Annual American Composers Update
Ursula Mamlok
A New York, NY resident, Ursula Mamlok* spends summers
in San Mateo, CA.
Premieres
In 1998, the Cassatt Quartet gave the first performances
of
String Quartet No. 2 at Syracuse (NY) Univ.,
Mar. 4; at Princeton Univ., Mar. 24; and at the Round
Top (TX) Music Festival, July 4.
Performances
Five Bagatelles, for clarinet, violin, and cello,
was heard at the Mendelssohn Hochschule, in Leipzig, Germany,
Dec. 2, 1998.
Polarities, for flute, violin, cello,
and piano, was played in 1998 by Speculum Musicae, at
a Society of Music Theorists meeting in North Carolina,
Dec. 5; and by Parnassus, at Merkin Hall, New York, NY,
Feb. 26. On Apr. 12, 1999, the San Francisco (CA) Contemporary
Players, led by Donald Palmer, presented
Sextet.
Panta Rhei (Time in Flux) had performances at the
Manhattan (NY) School of Music, Nov. 2, 1998, with the
Hepworth Trio, and at a Music in the Summer Garden program,
Joel Sachs, director, Aug. 26-27, 1999. Accompanied by
pianist Udo Agnesens, soprano Verena Rein sang
4 Deutsche
Lieder (poetry from Hermann Hesse's
Vom Baum des
Lebens) at the Bode Museum, Aug. 15, 1999 in Berlin,
Germany.
Publications
Girasol (Sunflowers), flute, clarinet, violin,
viola, cello, piano;
Polarities; Festive Sounds,
organ; all by
C.
F. Peters Corp.
Alariana, recorder, clarinet,
bassoon, viola, cello;
Hildegard/Cassia.
Recordings
From my Garden, for solo violin;
Designs
and
Sonata, both for violin and piano, Catherine
Tait, violin, and Barry Snyder, piano;
Gasparo
Records Music for Violin and Piano by American
Women Composers GSCD-300.
Rhapsody, for clarinet,
viola, and piano;
Centaur
Records Earplay CRC 2274.
Panta Rhei,
The Francesco Trio;
Music
and Arts Contemporary American Piano Trios,
Vol. 2 CD 933.
Constellations, Seattle Symphony
Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz, conductor;
Polarities
and
Girasol, both with Parnassus, Anthony Korf,
conductor;
Der Andreas Garten, for mezzo-soprano,
flute, and harp, The Jubal Trio;
String Quartet No.
2, The Cassatt Quartet; all on
CRI
Ursula Mamlok CD 806.
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