Seasons Within

Seasons Within - Music of Marilyn Taft Thomas

Disc 1

NUCLEAR WINTER

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

 

Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic; Juan Pablo Izquíerdo, conductor

 

CONCERT PIECE for VIOLIN and PIANO

  1. Allegro energico - Listen

 

Andrés Cárdenes, violin;  Luz Manríquez, piano

 

TRIO for FLUTE, BASSOON, and PIANO

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

 

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

 

SEASONS WITHIN for VOICE and ENSEMBLE

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

 

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

 

Disc 2

 

SONGS of FAMILY

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

 

Glynn Page, soprano; Ralph Zitterbart, piano

 

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

  1. Adagio ma non troppo - Listen


Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble; David Stock, conductor

 

THEME and VARIATIONS for PIANO

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

 

Lauren Thomas Hraber, piano

 

EIGHT SLICES of NATURE

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

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