Label: Bridge
Format: CD
Barcode: 0090404940224
Catalog number: BRIDG 9402
Releasedate: 13-11-15
Format: CD
Barcode: 0090404940224
Releasedate: 13-11-15
This recording includes compositions written over a 22 year span, with performances by virtuoso violinist Joanna Kurkowicz and the composer at the piano. John McDonald is Music Department Chair and Professor of Music at Tufts University. McDonald was named the 2007 MTNA—Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year by the Music Teachers National Association, and received the 2009 Lillian and Joseph Leibner Award for Distinguished Teaching and Advising from Tufts University. In 2010, he received the Waring Prize from Western Reserve Academy. John McDonald's recordings appear on the Albany, Archetype, Arsis, Boston, BMOP Sound, Bridge, Capstone, Hungarton Classics, Innova, Neuma, New Ariel, and New World labels, and he has concertized widely as composer, pianist, and collaborative performer. Andrew Rangell's performance of McDonald's Meditation Before A Sonata: Dew Cloth, Dream Drapery is on BRIDGE 9295 and Joanna Kurkowicz's recording of violin works by Alfred Schnittke is on BRIDGE 9104
This recording includes compositions written over a 22 year span, with performances by virtuoso violinist Joanna Kurkowicz and the composer at the piano. John McDonald is Music Department Chair and Professor of Music at Tufts University. McDonald was named the 2007 MTNA—Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year by the Music Teachers National Association, and received the 2009 Lillian and Joseph Leibner Award for Distinguished Teaching and Advising from Tufts University. In 2010, he received the Waring Prize from Western Reserve Academy. John McDonald's recordings appear on the Albany, Archetype, Arsis, Boston, BMOP Sound, Bridge, Capstone, Hungarton Classics, Innova, Neuma, New Ariel, and New World labels, and he has concertized widely as composer, pianist, and collaborative performer. Andrew Rangell's performance of McDonald's Meditation Before A Sonata: Dew Cloth, Dream Drapery is on BRIDGE 9295 and Joanna Kurkowicz's recording of violin works by Alfred Schnittke is on BRIDGE 9104
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1Lyrical Study, Op. 10, No. 2
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2Poem, Op. 12b
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3Brief Pastiche of a Theme by Schoenberg, Op. 15
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4Four Single-Minded Miniatures, Op. 27I. A Bit Maniacally
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5Four Single-Minded Miniatures, Op. 27II. Suspendu
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6Four Single-Minded Miniatures, Op. 27III. Adagio non troppo
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7Four Single-Minded Miniatures, Op. 27IV. Allegro. With Verve
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8Mad Dance, Op. 66
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9Lily Events, A Suit of Seven Little Studies, Op. 97I. A Man and a Woman Looking for Lilies
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10Lily Events, A Suit of Seven Little Studies, Op. 97II. All the People Going Down to Look for Lilies
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11Lily Events, A Suit of Seven Little Studies, Op. 97III. Mud Taken Up Looking for Lilies
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12Lily Events, A Suit of Seven Little Studies, Op. 97IV. Washing the Lilies in the Water to Remove the Mud
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13Lily Events, A Suit of Seven Little Studies, Op. 97V. Washing Themselves Off After the Mud Has Got on Them
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14Lily Events, A Suit of Seven Little Studies, Op. 97VI. Lilies in a Basket
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15Lily Events, A Suit of Seven Little Studies, Op. 97VII. Walking From the Lily Place
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16Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 219I. Con Brio
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17Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 219II. Adagio
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18Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 219III. Ten Variations
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19Suite of Six Curt Pieces, Op. 326I. Maestoso. Inquisitive and Slightly Awkward
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20Suite of Six Curt Pieces, Op. 326II. Fluido. Misterioso
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21Suite of Six Curt Pieces, Op. 326III. Notes in Space. (Suspendu)
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22Suite of Six Curt Pieces, Op. 326IV. With Dissent
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23Suite of Six Curt Pieces, Op. 326V. Little Bestiary
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24Suite of Six Curt Pieces, Op. 326Vi. With Incisive With. Like a Vigorous Waltz.
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25Lines After Keats, Op. 336
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26Airy, Op. 436