Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir 6: Sing Gently

With Marvin Rosen July 8, 2020

On July 8 I'm on Classical Discoveries with Marvin Rosen. WPRB-Princeton NJ. He'll be playing my piano piece Alternative Facts, performed by Gloria Cheng from the album Through Glass on the Navona label.

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‎Marvin Rosen‎ to CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES

3 hrs

I hope you will join Classical Discoveries for the weekly program this Wednesday morning, July 8, 2020 from 7:00 till 10:00am and will feature:

Just released, world premiere recording (on the Polish Dux label) of Sanctus Adalbertus, Op. 71 (1997) by Polish composer, Henryk Gorecki (1933-2010). This oratorio for soprano, baritone, mixed choir and orchestra and was not premiered until after the composer’s death.

Other features on this Wednesday’s program include:

Alternative Facts for piano (2019) by American composer, Bruce Babcock

As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams by Australian composer, Anne Boyd (1946- )

Music 1957 by American composer, Henry Cowell (1897-1965)

Prayer for Virtual Flute Orchestra (2020) by American composer, Amanda Harberg (1973- )

The work, inspired by the effects of the Coronavirus, includes 94 musicians (mostly Flutists) from 17 different countries.

Magnificat by Italian composer, Giovanni Priuli (ca. 1580-1626)

Kyrie for String Quintet (2004) by American composer, Marga Richter (1926-2020). Played in memory of the composer who passed away on June 25.

Balletto a cavallo by Austrian composer, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1623-1680)

Industrial Sinfonia by Polish composer, Adam Wesolowski (1980- )

and others

On WPRB 103.3 FM Princeton NJ, or on the Internet at: www.wprb.com.

www.classicaldiscoveries.org

Alternative Facts Released Today June 12, 2020

Released today. Alternative Facts, for solo piano,

composed for & recorded by Gloria Cheng, on the Navona label. The piece (6:26) reflects the times we are living in. Discombobulating, annoying, loud, repetitive, confounding, crazy-making, tiresome, frenetic, all of the above.

To purchase THROUGH GLASS

THROUGH GLASS 

Release Date 

June 12, 2020

featuring

ALTERNATIVE FACTS for piano

by Bruce Babcock

Composed for and performed by Gloria Cheng

on the Navona label

Alternative Facts was composed as a reaction to the 2016 presidential campaign, election, and subsequent inauguration of our current president. Ever since he announced his candidacy we have, as a nation, endured a profound attack on reality, not to mention democracy, diplomacy, civility, and honesty.

We now know first-hand the experience of passing "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There," Lewis Carroll's 1871 novel. We are also living in George Orwell's "1984" and the 1944 MGM film "Gaslight." This is now our exhausting "alternative facts" daily life.

Alternative Facts was composed for my long-time friend and colleague, the brilliant Emmy and Grammy winning pianist Gloria Cheng. It was recorded at the Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center Recording Studio, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music by multiple Grammy-winning engineer Rich Breen.

for more information and purchase links:

The American Prize - Honorable Mention, Instrumental Chamber Music

June 10, 2020

So here is some more good news, announced yesterday. I was awarded Honorable Mention, out of 29 finalists, in The American Prize competition, Instrumental Chamber Music category for my string quartet "The Present Moment."

"The Present Moment" was recorded by the Altius Quartet for their Navona album Quadrants Vol. 3.

Thank you, Altius Quartet! Zack Reaves, Joshua Ulrich, Andrew Giordano, Andrew Krimm

The American Prize 2020 - June 9, 2020

The American Prize, Shorter Choral Works Category

So here is some news. I was awarded second place in The American Prize competition, Shorter Choral Works category for my a cappella piece "Be Still." "Be Still" was composed for and premiered by James Walker and Coventry Choir, All Saints Church, Pasadena, and recorded by the multiple Emmy-winning choir The Crossing, under the direction of Donald Nally, for the Navona label.

Thanks, Donald Nally & The Crossing, the Parma/Navona label, James Walker, Coventry Choir, & All Saints Church, Pasadena, & everyone at The American Prize.

THROUGH GLASS 

Release Date 

June 12, 2020

featuring

ALTERNATIVE FACTS for piano

by Bruce Babcock

Composed for and performed by Gloria Cheng

on the Navona label

Alternative Facts was composed as a reaction to the 2016 presidential campaign, election, and subsequent inauguration of our current president. Ever since he announced his candidacy we have, as a nation, endured a profound attack on reality, not to mention democracy, diplomacy, civility, and honesty.

We now know first-hand the experience of passing "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There," Lewis Carroll's 1871 novel. We are also living in George Orwell's "1984" and the 1944 MGM film "Gaslight." This is now our exhausting "alternative facts" daily life.

Alternative Facts was composed for my long-time friend and colleague, the brilliant Emmy and Grammy winning pianist Gloria Cheng. It was recorded at the Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center Recording Studio, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music by multiple Grammy-winning engineer Rich Breen.

for more information and purchase links: