Annual American Composers Update
Allan Blank
Premieres
SAI National Arts Associate Allan Blank's
Three for
Two, for clarinet and piano, premiered Sept. 6, 2000
with David Niethamer and Joanne Kong at the University
of Richmond. On Apr. 28, 2000, Shelley Binder and Fay
Adams introduced
Playtime, for flute and piano,
at the University of Tennessee.
Duo for Two Flutes
was played first Apr. 26, 2000 with Binder and Jill Waguespeck
at the First Presbyterian Church, in Knoxville, TN. Stanley
Hoffman and Eddy Kronengold are scheduled to present
Sonata
for Violin and Piano Mar. 9, 2001 at the Third Street
Music Settlement House, in New York, NY. On a Florida
State University program, Feb. 12, 2000 in Tallahassee,
Binder gave the first performance of
Ariel, for
solo piccolo.
Performances
Performances in 2000 at the University of Richmond included
Diversions, with Stephen Ahearn, solo clarinet,
Apr. 20;
Five Pieces, with John Winsor, A-Flat
clarinet, Feb. 5; and
Links, for violin, clarinet,
and piano, with Teri Lazar, Niethamer, and Kong, Sept.
6.
Publications
Ariel; piccolo;
Playtime; flute and piano;
Duos; two flutes; all by
Falls
House Press, Aug. 2000.
Three Bouquets; bassoon
and bass viol; Roncorp Publications, fall 2000.
Recordings
String Quartet (1989);
Sonata (1987/92),
for piano;
Introduction and Three Episodes, for
flute, clarinet, and bassoon;
Elegy (1992) and
Dualisms (1994), both for violin and organ; all
on University of Arizona Recordings
Chamber Music by
Allan Blank AUR CD 3103.
Concertino, for bassoon
and string orchestra;
Four Inventions, for bassoon
and piano;
Nocturne, for bassoon and harp;
Trio,
for flute, bassoon, and piano;
Three Bouquets; Three
Bagatelles, for solo bassoon; all on
Centaur
Records Allan Blank: Music for Bassoon CRC
2485, winter 2000.
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