Seasons Within

Disc 1

NUCLEAR WINTER

1. Life As It Was
2. Chaos of Survival
3. The Last Days

 

Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic; Juan Pablo Izquíerdo, conductor

CONCERT PIECE for VIOLIN and PIANO

1. Allegro energico

 

Andrés Cárdenes, violin;  Luz Manríquez, piano

 

TRIO for FLUTE, BASSOON, and PIANO

1. Maestoso con rigore
2. Allegro energico
3. Lento
4. Allegro marcato

 

Alberto Almarza, flute; Nancy Goeres, bassoon; Walter Morales, piano

 

SEASONS WITHIN for VOICE and ENSEMBLE

1. Hey, World!
2. Words
3. A Bird
4. Silence
5. February
6. The Ultimate Gift

 

Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Ensemble; Douglas Ahlstedt, tenor; Walter Morales, conductor

 

Disc 2

 

SONGS of FAMILY

1. I Am A Mother
2. A Baby
3. When I Grow Up
4. Dear Grandma

 

Glynn Page, soprano; Ralph Zitterbart, piano

 

ELEGY for OBOE, HARP and STRING QUARTET
            In Memory of Ruth Patton Taft

1. Adagio ma non troppo

Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble; David Stock, conductor

 

THEME and VARIATIONS for PIANO

1. Theme: Andante espressivo
2. Variation I: Allegro misterioso
3. Variation II: Adagio espressivo
4. Variation III: Allegretto
5. Variation IV: Sostenuto e espressivo; Fuga: Allegro risoluto

 

Lauren Thomas Hraber, piano

 

EIGHT SLICES of NATURE

1. Waterfall
2. A Bantam Rooster
3. Morning Mist
4. The Sun
5. One Star
6. The Angry Crow
7. A Resting Snail
8. Snow

Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble; David Stock, conductor,
Commissioned with a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

 

This 2-CD set is available through Amazon.com or directly from the composer: mt3f@andrew.cmu.edu