Annual American Composers Update
Glenn Spring
Glenn Spring wrote all the works mentioned below during
a sabbatical year (July 1999-Aug. 2000) spent in Denver,
CO. In addition, Spring composed
Trifles, suite
music for harpsichord (or organ or piano), which led to
the version listed in Performances.
Premieres
Letter to the World: Reflections on Poems of Emily
Dickinson, a l0-minute work for horns, timpani, organ,
strings, and narrator, commissioned by Walla Walla College
to honor three retiring professors, premiered on Apr.
29, 2000 with the composer conducting.
Then said Abraham,
a meditation for viola and organ, was first performed
July 15, 2000 at the Denver South SDA Church, with Spring
and Kevin Worth. On Nov. 9, 2000,
Trifles, adapted
for string orchestra from the harpsichord suite, will
be presented, Nov. 9, 2000 by the Cantabile Youth Orchestra.
Performances
Commissioned by cellist/storyteller Carol Tarr,
The
Bremen Town Musicians, a setting of the tale by the
Brothers Grimm, was performed at the Harmony Library by
Fort Collins children's librarian Giny McConathy and the
composer, July 8, 2000.
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