PROGRAM NOTE VERTICALS is a seventeen-minute solo piano work in one movement, which can be divided into several interlocking sections roughly suggesting an exposition / contrast / recapitulation / coda formal plan. All materials of the work, however, originate from the opening sonority—a vertical structure (chord) comprising eight notes (though containing only six of the…
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Premiere performances: July 12, 13, 15, 1971Shulamit Ran, pianoZubin Mehta, conductorIsrael Philharmonic OrchestraThe Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, Israel [The following note was written in 1991 for the program book of the performances by the Cleveland Orchestra with pianist Alan Feinberg and Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor.] In retrospect, twenty-one years later, it seems that 1960’s and…
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Commissioned by WFMT as part of a 20th century Song Cycle commissioning seriesFirst recorded for and broadcast by WFMT on June 20, 1979Judith Nicosia, sopranoLaura Flax, clarinetAlan Feinberg, piano Duration: c. 20’ Apprehensions was one of nine works commissioned by WFMT, Chicago’s Fine Arts Radio Station, as part of a series examining the 20th century…
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