Gerber: Premieres
Emily Davis, English Symphony Orchestra, English String Orchestra, Kenneth Woods
Gerber initially dedicated himself to total serialism, only to later embrace tonality, expressive dissonance and a frowning dark mood often recalling 20th century Russians. All that is exactly...
Gerber: Premieres
Emily Davis, English Symphony Orchestra, English String Orchestra, Kenneth Woods
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Gerber initially dedicated himself to total serialism, only to later embrace tonality, expressive dissonance and a frowning dark mood often recalling 20th century Russians. All that is exactly...
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Most of the music on this recording consists of arrangements of chamber music pieces by Steven Gerber (1948-2015), commissioned by the Gerber Trust to help make performances of his music more accessible for chamber orchestras, smaller symphony orchestras and string orchestras. Taken together with Gerber’s beautiful Two Lyric Pieces for Violin and Strings, they provide a fascinating overview of Gerber’s development as a composer over most of the last 20 years of his working life. Steven R. Gerber was born in 1948 in Washington, D.C. and made his home in New York City, where he died on May 28, 2015, aged 66. He received degrees from Haverford College and from Princeton University, where he received a 4-year fellowship. His composition teachers included Robert Parris, J. K. Randall, Earl Kim, and Milton Babbitt.
Contents and tracklist
- English Symphony Orchestra
- Kenneth Woods
- Emily Davis
- English String Orchestra
- Kenneth Woods
- English Symphony Orchestra
- Kenneth Woods
Awards and reviews
February 2022
Gerber initially dedicated himself to total serialism, only to later embrace tonality, expressive dissonance and a frowning dark mood often recalling 20th century Russians. All that is exactly Woods’s cup of tea, though the recording quality doesn’t work in the music’s favour…Throughout, the performances are of a high level.
