William Bolcom

Bolcom is a famously eclectic stylist. The poems here are sung in Spanish and the musical accompaniment is recognizably Spanish-tinged in rhythm and color (including castanets and the like). But the c...

For André Hajdu's 60th birthday. In six movements.

Movements: I. Andante spianato - Allegro, II. Regrets, III. Finale. Premiere: William Bolcom, piano, Seattle Symphony, Milton Katimsconducting, 1976.

Premiere: Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, David Robertson conducting, San Francisco, CA, June 24, 1995. Movements: 1. Come Up from the Fields Father, 2. Scented Herbage of...

Premiere: The Stanford String Quartet, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, January 25, 1989. Recorded by same on Laurel Record (LR-847). Bolcom uses a symmetrical arch form: sections I-VIII are mirrore...

Dedicated and in honor of Darius Milhaud on his 80th birthday. Premiere: The Concord Quartet, Pittsburgh, PA, March, 1973. Movements: 1. Lyrical; Rag; Prestissimo, 2. Larghetto; Reprise; Allegro giojo...

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