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New Naxos CD Features Four Orchestral Works of Judith Lang Zaimont
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
Naxos has issued a new CD of premiere recordings of four orchestral works by Judith Lang Zaimont (catalog number 8.559619). Chroma - Northern Lights, Ghosts, Elegy for Strings and Stillness – Poem for Orchestra are all presented in performances by Kirk Trevor and the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra. Each of the four connects in its own way with the composer’s lifelong interest in questions of memory and artistic heritage, and all the works highlight Ms. Zaimont’s control of nuanced orchestral color.
In Chroma – Northern Lights (1985) the changing patterns of light and color become a comparable musical display to the polar Aurora’s continual visual shift.
Ghosts (2000) is one of three independent movements for large string orchestra composed near the turn of the millennium. This movement features one of the composer’s personal motifs, which at times joins with those of her six ‘ghost composer’ companions — Scriabin, Britten, Ravel, Berg, Christopher Rouse and Laurie Anderson. Another of these “memory” movements, Elegy (1998) for massed strings is plain in expression yet intensely felt and is dedicated to the memory of the composer’s aunt, Mildred Barrett- Leonard Friedman. Ghosts and Elegy are movements from the composer’s Symphony No. 2, Remember Me. Violin soloists are Robert Marecek in Ghosts and Elegy for Strings and Josef Skorepa, also in Ghosts.
Symphony-length Stillness (2004) is a “poem” for full orchestra written to explore means to progress over time without necessarily moving forward using traditional harmony and melody. It was written at Copland House during Zaimont’s residency there (a component of a 2003 Aaron Copland Award).
Complete information for the CD and complete program notes for these works can be found at http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559619.
Judith Lang Zaimont is internationally recognized for her music’s distinctive style, characterized by expressive strength and dynamism. A 2003 Aaron Copland Award winner, she has enjoyed a distinguished career as composer of over 100 works with performances by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Berlin and Czech Radio symphonies, and the Kremlin Chamber Orchestra. Her music is widely performed throughout the U.S. and Europe and has been recorded for the Naxos, Koch International Classics, Arabesque, Milken Family Foundation, Albany, Jeanné, Leonarda, Northeastern, and 4Tay labels. Her principal publishers are Subito Music, Galaxy/ECS, Jeanné and Vivace. A distinguished university professor of theory and composition for more than three decades, she is also editor-in-chief of the critically acclaimed book series The Musical Woman: An International Perspective.
More information about Ms. Zaimont, including sound clips of many of her compositions, is available at her website http://www.jzaimont.com/ and at her MySpace page – http://www.myspace.com/judithlangzaimont.
Inquiries about her music can be directed to Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.
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Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
Naxos has issued a new CD of premiere recordings of four orchestral works by Judith Lang Zaimont (catalog number 8.559619). Chroma - Northern Lights, Ghosts, Elegy for Strings and Stillness – Poem for Orchestra are all presented in performances by Kirk Trevor and the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra. Each of the four connects in its own way with the composer’s lifelong interest in questions of memory and artistic heritage, and all the works highlight Ms. Zaimont’s control of nuanced orchestral color.
In Chroma – Northern Lights (1985) the changing patterns of light and color become a comparable musical display to the polar Aurora’s continual visual shift.
Ghosts (2000) is one of three independent movements for large string orchestra composed near the turn of the millennium. This movement features one of the composer’s personal motifs, which at times joins with those of her six ‘ghost composer’ companions — Scriabin, Britten, Ravel, Berg, Christopher Rouse and Laurie Anderson. Another of these “memory” movements, Elegy (1998) for massed strings is plain in expression yet intensely felt and is dedicated to the memory of the composer’s aunt, Mildred Barrett- Leonard Friedman. Ghosts and Elegy are movements from the composer’s Symphony No. 2, Remember Me. Violin soloists are Robert Marecek in Ghosts and Elegy for Strings and Josef Skorepa, also in Ghosts.
Symphony-length Stillness (2004) is a “poem” for full orchestra written to explore means to progress over time without necessarily moving forward using traditional harmony and melody. It was written at Copland House during Zaimont’s residency there (a component of a 2003 Aaron Copland Award).
Complete information for the CD and complete program notes for these works can be found at http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559619.
Judith Lang Zaimont is internationally recognized for her music’s distinctive style, characterized by expressive strength and dynamism. A 2003 Aaron Copland Award winner, she has enjoyed a distinguished career as composer of over 100 works with performances by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Berlin and Czech Radio symphonies, and the Kremlin Chamber Orchestra. Her music is widely performed throughout the U.S. and Europe and has been recorded for the Naxos, Koch International Classics, Arabesque, Milken Family Foundation, Albany, Jeanné, Leonarda, Northeastern, and 4Tay labels. Her principal publishers are Subito Music, Galaxy/ECS, Jeanné and Vivace. A distinguished university professor of theory and composition for more than three decades, she is also editor-in-chief of the critically acclaimed book series The Musical Woman: An International Perspective.
More information about Ms. Zaimont, including sound clips of many of her compositions, is available at her website http://www.jzaimont.com/ and at her MySpace page – http://www.myspace.com/judithlangzaimont.
Inquiries about her music can be directed to Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.
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