Annual American Composers Update
Brian Fennelly
"Now professor emeritus at New York University, I continue
as co-director of the Washington Square Contemporary Music
Society. Recent commissions have been from the Fromm Foundation
for
Velvet and Spice, premiered by the American
Brass Quintet in Mar. 2000, and from the Koussevitsky
Foundation for
Arias and Intermezzi (String Quartet
No. 2) for the Pro Arte Quartet (in progress). In spring
2000, the Polish Radio National Orchestra under Joel Suben
recorded three orchestral works for future CD release:
Chrysalis, Thoreau Fantasy No. 2 (Ambrosial Mornings),
and
Reflections/Metamorphoses. On Sept. 8, 2000
a 75-minute profile of my music was aired on Brave New
Music on WMHT-FM (Schenectady, NY)."
Premieres
Brian Fennelly's
SUKHI!, for clarinet, violin,
cello, and piano, was presented by Trio Han with cellist
Jung-Min Park, Nov. 6, 1999 at Seoul (Korea) National
University. On Oct. 2, 2000, a League-ISCM concert at
Merkin Hall, New York, NY, included the premiere of
Skyscapes
II, for trumpet and string quartet, with Louis Hanzlik
and the Atlantic Quartet.
Three's Company, for
flute, saxophone, and piano, was played first by Jayn
Rosenfeld, Taimur Sullivan, and Eric Huebner at Merkin
Hall, Nov. 20, 2000.
Performances
Cantilena, from
Three's Company, aired on
WFMT radio (Chicago) with saxophonist David Pituch and
assisting artists, Jan. 3, 2000. Also, Pituch performed
Cantilena and
Hypnotic Song with Marcia
Gates, flute, and the composer as pianist on the Poné
Ensemble concert series in New Paltz, NY, Feb. 11, 2000.
Sonata Serena was played by pianist Margaret Mills
in Greenwich, CT, Nov. 21, 1999.
For Solo Flute
was presented by Melissa Sweet at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson,
NY, June 18, 2000.
Publications
Skyscapes I (1999); trumpet and string quartet;
Three's Company (1999-2000); flute/piccolo, alto
saxophone, and piano;
Empirical Rag versions; violin
and piano (2000) and string quartet (2000); all by
American
Composers Edition.
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