SAI Friend of the Arts P. Peter Sacco passed away
August 12, 2000, at home in Ashland, OR, at age 71
of cancer. On January 20, 2001, a "Celebration
of Peter Sacco's Life in Music" program took
place at the Unitarian Center in Ashland.
Premieres
Works heard first at the Celebration were The
Resolve, with cellist Lisa Truelove and pianist
Camilla Carter; and All Lovely Things, with
mezzo-soprano Stephanie Claire and pianist Theodora
Sacco. Arthur Shaw conducted the Rogue Valley Symphony
in the premiere of Elegy for Strings, November
16, 2000, at Southern Oregon University At Theodora
Sacco's piano-studio recital, March 12, 2000, in Ashland,
the composer introduced his Theme and Five Variations.
Performances
The Celebration included Variations on "An die
Musik" for piano four-hands, with Alexander Tutunov
and Kristina Foltz; Sea Whispers, with Rhett Bender,
saxophone, and Tutunov, piano; Jazz for Annaliesa,
with pianist Annaliesa Harris; My Gift to Jesus, with
Kurt Berentsen, baritone, and Theodora Sacco, piano;
and I Will Praise Thee, O Lord, With my Whole Heart,
with Brian Kerns, tenor, and Jane Manning, piano.
Publications
Night Goes with Silent Steps; two-part choir
and piano; Swan River Press, 2000.
Recordings
Piano Concerto No. 1, Symphony No. 1, Violin Concerto
No. 1, Contemplation, Hypocrites; all on Albany
Records Paul Freeman Introduces P. Peter Sacco,
Vol. 7 Troy 410 CD, March 2001.
