La Scena Musicale (“Canada’s Free Classical Music Magazine”) has included the Concord Chamber Music Society’s Brubeck/Gandolfi/Foss release in their November reviews. Here’s a quick quote from the review which received 4/6 stars: “The Concord Chamber Music Society presents three contemporary American works, in a decidedly consonant and accessible aesthetic… The musicians are of the highest calibre (some are members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra!) and their performance is both polished and riveting. An appealing and…
The musicians of the Concord Chamber Music Society are acclaimed chamber ensembles and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the clarinetist, Thomas Martin, is the BSO’s Associate Principal Clarinetist. Today we thought it would be fun for you to get to know Thomas Martin! Thomas Martin is associate principal clarinetist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and principal clarinetist of the Boston Pops Orchestra. Mr. Martin began his professional music career as a clarinetist, saxophonist, and flutist…
We’ve been posting about this release for quite some time (what can we say, we get excited about an album with TWO world premiere recordings), so we wanted to give a recap today in case you missed any of these previous posts! Album information and Samples of ALL the tracks! Pictures from the Recording Session Composer Lukas Foss Chris Brubeck’s “Time for Three” Michael Gandolfi talks about his work “Line Drawings” A post on the…
We are very excited about the world premiere recordings that are appearing on our upcoming Concord Chamber Music Society release, but there is another modern composer with a work on the album as well, and we wanted to introduce him today. Lukas FossFrom The Living Composers Project: Lukas Foss (b. August 15, 1922, Berlin – d. February 1, 2009, New York City, New York). German-born American composer of mostly stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and…
We are getting closer to our Concord Chamber Players release and as you know Chris Brubeck’s piece “Danza del Soul” will be on that recording. So today we’re sharing a fun video of Chris Brubeck playing “(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue” by Fats Waller on the Jô Soares Show in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The Concord Chamber Players will be releasing a new album on Reference Recordings this year, and one of the highlights of the album will be Michael Gandolfi’s new piece “Line Drawings.” So in excitement for this album (which is still a few months off), we wanted to link you to the Concord Chamber Music Society’s Music Player where you can listen to an enlightening 8 minute segment of Michael Gandolfi talking about this work. Click…
One of the next big recording projects that Reference Recordings will be working on will feature the Concord Chamber Players. The album will feature a world-premeire recording of Grammy-nominated composer Michael Gandolfi’s piece “Line Drawings.” In an article in the Concord Journal, Michael Gandolfi speaks with area high school students about the piece. Here are some excerpts from the presentation: From the Concord JournalCCHS students treated to chamber music lecture, performanceBy Patrick Ball “… Using…
We have told you that we are going to be doing a World Premiere Recording of Michael Gandolfi’s “Line Drawings” performed by the Concord Chamber Players. So, today we thought we would kick off your weekend by sharing a video of the Concord Chamber Players and Michael Gandolfi talking about the piece as well as playing some excerpts from it!
Today we thought we would share some more information on the Concord Chamber Music Society and the Concord Chamber Players which we will be doing a recording project with soon. The Concord Chamber Music Society, Inc. (“CCMS”) was founded by Boston Symphony Orchestra violinist Wendy Putnam in January of 2000. CCMS presents a series of five chamber music concerts per year in Concord, MA and administers a diversified educational outreach program. The concerts and educational…
We are excited to announce that Reference Recordings will be doing a recording project with the Concord Chamber Players this September! This exciting project will include TWO World Premieres – “Danza del Soul” by Christopher Brubeck, and “Line Drawings” by Michael Gandolfi. Also on the project will be Lukas Foss’ “Central Park Reel.” These exciting modern pieces will be recorded in Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts. Mechanics Hall is an internationally acclaimed hall well known…