Annual American Composers Update
Karel Husa
SAI National Arts Associate Karel Husa spends May through
Oct. in Ithaca, NY and Nov. through Apr. in Ponce Inlet,
FL. On Oct. 2, 1999, Ithaca Coll. dedicated the Karel
Husa Gallery as part of its new James Whalen Center for
Music. During the past three summers, the Hartwick Coll.
Summer Festival has included 35 of Husa's works.
Performances
1999 performances of
Music for Prague 1968 occurred
with the Boise Philharmonic, J. Ogle conducting, Feb.
22-23; and with the San Jose Symphony, under L. Grin,
Mar. 5-7. The Ithaca Coll. Trio played
Celebracion
and
Sonata a Tre, Sept. 15 and Oct. 2, 1999. On
July 18, 1999, the Hartwick Summer Festival Ensemble,
led by B. Wilson, presented
Apotheosis of this Earth.
A Dvorak Hall program in Prague featured the Suk Quartet
in
String Quartet No. 1, Nov. 10, 1999. J. Smith
led the Cleveland Orchestra in
Concerto for Orchestra,
Nov. 18-20, 1999.
Publications
Sonatina for Violin and Piano; Five Poems for Woodwind
Quintet; Les Couleurs Fauves; all by
AMP/G.
Schirmer.
Recordings
Les Couleurs Fauves; New England Conservatory Wind
Ensemble, Fr. Battisti, conductor;
Albany
Records.
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