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Pulitzer Prize winning composer, Bernard Rands shares his thoughts on his catalogue of over a hundred published works and recordings with Seth. From his 1963 premiere at Darmstadt to 1986 Kennedy Center Friedheim Award winning orchestral suites Le Tambourin, to his 2011  Chicago Symphony Orchestra commission, Danza Petrificada and beyond.

Musical Content

Bernard Rands

Ursula Oppens

“Tre Espressioni” for piano

2:55

 

Bernard Rands: Preludes

Robert Levin, piano

IV. “Elegia”

3:09

Bernard Rands: Canti Lunatici

Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Lucy Shelton, soprano; Gil Rose, conductor

I. “Ed è Subito Sera”

2:51

Bernard Rands: Canti Lunatici

Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Lucy Shelton, soprano; Gil Rose, conductor

IV. “La Luna Asoma”

1:58

Bernard Rands: Canti Lunatici

Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Lucy Shelton, soprano; Gil Rose, conductor

VIII. “Mondsand”

1:31

Bernard Rands: Canti Lunatici

Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Lucy Shelton, soprano; Gil Rose, conductor

IX. “The Moon”

2:30

Bernard Rands: Canti Lunatici

Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Lucy Shelton, soprano; Gil Rose, conductor

XV. “Finita e la Notte”

3:45

Bernard Rands: Preludes

Robert Levin, piano

VI. “Toccata”

3:20

 

Bernard Rands

Network for New Music; Jan Krzywicki, conductor

“Now and Again” for orchestra

12:44

 

Bernard Rands: Canti del Sole

Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Douglas Ahlstedt, tenor; Gil Rose, conductor

I. “Mattina”

3:02

Bernard Rands: Canti del Sole

Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Douglas Ahlstedt, tenor; Gil Rose, conductor

II. “The Dawn Verse”

:55

Bernard Rands: Canti del Sole

Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Douglas Ahlstedt, tenor; Gil Rose, conductor

III. “The Masque of the Twelve Months”

1:45

Bernard Rands: Canti del Sole

Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Douglas Ahlstedt, tenor; Gil Rose, conductor

IV. “Soleil et Chair”

1:56

Bernard Rands: Canti del Sole

Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Douglas Ahlstedt, tenor; Gil Rose, conductor

V. “Portami il girasole”

1:42

Bernard Rands: Canti del Sole

Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Douglas Ahlstedt, tenor; Gil Rose, conductor

VI. “Vision and Prayer”

1:39