Broadcast, WPRB FM, 27 June 2012
Concert, Grand Rapids Art Museum, 8 January 2012
Since his death in 2000 OgreOgress has recorded and released more chamber music by Alan Hovhaness than any record label.
This concert at the Grand Rapids Art Museum features some of that music as well as a few unrecorded works planned for future release.
Program:
Oror for violin and piano Op. 1 (1922/26)
Suite No. 1 for piano Op. 9b (1941)
Saris for violin and piano Op. 67 (1946)
Lake of Van Sonata for piano Op. 175 (1946/59)
Divertimento for 4 clarinets Op. 61 (1947)
7 Love Songs of Saris for violin and piano Op. 252c (1972)
Night of a White Cat for clarinet and piano Op. 263 (1973)
Performers:
Christina Fong, violin
Paul Hersey, piano
Michael Kornacki, clarinet
Suzanna Dennis Bratton, clarinet
John Varineau, clarinet
Joel Schekman, bass clarinet
This concert at the Grand Rapids Art Museum features some of that music as well as a few unrecorded works planned for future release.
Program:
Oror for violin and piano Op. 1 (1922/26)
Suite No. 1 for piano Op. 9b (1941)
Saris for violin and piano Op. 67 (1946)
Lake of Van Sonata for piano Op. 175 (1946/59)
Divertimento for 4 clarinets Op. 61 (1947)
7 Love Songs of Saris for violin and piano Op. 252c (1972)
Night of a White Cat for clarinet and piano Op. 263 (1973)
Performers:
Christina Fong, violin
Paul Hersey, piano
Michael Kornacki, clarinet
Suzanna Dennis Bratton, clarinet
John Varineau, clarinet
Joel Schekman, bass clarinet
Radio broadcast, 10 August 2011, WPRB-FM
Marvin Rosen's Classical Discoveries
11:00am to 1:00pm Listen: http://wprb.com/listen.php or 103.3 FM (New York to Philadelphia)
Dionysis Boukouvalas: Meditation (2010) for piano
Walter Horn: Five Decadal Studies for Dick and Clyde (1972/2010) for viola, vibraphone and piano
Confronted with an imposing microphone, Nathaniel performed his part of the Boukouvalas quite bravely for a six-month old.
11:00am to 1:00pm Listen: http://wprb.com/listen.php or 103.3 FM (New York to Philadelphia)
Dionysis Boukouvalas: Meditation (2010) for piano
Walter Horn: Five Decadal Studies for Dick and Clyde (1972/2010) for viola, vibraphone and piano
Confronted with an imposing microphone, Nathaniel performed his part of the Boukouvalas quite bravely for a six-month old.
Radio broadcast, 31 July 2011, WMSE-FM
http://www.wmse.org/archive/new.php?dow=Sun&hour=150 (4pm hour)
For One or Seven Pianists, by John Prokop
For One or Seven Pianists, by John Prokop
25th OgreOgress Release Pre-Sale
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Payment must be made via PayPal to glenn@ogreogress.com.
Information on "Strings, Keyboard, Percussion, Voices, Horn" at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003ASVPXK
Glenn Freeman
OgreOgress productions
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Payment must be made via PayPal to glenn@ogreogress.com.
Information on "Strings, Keyboard, Percussion, Voices, Horn" at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003ASVPXK
Glenn Freeman
OgreOgress productions
http://ogreogress.com
Radio broadcast, 28 July 2010, WPRB-FM
Marvin Rosen's Classical Discoveries
Barbara Monk Feldman: Duo for Piano and Percussion (1988)
Paul Hersey, piano; Glenn Freeman, percussion
Recording Information: http://amazon.com/dp/B003ASVPXK (Track 13)
Barbara Monk Feldman: Duo for Piano and Percussion (1988)
Paul Hersey, piano; Glenn Freeman, percussion
Recording Information: http://amazon.com/dp/B003ASVPXK (Track 13)
Radio broadcast, Music from Other Minds #216
Morton Feldman: 4 Miniatures, 4 Decades, 4 Premiere Broadcasts
KALW, San Francisco: Music From Other Minds
One Week Online beginning 30 April 2010, Listen Anytime at http://rchrd.com/mfom
4 Works:
Two Pieces [For Danny Stern] (1948) for cello and piano
Extensions 5 (1953) for 2 cellos*
Wind [For Naomi Newman (text by Boris Pasternak)] (1960) for voice and piano
For Stockhausen, Cage, Stravinsky and Mary Sprinson (1972) for cello and piano
4 Performers:
Karen Krummel, cello
Paul Hersey, piano
Alicia Eppinga, cello*
Barbara McCargar, voice
Recording Information: http://amazon.com/dp/B003ASVPXK (Tracks 1, 2, 5 and 11)
Radio broadcast, 31 March 2010, WPRB-FM
Barbara Monk Feldman: Clear Edge (1993) for piano
Paul Hersey, piano
[World Premiere Radio Broadcast]
Listen: http://wprb.com/listen.php or 103.3 FM (New York to Philadelphia)
Recording Information: http://amazon.com/dp/B003ASVPXK (Track 15)
Part of the final installment of Marvin Rosen's 2010 'In Praise of Woman' series.
http://www.classicaldiscoveries.org/inpraiseofwoman.html
Hawai'i 5:00am-5:30am
Haiti/Dothan/KC/Sogamoso 10am-10:30am
Marietta 11am-11:30pm
UK 4pm-4:30pm
France 5pm-5:30pm
Moscow 8pm-8:30pm
Cochin 8:30pm-9:00pm
Japan 0:00-0:30 Thu 1Apr
Guam 1am-1:30am Thu 1Apr
Paul Hersey, piano
[World Premiere Radio Broadcast]
Listen: http://wprb.com/listen.php or 103.3 FM (New York to Philadelphia)
Recording Information: http://amazon.com/dp/B003ASVPXK (Track 15)
Part of the final installment of Marvin Rosen's 2010 'In Praise of Woman' series.
http://www.classicaldiscoveries.org/inpraiseofwoman.html
Hawai'i 5:00am-5:30am
Haiti/Dothan/KC/Sogamoso 10am-10:30am
Marietta 11am-11:30pm
UK 4pm-4:30pm
France 5pm-5:30pm
Moscow 8pm-8:30pm
Cochin 8:30pm-9:00pm
Japan 0:00-0:30 Thu 1Apr
Guam 1am-1:30am Thu 1Apr
New release, 12 January 2010
Hovhaness: Solos Duos Trios, an Audio-DVD featuring 57 minutes of solo and chamber piano works, as well as pieces for winds and strings, is now available for shipping
"professionally done and artistically convincing...a treasure trove of well-written and captivating music that transcends dogmatic stylistic philosophies and touches the soul"
-- American Record Guide, May-June 2010
http://www.hovhaness.com/News-Hovhaness-Solos-Duos-Trios.html
Please Note: This is a DVD-Audio disc which is playable on most DVD players as well as all DVD-Audio players.
Also downloadable at: iTunes
"professionally done and artistically convincing...a treasure trove of well-written and captivating music that transcends dogmatic stylistic philosophies and touches the soul"
-- American Record Guide, May-June 2010
http://www.hovhaness.com/News-Hovhaness-Solos-Duos-Trios.html
Please Note: This is a DVD-Audio disc which is playable on most DVD players as well as all DVD-Audio players.
Also downloadable at: iTunes
Radio broadcasts of tracks from Hovhaness: Solos Duos Trios
KALW, San Francisco, "Music From Other Minds": Sonata Ricercare - 2 Oct 2009, Bardo Sonata 11 Dec 2009
WPRB, Princeton: Trio I
CKUW, Manitoba: Poseidon Sonata, Sonatina, Three Haikus
WGVU, Michigan: Artinis
World premiere recordings of 13 Hovhaness works
The music of Alan Hovhaness has been variously labeled "orientalism," "primarily religious in expression" or "having an unfailing melodic sense." Yet much of his work is rooted in Western Europe; he wanted his music played with vitality, not meditatively; nor are his quasi-aleatoric Senza Misura technique, "spirit murmurs" or tone clusters conventionally melodic. Categorizing his highly original and vast 500-work output is difficult. In his own words: "My purpose is to create music, not for snobs but for all people--music which is beautiful and healing, to attempt what old Chinese painters called spirit resonance in melody and sound."
Though he was one of the most prominent American composers of the twentieth century, many of his compositions are still not available in the form of commercial recordings. This disc features two hours of never-before-commercially-recorded works of Hovhaness, of which 47 minutes are for solo piano and a further 10 minutes are of piano chamber works. Styles range from neo-Baroque and neoclassical to Armenian , avant-garde and East Asian. Seven decades of the composer's career are represented, from the 1930's to the 1990's.
WPRB, Princeton: Trio I
CKUW, Manitoba: Poseidon Sonata, Sonatina, Three Haikus
WGVU, Michigan: Artinis
World premiere recordings of 13 Hovhaness works
The music of Alan Hovhaness has been variously labeled "orientalism," "primarily religious in expression" or "having an unfailing melodic sense." Yet much of his work is rooted in Western Europe; he wanted his music played with vitality, not meditatively; nor are his quasi-aleatoric Senza Misura technique, "spirit murmurs" or tone clusters conventionally melodic. Categorizing his highly original and vast 500-work output is difficult. In his own words: "My purpose is to create music, not for snobs but for all people--music which is beautiful and healing, to attempt what old Chinese painters called spirit resonance in melody and sound."
Though he was one of the most prominent American composers of the twentieth century, many of his compositions are still not available in the form of commercial recordings. This disc features two hours of never-before-commercially-recorded works of Hovhaness, of which 47 minutes are for solo piano and a further 10 minutes are of piano chamber works. Styles range from neo-Baroque and neoclassical to Armenian , avant-garde and East Asian. Seven decades of the composer's career are represented, from the 1930's to the 1990's.
Rehearsal of the beginning of Hovhaness' Trio I on a Fazioli F-278. Featured on track 1 of Solos Duos Trios.
Rehearsal for track 34 of Solos Duos Trios.
Discography
Solos Duos Trios by Alan Hovhaness on OgreOgress
Audio-DVD.
Recorded in Leesburg, Va. in June 2009: Piano solos: Sonata Ricercare (1935), Artinis (1945), Poseidon Sonata (1957), Bardo Sonata (1959), Sonatina (1962), Three Haikus (1965). Recorded in Kalamazoo in July 2009: Violin, cello and piano: Trio I (1935). Clarinet and piano: Night of a White Cat (1973). Read a review Buy the audio-DVD or download: Amazon or iTunes Variations by Robert Shechtman on OgreOgress
Variations (Track 7 of this CD) is a trio for violin, piano and percussion recorded with Christina Fong and Glenn Freeman in September, 1992. This piece was written by Shechtman for Fong, Freeman and Hersey.
Buy the audio CD or download: Amazon or iTunes (track 7) |
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Janabar by Alan Hovhaness on OgreOgress
Piano solos at the beginning of movements I "Fantasy", III "Toccata" and IV "Sharagan" recorded September, 2006, in Washington, DC on a Fazioli F-183 with technical service by Steve Cunningham. |
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Complete works for Violin/Viola and Piano by Morton Feldman on OgreOgress
Recorded with Christina Fong in Grand Rapids, Michigan from March to September, 2003. |
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