premiere release

ballets and solos

ITEM NO.: COMCON001 UPC: 826782003106 RElEASE DATE: September 28, 2010 MUSIC Of: otto luening, Joseph Pehrson, Gene Pritsker, Dan Cooper, Pat Hardish PERfORMED by: The International street Cannibals ensemble COMPOSERS CONCORDANCE RECORDS' first release, BALLETS & SOLOS, combines engaging larger (recentlywritten) contemporary pieces with solo works. The ensemble pieces are performed by the versatile International street Cannibals ensemble and are quite varied. GooD TIMe, by Joseph Pehrson, is a fun dance chamber piece with almost a rock beat; Gene Pritsker's A CHAllenGe To THe DARk is a brooding and deeply intelligent artistic journey into musical poetry; and Dan Cooper's DAnCe suITe invites jazz and pop rhythms into the mix. To contrast these larger works, we are pleased to present two pieces by the prominent American composer Otto Luening: FANTASIA & DANCE, an engrossing, but also light-hearted romp for solo violin performed by Lynn Bechtold, and DANCE SONATA, another inviting vernacular form for solo piano played by the new music virtuoso Taka kigawa. Pat Hardish's solo FoR PeTe is one of a series of written-out pieces for drum set commissioned by the exceptional percussionist, Peter Jarvis. It uses many striking and smashing techniques of the trap set. Finally, the extremely challenging solo guitar work, DeAD souls, by Gene Pritsker concludes our music. This piece, played

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by the talented guitarist Greg baker, combines recurrent * "Song Cycles" melodies with intricate finger work, providing a fitting, * "solo-duo-trio-quartet-quintet": intimate close to our new recording enterprise. The Chamber and electronic Music of Gene Pritsker

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