UCSC Music Department CD: Soundings

This double CD-set represents the work of the faculty and ensembles at UCSC's Music Department.

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CD 1 Track Information

Student Ensembles:

1 Gavorkna Fanfare (Jack Stamp, 1991). UCSC Wind Ensemble (Robert Klevan, Artistic Director / Conductor)

2 Amour m'a mis - excerpt (Vulfran Samin, 1548). UCSC Chamber Singers (Nicole Paiement, Artistic Director / Conductor)

3 A Night on Bald Mountain - excerpt (Modest Mussorgsky, 1867). UCSC Orchestra (Nicole Paiement, Artistic Director / Conductor)

4 Carmina Burana - excerpt (Carl Orff, 1937). UCSC Chamber Singers, Concert Choir, Percussion Ensemble, and Orchestra (Nicole Paiement, Conductor)

5 Taita Salasaca - Salasaca Father (traditional albazo, Ecuador). Taki Ñan (John Schechter, Director). The Salasaca are a group of indigenous Quichua-speaking people, of central Ecuador. As with all Ecuadorian albazos, Taita Salasaca exhibits sesquiáltera meter, which characterizes many genres of Latin American folk music.

6 Banjar Mati - Laras Salendro (traditional Sundanese opening music). West Javanese Gamelan (Undang Sumarna, Director and kendang drums). This heirloom Indonesian gong-chime and drums ensemble plays traditional music in a five-tone scale.

7 Kesuma Sari - Essence of Beauty (I Wayan Suweca, 1995). UCSC Balinese Gamelan Angklung 'Swarasanti' (Linda Burman-Hall, Director and kendang drums). This 4-tone ensemble plays for ritual and entertainment; this selection was created for UCSC by an Indonesian 'new music' composer who also came to teach it to us.

8 New York (Donald Brown). UCSC Jazz Combos (Ray Brown, Director)

9 Recuerdos de Calawayo (traditional wayno, Peru). Taki Ñan (John Schechter, Director). This selection is performed on kena (Andean notched flute), guitar, and charango (Andean miniature guitar). The wayno, which dates to the sixteenth century, is the most widely diffused song and dance genre of the South Andes, sung in either Quechua or Spanish.

Faculty Composers:

10 Songs from the Navajo - excerpt (David Cope, 1994). Jennifer Goltz, soprano; Ensemble Nova (*)

11 Firefile Variations: Variation II (David Evan Jones, 1993). Sally Pinkas, piano

12 Five Minimal Pieces: Asymmetry [1+28] (Peter Elsea, 2002). Computer, Emu and Yamaha Synthesizers

13 Two Short String Quartets: Elegy [In Memoriam JFK] (Fredric Lieberman, 1963). The Porter String Quartet: Roy Malan, violin; Dan Smiley, violin; Nancy Ellis, viola; Carolyn MacIntosh, cello

14 Intrigues: Movement 3 (Hi Kyung Kim, 1985). Michael Seth Orland, prepared piano; John Sackett, clarinet

15 Equipoise (Karlton E. Hester, 1989). Karlton E. Hester, synthesizer

16 Flight Path - excerpt (Paul Nauert, 1999). Leta Miller, flute; Paul Nauert, piano

CD 2 Track Information

Faculty Performers:

1 Suite for Woodwind Quintet: Allegretto con moto (Henry Cowell, 1934). The Cowell Quintet: Leta Miller, flute; Roger Wiesmeyer, oboe; Mark Brandenburg, clarinet; Jane Orzel, bassoon; Joshua Garrett, horn

2 Pick and Roll - excerpts (Benjamin Verdery, 2000). UCSC Guitar Orchestra (Mesut Özgen, Director / Conductor) [*]

3 Toccata in G Major, BWV 916: Movement III (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1706). Linda Burman-Hall, German double harpsichord (Dowd '85 after Mietke, ca. 1720)

4 Incidental Music for Corneille's 'Cinna:' Movement I (Lou Harrison, 1957). Linda Burman-Hall, tack piano (in 7-limit just intonation)

5 Sonate Pour Harpe: Allegretto (Germaine Tailleferre, 1957). Jennifer Cass, harp

6 Eight Preludes: La Colombe (Olivier Messiaen, 1928-29). Mary Jane Cope, piano

7 Chansons Pouplaires Françaises: L'Autre Jour en m'y Promenant (Germaine Tailleferre, 1952-55). Patrice Maginnis, soprano; Parallèle Ensemble (Nicole Paiement, Artistic Director / Conductor)

8 Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta (Fritz Kreisler, 1948). Roy Malan, violin; Robin Sutherland, piano

9 Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, op.18 - excerpt (Sergei Rachmaninoff, 1900). Maria Ezerova, piano; UCSC Orchestra (Nicole Paiement, Conductor)

10 Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622: Adagio (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1791). Mark Brandenburg, clarinet; UCSC Orchestra (Nicole Paiement, Conductor)

11 Variations on an Anatolian Folksong - excerpt (Carlo Domeniconi, 1982). Mesut Özgen, guitar

12 Concerto in F Major: Larghetto (Antonio Vivaldi; arr. James L. Hart, 1992). Hart/Green Jazz/Classic Quartet

13 Four Combinations for Three Instruments: Allegro and Largo (Henry Cowell, 1924) Sue Brown, violin; Karen Andrie, cello; Josephine Gandolphi, piano

14 Preludes op. 11: Andante Cantabile (Alexander Scriabin, 1888-96). Anatole Leikin, piano

15 First Concerto for Flute and Percussion: Movement I (Lou Harrison, 1939). Leta Miller, flute; William Winant and Heather Sloan, percussion

16 Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: Frohe Hirten (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1734). Brian Staufenbiel, tenor; Santa Cruz Baroque Festival Orchestra (Linda Burman-Hall, Artistic Director and Baroque chest organ)

17 Nocturne for Two Pianos (Paul Bowles, 1935). Irene Herrmann and Michael McGushin, piano [+]

18 Sonata for Bassoon and Piano in G Major, Op. 168: Movement I (Camille St. Saëns, 1921). Jane Orzel, bassoon; Michael McGushin, piano

19 Donna Lee (Charlie Parker) Karlton E. Hester, flutes; Renata Bratt, cello; Pascal Bokar Thiam, guitar; Kaj Eckart-Karpeh, bass; Peter Horvath, piano; Djibi Diop Faye, sabar; Rich Faye, mbeug

20 Out of Nowhere (Green/Heyman). Karlton E. Hester, saxophones; Pascal Bokar Thiam, guitar; Kaj Eckart-Karpeh, bass; Deszon Clayborn, drums; Peter Horvath, piano; Djibi Diop Faye, Sabar, Mbaye Gueye, mbeug. In the two selections above the musicians are reconnecting the language of bebop and jazz to its original African roots and atmosphere. The balafon sounding instrument is an African guitar technique developed by Pascal Bokar, the sabar and the mbeug are traditional Senegalese wooden drums used in West African ritual ceremonies.

[*] World premiere performance at April in Santa Cruz contemporary music festival, UCSC.

[+] World premiere performance at UCSC.

This recording was mastered by William Coulter at the UCSC Music Center Recording Studio.