Classical Music Discoveries

This week we are proud to present the 4th Annual Social Networking Concert curated by Composer Douglas Townsend who recently passed in 2012.  It is with much love that his wife, Jean Townsend, continues the concerts as originally planned by Douglas. 

We would also like to thank Eric Somers of the Sandbook Studio for recording these concerts for us so all of our listeners can participate in these wonderful concerts.

CANZONA (1950) Douglas Townsend (1921-2012) 

Elise Carter, flute; Daniel Hane, bassoon; Veronica Salas, viola

MELANGE 2 (2012) Joseph Pehrson (b. 1950) 

Michiyo Suzuki, bass clarinet; Gene Pritsker, guitar, Joseph Pehrson, piano

DREAM’S END (1976) William Mayer (b. 1925)

Extremes
Buzzings
21st Century Guest at an 18th Century Musicale
Appalachian Echoes
Mostly Piano
Dream’s End
Dorothy Darlington, oboe; Thomas Piercy, clarinet/bass clarinet; Elizabeth Martignetti, French horn; Muneyoshi Takahashi, violin; Sonna Kim, cello; Andrew Pak, piano; Jamie Reeves, conductor

POSTLUDE (2012) (world premiere) Justin Tierney (b. 1984)
“tonight’s performance dedicated to Jean Townsend and her late husband, Douglas Townsend, my former teacher”

Thomas Piercy, clarinet; Judith Olson, piano

THE INFINITE: A MODERN BALLET (1952) Douglas Townsend (1921-2012)
(concert version, world premiere, movements I and II)

I. Man and his People live in peace and happiness with Hope.
II. Doubt appears bringing discord. Man fights to keep Hope, but Doubt carries her away and peace disappears from the world.

HD DUO: David Oei and Helene Jeanney, piano four-hands

 QUIET IN THE LAND (2003) (NY premiere) Kenneth Fuchs (b. 1956) 

Chris James, flute; Kevin Chavez, English horn; Kyle Yecke, clarinet; Midori Witkoski, viola; Benjamin Larsen, cello; Alex Burtzos, conductor

IN MEMORIAM: WENDY MARANISS (1998) Christopher Kaufman (b. 1960) 

Taka Kigawa, piano

STRING QUARTET NO. 1: REFINING FIRE (1989) Theodore Wiprud (b. 1958)

 VOXARE STRING QUARTET
Emily Ondracek, violin, Galina Zhdanova, violin, Erik Peterson, violin, Adrian Daurov, cello

LYRIC SUITE NO. 1 (1995) Gloria Coates (b. 1938)

1. Bells in Steeples
2. An Amethyst Remembrance
3. Split the Lark – and you’ll find the music
4. The Heart Within
5. Noon -- is the Hinge of Day
6. A wind with fingers
7. Evening -- the Tissue Door
[dedicated in 2013 to Douglas Townsend (1921-2012)]

ZENTRIPETAL DUO:
Lynn Bechtold, violin and Jennifer DeVore, cello with Dimitri Dover, piano

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