ANALOG arts ensemble will be back at An Die Musik this Sunday, performing a trio set with flutist Marcia Kämper, violist Maggie Seay, and cellist Todd Thiel. The concert features a diverse program of music from several eras.

Softly Call
Sunday, May 30, 2010
5:00 PM
An Die Musik
409 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD

PROGRAM

Albert Roussel (1869 – 1937) – Trio for flute, viola and cello, op. 40 (1929) (14:00)

I. Allegro grazioso
II. Andante
III. Allegro non troppo

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 – 1959) – The Jet Whistle (c. 1950) (10′) for flute and cello

I. Allegro non troppo
II. Adagio
III. Vivo

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 – 1788) – Pastorale in a minor for flute, viola and cello (3:20)

Moderato

Witold Lutoslawski – Bucolics for viola and cello

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) – Divertimento in Eb Major KV 563

I. Allegro (6:40)
VI. Allegro (7:30)

Michael Colquhoun (b. 1951) – Softly Call (1987) for flute/alto flute and viola

Jean Francaix (1912 – 1997) – Trio (1933)

I. Allegretto vivo (2:40)
II. Scherzo (3:30)
III. Andante
IV. Rondo

After a great CD release concert on Sunday, Cello Populus is now available for sale. The entire album is streaming all week at www.analogarts.org/cello. The physical CD can be purchased through this site, and digital downloads are available through all the major services.

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Next month, ANALOG arts will release Cello Populus, the solo recording debut by Dariusz Skoraczewski. Most people know Dariusz as the assistant principal cellist in the Baltimore Symphony, or as one-third of Monument Piano Trio, but earlier this year, Dariusz set aside some time to record a few solo works for his instrument.

On Sunday, May 23, Dariusz will perform the program from the CD on a solo recital at Baltimore’s An Die Musik. The repertoire includes solo cello works by Ligeti, Hindemith, Saariaho and others, and there will be a reception following the performance.

‘Cello Populus’ CD Release Concert

Featuring Dariusz Skoraczewski

Sunday, May 23, 7:30 PM

An die Musik

409 North Charles Street, 2nd Floor (map)

Baltimore, MD 21201

(410) 385-2638

ANALOG arts has been providing production support for Vinca Quartet since 2008, as they have been busy establishing themselves on the recital circuit. Next month, they will return to Jeunesses Musicales in Germany, and they have a busy fall of concerts around the U.S.

Vinca have won prizes at the International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition (2008), Premio Paolo Borciani International Quartet Competition (2008), Plowman Chamber Music Competition (2006), and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition (2005).

For more information about Vinca, visit them on MySpace or at their website.

Iron Composer is an instant composition contest. Five composers are selected from around the country to compete in a daylong event. At 9 am, they are given an instrumentation and a musical ingredient. They have just five hours to finish a piece of music, which is immediately rehearsed and judged at a free public concert.

Now in its third year, Iron Composer was created for the <i>ARTSaha!</i> festival in a partnership between ANALOG <i>arts</i> and the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The 2009 competition will take place in suburban Cleveland with the institutional support of Baldwin-Wallace College. It will also be broadcast live by Cleveland’s classical radio station WCLV. Mark Satola of the Not the Dead White Composer’s Hour will emcee.

The five finalists who will compete are Andrew Jamieson (IL), Travis Jeffords (IN), Sunny Knable (NY), Wei-Chieh Lin (NY), & John Rot (OH). For more information on the finalists and the competition, visit ironcomposer.org.

Zodiac Dust is the sophomore album by Brooklyn-based percussion duo Loop 2.4.3. ANALOG arts released it in partnership with indie label Music Starts From Silence. The album showcases Loop 2.4.3’s original compositions in a suite of songs that take the listener on an aural journey. It also features instruments that were built for the duo.

Doug Simpson from Audiophile Audition writes about the custom built eLog:

 

After a short commencement prelude, “Prologue: Rebirth,” the album opens up with “Dark Matter,” a cosmic saga that mixes heavy and light percussion with open-minded effects and electronics. It is here the hand-made eLog is introduced, which Michael Wygmans custom built for Loop 2.4.3., which is essentially a log drum that offers a broader sonic canvas. To get crucial auditory agitation, the eLog is run through a Fender amp and a vocal effects unit, thus fashioning a synthesized, distorted characteristic. “Dark Matter” persuasively demonstrates that rhythm instruments can direct melodic lines, execute choruses, and engage listeners’ imagination.

 

Zodiac Dust is on sale now at all major digital retailers.

ANALOG announced the finalists who will compete in Cleveland on October 2nd for the Iron Composer title and cash prize of $500. It’s a diverse group of composers from across the country: Chicago, Bloomington, Oberlin, and New York City.

For more information on the contest, visit www.ironcomposer.org.