s six “Brandenburg” concertos. In choosing the last of the set, which derives distinctive…
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Oliveiria Delivers A Knockout Recital
“Elmar Oliveira is in town. You can probably feel it in the air. The fiery Portuguese-born violinist is here for five days. Friday was only his first day here and already he has burned up the concert hall.” Article By…
Kernis’s “Symphony of Mediations” a “brillant undertaking”
Kernis’s Symphony No. 3 Premieres With Seattle Symphony “The world premier performance of the Symphony No. 3, “Symphony of Meditations,” by Aaron Jay Kernis was an exciting event. This symphony is written in three movements that create their own liturgical…
Hip Hop Meets The Symphony…and The Soprano
The Roots, Jessye Norman, Nnenna Freelon, George Manahan, And Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Together On Stage In Laura Karpman‘s ASK YOUR MAMA Los Angeles, CA — May 28, 2009. The exciting new work that made the sold-out audience at Carnegie Hall…
Fain offers “rippling, zestful account” of Prokofiev at Alice Tully Hall
George Rothman leading the Riverside Symphony, with Tim Fain on violin, on Wednesday, in their last program of the season By ANTHONY TOMMASINI Published: June 4, 2009 […] The performance Mr. Rothman drew from the Riverside Symphony was richly colored,…
The New Yorker on Kernis and Fain with the Baltimore Symphony
Read the Full Review Musical Events, “Maestra,” The New Yorker, January 7, 2008, p. 78
Kernis Symphony in Waves release is “Disc of the Month”
Contemporary orchestral music recordings don’t get much better than this. Aaron Jay Kernis was lucky in that the music on which his current reputation rests (including Symphony in Waves) was recorded when it was new, by Argo. It deserved to…
“Exciting Listening” from Music From Copland House
Currier: On The Verge KIC-CD-77691: “Among the many impressive discs of contemporary American chamber music currently available, this one stands out. Exciting and committed music-making. It would be hard to imagine a better performance than this one. Performances are first-class.”…
Baltimore Sun on Concert Honoring Alsop’s Advocacy for New Music:
“Fain is quite the fiddler, as effortless in taming technical challenges as he is compelling in the way he shapes phrases organically and creates an extensive range of tone colors as he goes. Mesmerizing. -Baltimore Sun
Copland House Declared A National Historic Landmark
Cortlandt Manor, NY, October 11, 2008 – On the eve of its 10th Anniversary season, Copland House is proud to announce that Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne has declared the restored, longtime New York home of iconic American composer…