This album spans 33 years of composer Leon Kirchner’s work, performed by members of the Boston Symphony. The Boston Globe praised these pieces for their ”fecundity of invention and activity, originality, luxuriance and coherence of harmony, [and] masterly exploitation of how instruments sound and how instruments can sound together.”
This album spans 33 years of Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Leon Kirchner’s work, performed by members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The Boston Globe praised these pieces for their ”fecundity of invention and activity, originality, luxuriance and coherence of harmony, [and] masterly exploitation of how instruments sound and how instruments can sound together.”
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced and engineered by Marc Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz, Elite Recordings, Inc., New York City
Concerto for Violin, Cello, Ten Winds and Percussion recorded February 1989 at Symphony Hall, Boston
Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano recorded May 1988 at Symphony Hall, Boston
Fives Pieces for Piano recorded May 1989 at Rutgers Church, New York City
Music for Twelve recorded May 1988 at Houghton Chapel, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Photographs by Joel Meyerowitz
Art Direction and Design: Henrietta Condak
Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz
This record was supported in part by a grant from The National Endowment for the Arts
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MUSICIANS
Concerto for Violin, Cello, Ten Winds and Percussion (1960)
Malcolm Lowe, violin
Jules Eskin, cello
Boston Symphony Chamber Players
Leon Kirchner, conductor
Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1954)
Malcolm Lowe, violin
Jules Eskin, cello
Gilbert Kalish, piano
Fives Pieces for Piano (1987)
Leon Kirchner, piano
Music for 12 (1985)
Boston Symphony Chamber Players
Leon Kirchner, conductor
