Millennium overture : vocal and instrumental music by American composers

Format: Sound Recordings
Language: English
Contributors: Lifchitz, Max, 1948- conductor, instrumentalist

Yueh, Chai-lun, performer

Crossman, Allan. Millennium overture dance

Meneely-Kyder, Sarah, 1945- Letter from Italy, 1944

Snyder, Randall. Fictions

Tann, Hilary. Nothing forgotten

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Sonata da chiesa

North/South Consonance (Musical group)
Publication: Albany, N.Y. : North/South Recordings, [2002]
Series: Classical music library
Physical Details: 1 online resource
OCLC: ocn673096636
Credits: Chai-lun Yueh, baritone ; North/South Consonance Ensemble ; Max Lifchitz, conductor, piano

Biographical and program notes by Laura Ellis and Max Lifchitz and text of the 4th work ([15] p. : ports.) in container.
Eds. recorded: Oxford Univ. Press (2nd work), American Composers Alliance (4th work), Boosey & Hawkes (5th work).
Originally issued as a compact disc.
The 1st work for flute/piccolo, oboe/English horn, clarinet/E♭ clarinet, bassoon/contrabassoon, trumpet, horn, percussion (1 player), violin, viola, and violoncello; the 2nd for violin, violoncello, and piano; the 3rd for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, and violoncello; the 4th for baritone and string quartet; the 5th for viola, E♭ clarinet, trumpet, horn, and trombone.
Recorded Sept. 25-16, 2001, at the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, SUNY.
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (Classical music library). Available via World Wide Web.
The 4th work sung in English; words by Nancy Fitz-Hugh Meneely, based on excerpts from diaries and letters of the composer's father, John Kimberly Meneely, during his serivce as an army doctor during World War two.

Fictions / Randall Snyder (14:19) -- Nothing forgotten / Hilary Tann (10:11) -- Millennium overture dance / Allan Crossman (8:36) -- Letter from Italy, 1944 / Sarah Meneely Kyder (11:46) -- Sonata da chiesa / Virgil Thomson (16:04)

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