Commissioned by the New Gallery Concert Series
Performers: Jessi Rosinski, Flute; Jesse Irons, Violin; Raphael Popper-Keiser, Cello; Jennfer Elowski-Fox, Piano
Love Songs (8') is a song cycle by Jonathan Bailey Holland with text by Sandra Cisneros. The work was premiered by Caprice Corona, soprano and Alison d'Amato, piano in 1999. It is scored for high voice and piano.
Black composer Justin Holland is one of the most important American guitarists of his generation and (as written on the Amaranth Publishing website) one of the first Black men to contribute to the classical guitar.
Japanese composer, Hiroshi Hoshina's "Miko Dance" is a free-style concerto for solo horn and orchestra. The work was composed at the request of the Hoshina Academy Chamber Orhcestra Ensemble Harmonia.
Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa's "Kleine Blume" is a one movement work written in honour of the 50th birthday of Michael Haefliger. The composition was premiered by Stefan Dohr in Bilbaeo, Spain in May 2011.
Black composer Chad "Sir Wick" Hughes fell in love with cello suites in 1995. As written on his website, "As I came home (to the dorms) from marching band practice at the University of Michigan, I heard not only a glorious euphonium sound, but I…
Chinese-born American composer Wang Jie wrote "From New York, With Love" for flute or piccolo and percussion. Program notes for the composition on the composer's website indicate: "It’s been tickling my ears that countless New Yorkers are greeted…
Chinese-born American composer Wang Jie wrote "From New York, With Love II" for flute, viola and harp. Program notes for the composition on Jie's website state: "It’s been tickling my ears that countless New Yorkers are greeted every day by a musical…