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QUARTETTO DELL'ARTE

Composer: 
Matthew Davidson
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Violins I & II, Viola, Violoncello

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QUARTETTO DELL'ARTE is a five movement polytonal string quartet with an existential secret program. In addition, it uses direct transcriptions of melodies from the following recordings:
Movement One: Musique et Musiciens du Monde - Biélorussie (UNESCO); Kazakh Music Today (Topic Records Inc.)
Movement Three: Belgique  Ballades, etc. (OCORA-Radio France);Lituanie - Le pays des chansons (OCORA-Radio France)
The second movement is a pointillistic retrograde double fugue using melodies by Verdi and Puccini, and the fourth movement juxtaposes melodies of Machaut and Stephen Foster.

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audio/mpeg iconIII. Gavotta Assurda (Scherzo-II)

THE SECRET AGENT Opera in Two Acts

Composer: 
Michael Dellaira
Instrumentation freestyle: 
Flute / Piccolo Bb Clarinet / Bass Clarinet Oboe / English Horn Bassoon French Horn Trombone Percussion (1), Harp 2 Violins Viola Violoncello Contrabass

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Winnie & Stevie,The Secret Agent;: (c) Center for Contemporary OperaWinnie & Stevie,The Secret Agent;: (c) Center for Contemporary Opera

Ossipon & Michaelis, The Secret Agent: (c) Center for Contemporary OperaOssipon & Michaelis, The Secret Agent: (c) Center for Contemporary Opera

"The Secret Agent": Amy Burton and Matthew Garrett in the opera, with music by Michael Dellaira, at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College.: March, 2011"The Secret Agent": Amy Burton and Matthew Garrett in the opera, with music by Michael Dellaira, at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College.: March, 2011

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$71.50 Vocal score 8.5x11
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$81.50 Vocal score 9 x 12
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$87.50 Full score 10 x 13 or 11 x 14 conductor

VARIETY DAY, a Violin Concerto

Composer: 
Robert McBride
Scoring: 
vn, orch:2-2-2-2, 2-2-2-0,timp,hp,pf,str

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McBride named his concerto after Variety, the magazine for theatre/film/tv people, and gave its subtitles odd hames, related to the insider-speak of the film business. McBride's wife Carol said she subscribed to Variety, and its arrival date was known around the house as "variety day". Sock 10-G was a Variety term meaning a smash hit which earned over 10 grand. Lush Pix Nix was a big budget picture that did not do well at the box office. B.O. Hypo refers to box office "hype".

McBride wrote Variety Day originally as a sonata for violin and piano for the distinguished violinist Louis Kaufman (1905-1944), who premiered it with his wife, the pianist Annette Kaufman. The orchestra version was premiered by Howard Hanson at the Eastman School in 1951.

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WRIGHT FLIGHT (2003) for three actors, orchestra and projections

Composer: 
Lawrence Dillon
Scoring: 
2 Flutes (2nd db. Picc), 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons, 2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in C, 1 Percussion: 3 Timpani, Triangle, Two toms, slapstick, two suspended cymbals, bass drum, wind chimes, 1 Piano, Strings

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The Wright Brothers first flight - based on diaries and accounts.

For details about the piece, visit http://www.lawrencedillon.com/wright-flight.php

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