Concerto for Violin, Cello, Winds, Percussion

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This album spans 33 years of composer Leon Kirchner’s work, performed by members of the Boston Symphony. The Boston Globe praised these pieces for their ”fecundity of invention and activity, originality, luxuriance and coherence of harmony, [and] masterly exploitation of how instruments sound and how instruments can sound together.”

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This album spans 33 years of Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Leon Kirchner’s work, performed by members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The Boston Globe praised these pieces for their ”fecundity of invention and activity, originality, luxuriance and coherence of harmony, [and] masterly exploitation of how instruments sound and how instruments can sound together.”

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PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced and engineered by Marc Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz, Elite Recordings, Inc., New York City

Concerto for Violin, Cello, Ten Winds and Percussion recorded February 1989 at Symphony Hall, Boston

Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano recorded May 1988 at Symphony Hall, Boston

Fives Pieces for Piano recorded May 1989 at Rutgers Church, New York City

Music for Twelve recorded May 1988 at Houghton Chapel, Wellesley, Massachusetts

Photographs by Joel Meyerowitz
Art Direction and Design: Henrietta Condak

Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz

This record was supported in part by a grant from The National Endowment for the Arts

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79188

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Leon Kirchner
Boston Symphony Chamber Players
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Concerto for Violin, Cello, Ten Winds and Percussion (1960)
Malcolm Lowe, violin
Jules Eskin, cello
Boston Symphony Chamber Players
Leon Kirchner, conductor

Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1954)
Malcolm Lowe, violin
Jules Eskin, cello
Gilbert Kalish, piano

Fives Pieces for Piano (1987)
Leon Kirchner, piano

Music for 12 (1985)
Boston Symphony Chamber Players
Leon Kirchner, conductor

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    This album spans 33 years of Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Leon Kirchner’s work, performed by members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The Boston Globe praised these pieces for their ”fecundity of invention and activity, originality, luxuriance and coherence of harmony, [and] masterly exploitation of how instruments sound and how instruments can sound together.”

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    MUSICIANS
    Concerto for Violin, Cello, Ten Winds and Percussion (1960)
    Malcolm Lowe, violin
    Jules Eskin, cello
    Boston Symphony Chamber Players
    Leon Kirchner, conductor

    Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1954)
    Malcolm Lowe, violin
    Jules Eskin, cello
    Gilbert Kalish, piano

    Fives Pieces for Piano (1987)
    Leon Kirchner, piano

    Music for 12 (1985)
    Boston Symphony Chamber Players
    Leon Kirchner, conductor

    PRODUCTION CREDITS
    Produced and engineered by Marc Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz, Elite Recordings, Inc., New York City

    Concerto for Violin, Cello, Ten Winds and Percussion recorded February 1989 at Symphony Hall, Boston

    Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano recorded May 1988 at Symphony Hall, Boston

    Fives Pieces for Piano recorded May 1989 at Rutgers Church, New York City

    Music for Twelve recorded May 1988 at Houghton Chapel, Wellesley, Massachusetts

    Photographs by Joel Meyerowitz
    Art Direction and Design: Henrietta Condak

    Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz

    This record was supported in part by a grant from The National Endowment for the Arts