Michael Torke: Sky

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Release Date: 1st Aug 2019
Catalogue No: TROY1784
Label: Albany
Length: 54 minutes

Grammy Awards

62nd Awards (2019)

Nominee - Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Torke: Sky, concerto for violin

Work length24:03

$4.00

$5.60

Tessa Lark (violin), Albany Symphony
David Alan Miller

Sky, concerto for violin: Lively

Track length9:44

$1.50

$2.10

Sky, concerto for violin: Wistful

Track length8:14

$1.50

$2.10

Sky, concerto for violin: Spirited

Track length6:05

$1.00

$1.40

Torke: West, concerto for bassoon

Work length9:59

$3.00

$4.20

Peter Kolkay (bassoon), Albany Symphony
David Alan Miller

West, concerto for bassoon: Lively

Track length4:38

$1.00

$1.40

West, concerto for bassoon: Andantino

Track length3:26

$1.00

$1.40

West, concerto for bassoon: Brilliante

Track length1:55

$1.00

$1.40

Torke: South, concerto for oboe

Work length10:07

$3.00

$4.20

Ryan Roberts (oboe), Albany Symphony
David Alan Miller

South, concerto for oboe: Lyrical

Track length3:43

$1.00

$1.40

South, concerto for oboe: Languorous

Track length3:38

$1.00

$1.40

South, concerto for oboe: Animato

Track length2:46

$1.00

$1.40

Torke: East, concerto for clarinet

Work length10:33

$3.00

$4.20

Weixiong Wang (clarinet), Albany Symphony
David Alan Miller

East, concerto for clarinet: Always moving forward

Track length3:57

$1.00

$1.40

East, concerto for clarinet: Cantabile e misterioso

Track length3:28

$1.00

$1.40

East, concerto for clarinet: Rhapsodic

Track length3:08

$1.00

$1.40

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Acclaimed composer Michael Torke has brought fresh life to an old, but popular form, as these four concertos demonstrate. For Sky, a concerto for violin, Torke imposed classical forms on Bluegrass, evoking the music of the people who settled Kentucky. The other three concertos (for bassoon, oboe, and clarinet) test the limits of the instruments with unstale musical expression. Torke's music has been commissioned and performed by organizations such as the New York Philharmonic, the English National Opera, the London Sinfonietta, and the New York City Ballet, among many others. He has created a substantial body of works in virtually every genre. Award winning violinist Tessa Lark is a budding superstar in the classical realm and a highly acclaimed fiddler in the tradition of her native Kentucky. Bassoonist Peter Kolkay is on the faculty at the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt. The recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant, he is an active soloist and chamber musician. Oboist Ryan Roberts is a member of the New York Philharmonic and has performed as guest principal oboe with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony. Weixiong Wang is principal clarinetist of the Albany Symphony and the winner of several international competitions.

Michael Torke: Sky

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