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Nanette McGuinness & the
Vinaccesi Ensemble
awarded a San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music Grant
to record the solo cantatas of
17th century Venetian composer
Benedetto Vinaccesi
The
recording is made possible through the Musical Grant Program,
which is administered by the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music, and
supported by the Heller Foundation, the Hewlett Foundation, the San
Francisco Foundation and San Francisco Grants for the Arts. .
Nanette McGuinness & S.F.
composer DAVID GARNER
awarded
a 2010 East Bay Fund for Artists
$4000 CHALLENGE
GRANT!
for a brand new song cycle with
texts by poet Mascha Kaleko:
Chanson
fuer Morgen
Date of Premiere:
April 2, 2011
CHALLENGE GRANT MET: THANK YOU to everyone who helped us! More
news soon about future performances.
Music by 19th and 20th century
women composers
Available
on Centaur
Recordings.
Recorded by the Athena
Trio:
FABULOUS FEMMES ....now in its second pressing on Centaur
Recordings...
Germaine
Tailleferre, Margaret Garwood,
the CD contains
works by Louise Talma,
Lili Boulanger,
Clara Schumann,
Libby Larsen,
Jean Coulthard, and Fanny Hensel.
ChamberMusic
magazine has listed it in its "New and Noteworthy" section, and says
that
it is, "...perfect for the song
recital lover."
CDs can be purchased
from
Track list:
1. Louise Talma, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a
Blackbird, soprano, flute & piano
2. Lili Boulanger,
D'un matin de printemps, flute & piano
3. Libby Larsen, Cowboy Songs, soprano & piano
Bucking bronco
Lift me into heaven slowly
Billy the Kid
4. Jean Coulthard, Lyric Sonatina, flute & piano
5. Clara Wieck
Schumann, Das Veilchen, soprano & piano
6. Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Schwanenlied, soprano & piano
7. Clara Wieck Schumann, Romance, flute & piano (arr.)
8. Germaine Tailleferre, Six chansons françaises, soprano &
piano
Non, la fidélité
Souvent un air
de verité
Mon mari m'a diffamée
Vrai Dieu, qui m'y confortera
On a dit mal de mon ami
Les trois présents
9. Margaret
Garwood, Six Japanese Songs, soprano, flute, & piano<>
Loneliness
From Essences
Iris
Death Song
Two White Butterflies
Snow
NOW IN ITS SECOND
PRESSING!
A CD of live performances of music
by William Ludtke
Meditative
Music
Includes "Li Bai Songs," Op.
134,
for voice, flute, and string trio,
sung by Nanette McGuinness.
Ludtke's "Li Bai Songs" were
written for and dedicated to
McGuinness and the Athena Trio in 2000 &
were premiered by
McGuinness in CA
in 2001.
To order, contact the composer
at junekeg@gmail.com.
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