Tag: Bowling Green Philharmonia

YEARNING for solo violin and strings with cello obbligato (1995/2016)

PROGRAM NOTE When violinist Edna Michell first spoke to me about the theme of her project to honor the late Lord Yehudi Menuhin on the occasion of his 80th birthday, I found its core idea more than a little daunting: in tribute to Menuhin’s own life and aspirations, compose a short Romance-type piece that would…
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VESSELS OF COURAGE AND HOPE for orchestra (1998)

PROGRAM NOTE [Historical note: The USS President Warfield was a battle-scarred, Baltimore-based luxury-steamer-turned-naval-vessel during World War II when it was secretly bought by the Jewish underground movement Haganah, with funding by the American Jewish community. Under a mostly American volunteer crew it sailed in 1947 to the Mediterranean, loading at the French port of Sète…
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VOICES Concerto for Flautist with Orchestra (1999–2000)

PROGRAM NOTE My having been commissioned by the National Flute Association for a flute concerto in celebration of that organization’s year 2000 convention was, for me, a much-relished opportunity to further explore the direction I found myself pursuing in two earlier compositions — EAST WIND for solo flute (1987), and MIRAGE for five instrument (1991)…
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