Viva Concertante! showcases works for chamber orchestra involving soloistic display, and features the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Moscow Conservatory Studio for New Music, as well as the University of Iowa’s Center for New Music Ensemble. The compositions were either written or revised in the last dozen years. And just as old- and new-world connections are forged by means of the performing groups, a like situation extends to the ethnicity of the composers, with Italian, German, and English contributors as well as Chinese-, German-, Macedonian- and Welsh-Americans.

Artists

Wolfgang David (violin), Elisabeth Kropfitsch (violin), Olga Galochkina (cello), Anthony Arnone, Hanna Holman (cello), Scott Conklin (violin), Christine Rutledge (viola), Michelle Crouch (soprano), Michael Norsworthy (clarinet), Volkan Orhon (contrabass)

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Conservatory Studio for New Music, University of Iowa Center for New Music Ensemble, The, Center for New Music Ensemble, Kirk Trevor, Igor Dronov, David Gompper