William Bolcom

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

Written for and premiered by the Delphi Trio, the piano trio hearkens towards William Bolcom's Brahmsian side in gesture, tone and form but only in three movements, not four as often found with that c...

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...

Contents: The Bad Mister - Badminton - Big Bad Mr Monster Strike - Big Mountain - The Bitty Town - A Boating Tune - The Glad Minister - The Mad Monster - The Plaid Miss - The Sad Monster.

I came to know of this piece when hearing famous Norwegian ragtime pianist Morten Gunnar Larsen playing it at a concert with the Norwegian Navy Band Bergen. I was struck by it's melancholic beauty and...