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2010
PREMIERES
Septet for Piano Trio and String Quartet were introduced April 28-29, 2009 by the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio and Miami String Quartet, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY; the Septet received further performances May 5, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC; May 6, Virginia Arts Festival, Norfolk, VA; and May 16, Chamber Music Society of Detroit, MI.
PERFORMANCES
Milennium Fantasy for piano and orchestra, Images for two pianos and orchestra, Peanuts Gallery for piano and orchestra, were performed April 2-3, 2009, by the Florida State University Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Alexander Jiminez, with pianists Jeffrey Biegel, Read Gaines, Heidi Louise Williams; the concerts were recorded for release by Naxos. Eric Ronmark and the Pacifica String Quartet presented Quintet for alto saxophone and string quartet, April 13, CMSD. Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra was heard May 21-23 in a performance by Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson, with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Hans Graf.
PUBLICATIONS
Quintet for Alto Saxophone and String Quartet; Symphony No. 5 (Concerto for Orchestra); Merion Music/Theodore Presser Co.
RECORDINGS
Piano Trio; The Claremont Piano Trio.
2009
Zwilich marked the beginning of her 70th birthday season – featuring two major premieres, recordings, and performances of her work across the country – with the world premiere of Symphony No. 5, commissioned by the Juilliard School, and performed October 27, 2008, by the Juilliard Orchestra conducted by James Conlon at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY. The new symphony’s premiere launched a season that will conclude with the world premiere of another major work, the Septet for Piano Trio and String Quartet, performed by the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio and the Miami String Quartet at the 92nd Street Y, April 28-29, 2009. Zwilich will celebrate her 70th birthday on April 30. In addition, a disc of three of Zwilich’s works performed by artists from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center is slated for release by Koch Records later this season, the Claremont Trio is releasing a new disc this winter titled American Trios which will include Zwilich’s Piano Trio, and a half-hour television program of her work Peanuts Gallery, which has been broadcast over local PBS stations nationwide almost 700 times, recently received an award from the National Educational Telecommunications Association.
PREMIERES
Quintet for Alto Saxophone and String Quartet was introduced February 10, 2008, by saxophonist Ashu and the Chicago Chamber Musicians; Ashu will give a repeat performance on March 10, 2009, assisted by the Pacifica String Quartet.
PERFORMANCES
Chamber Symphony was heard in an October 3, 2008, performance by Boston Musica Viva, directed by Richard Pittman, Boston, MA. Piano Trio was presented February 5, 2009, by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. The works Images for Two Pianos and Orchestra, Millennium Fantasy for piano and orchestra, and Peanuts Gallery for piano and orchestra, will be recorded at a pair of concerts given April 2-3 by the Florida State University Orchestra under the direction of Alexander Jiminez. Quintet will be presented by alto saxophonist Erik Ronmark and the Pacifica String Quartet at an April 18 concert for the Chamber Music Society of Detroit, MI.
PUBLICATIONS
Luvn Blm, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion; Episodes, soprano saxophone and piano; Quintet, alto saxophone and string quartet; all by Merion Music/Theodore Presser.
RECORDINGS
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Clarinet Concerto, clarinetist David Shifrin; String Quartet No. 2, the Orion Quartet; String Trio, Ani Kavafian, Paul Neubauer, and Fred Sherry; Koch International. Piano Trio; Claremont Trio;
Trio Records.
2008
Peanuts Gallery, a half-hour PBS show featuring Zwilich’s Peanuts Gallery for piano and orchestra (based on the Charles Schulz characters) first aired in October 2006 and was rebroadcast on PBS stations after the American Masters program on Charles Schulz on October 29, 2007.
Premieres
LUVN BLM was introduced February 14, 2006, by the EAR Unit, a Los Angeles-based new music ensemble.
Performances
American Concerto was presented April 6-8, 2006, by trumpeter Phil Smith and the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Bramwell Tovey. JoAnn Falletta led the Rotterdam Philharmonic in performances of Concerto Grosso 1985, January 18-19, 2007. Nexus Percussion and the Kansas City Philharmonic, led by Michael Stern, performed Rituals, February 16-18. Violin Concerto was heard in a February 24 performance by Danielle Maddon with the New England Philharmonic, conducted by Richard Pittman. Luciano Magnanini and the Boca Sinfonia, led by Alistair Wills, presented Bassoon Concerto on March 25.
Publications
LUVN BLM, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion; Quartet for Oboe and Strings, oboe, violin, viola, cello; Episodes, soprano saxophone and piano; all by Merion Music/Theodore Presser.