Composers in the Loft
Produced by Cedille Records
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Chicago’s acclaimed Music in the Loft series showcases chamber music’s stars of tomorrow. Composers in the Loft presents five diverse works — four in world premiere recordings — by the series’ former composers-in-residence: Ricardo Lorenz’s Afro-Cuban flavored Bachangó for solo piano; Carter Pann’s eclectic Differences for cello and piano; Pierre Jalbert’s in turns rhythmically driven and mysterious Trio for violin, cello, and piano; Stacy Garrop’s String Quartet No. 2: Demons and Angels, tracing a true-life descent into madness and murder; and Vivian Fung’s Miniatures for clarinet and string quartet, inspired by the music of China’s Uighur people. Performers include the Naumburg Award winning Biava Quartet, cellist David Ying of the Ying Quartet, and clarinetist John Bruce Yeh of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Track listing
Ricardo Lorenz (b. 1961)
1 | Bachangó (1984)
Marta Aznavoorian, piano
Carter Pann (b. 1972)
Differences for cello and piano (1998)
2 | I. Strand
3 | II. Air
4 | III. Country Dance
5 | IV. Blues
6 | V. Song
David Ying, cello
Elinor Freer, piano
Pierre Jalbert (b. 1967)
Trio for violin, cello, and piano (1998)
7 | I. Life Cycle
8 | II. Agnus Dei
Lincoln Trio
Desirée Ruhstrat, violin
David Cunliffe, cello
Marta Aznavoorian, piano
Stacy Garrop (b. 1969)
String Quartet No. 2: Demons and Angels (2005)
9 | I. Demonic Spirits
10 | II. Song of the Angels
11 | III. Inner Demons
12 | IV. Broken Spirit
Biava Quartet
Austin Hartman, violin
Hyunsu Ko, violin
Mary Persin, viola
Jason Calloway, cello
Vivian Fung (b. 1975)
Miniatures for Clarinet and String Quartet (2005)
13 | I. Floating
14 | II. Light and Playful
15 | III. Improvisation-like
16 | IV. A Piacere
John Bruce Yeh, clarinet
Maia Quartet
Tricia Park, violin
Michelle Lee Elliott, violin
Elizabeth Oakes, viola
Hannah Holman, cello