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20th Century Music for Recorder & Piano.(Sound Recording Review)
Anita Randolfi; Mary Barto; Marcia Eckert; Douglas Lima. [No label] 001, 2002.
This is an enjoyable, if ultimately somewhat uneven, survey of pieces written for the recorder during the twentieth century. It includes compositions by Hans-George Burgbardt, Bela Bartok, Walter Leigh, Hans-Martin Linde, Gordon Jacob and Wolfgang Stockmeier, as well as assorted miniatures by members of Les Six and another by Albert Roussel. The unevenness arises both in terms of the quality of the compositions and of the playing: while Anita Randolfi plays with great expressiveness aud energy, her intonation is sometimes a bit off, most noticeably in the opening movement of ...
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- Newspaper article from: AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ) May 25, 2006 700+ words
...Willer will perform the first movement of English composer Gordon Jacob's Concerto for Bassoon and Strings. Quick Take Catalina...Concerto for Clarinet in A major; Dan Butterman on clarinet Gordon Jacob's Concerto for Bassoon and Strings; Brenda Willer on bassoon...
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- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London Kevin Thompson July 10, 1996 700+ words
...composition with Ralph Vaughan Williams, orchestration with Dr Gordon Jacob and conducting with Sir Charles Groves at the Royal College...alliterative Helen Hunter. Under Vaughan Williams's tutelage and Gordon Jacob's guidance she orchestrated Mussorgsky's Pictures at...
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- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) May 7, 2009 700+ words
...18th Ave. The band's repertoire includes "American Overture" by Joseph Willcox Jenkins, "William Byrd Suite" by Gordon Jacob, "Huapango" by Jos Pablo Moncayo (transcribed for band by Leroy Osmon), "Irish Tune From County Derry" by Percy Grainger...
- Tombeau for Baroque Flute and Harpsichord.
- Magazine article from: Notes Moore, Tom June 1, 1997 700+ words
...plethora of works produced by the English after the Second World War by Lennox Berkeley, Arnold Cooke, Edmund Rubbra, Gordon Jacob, and others. The cultivation of antique instruments with functional modern equivalents began much later. To hear a Baroque...
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- Magazine article from: Notes Adams, Michael September 1, 2009 700+ words
...Variations on a Mechanical Theme (1959), about musical instruments; Guitar Craze (1959), about folk musician Davy Graham; Gordon Jacob (1959); Marie Rambert Remembers (1960), about the ballet star; The Miners' Picnic (1960), about brass bands...
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- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) October 28, 2005 700+ words
...Englishman on the way. Henri Sauguet's Barcarolle is chosen for the unusual mix of bassoon and harp, while Ibert's Cinq Pieces en Trio make poignant use of the instrument's upper register in the Elegy. Gordon Jacob's Suite is good, too.
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- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News October 23, 2009 700+ words
...Trio No. 3," Prokofiev's "Humorous Scherzo" and Bill Douglas's "Celtic Spirit." The musicians also will perform Gordon Jacob's "Prelude, Fugue, and Scherzo" and John Philip Sousa's "The Thunderer." The ensemble is directed by Dr. Jon...
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- Reference information from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE January 1, 1996 700+ words
...hall artist and recitalist. First solo engagement with Sydney SO, 1939. Works written for him by Vaughan Williams, Gordon Jacob, Milhaud, Arnold, etc. Settled in Eng. 1949. Also wrote for periodicals, reviews, etc., and wrote autobiography...
Source: HighBeam Research, 20th Century Music for Recorder & Piano.(Sound Recording Review)