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Works Summary

Performers

• Robert Aitken (Flute)
• Erica Goodman (Harp)
• Robert Aitken (Alto Flute)
• Teri Dunn (Soprano)
• Trevor Tureski (Percussion)
• David Swan (Piano)
• Ryan Scott (Percussion)
• Fujiko Imajishi (Violin)
• David Heatherington (Cello)
• Richard Sacks (Percussion)
• Joaquin Valdepeñas (Clarinet)

Ensemble

• New Music Concerts Ensemble

Composer

• George Crumb (1929 - )

Remarks:

George Crumb's reputation as a composer of hauntingly beautiful scores has made him one of the most frequently performed composers today. He has won numerous awards and prizes, including the Pulitzer, and a 2004 Musical America 'Composer of the Year' laurel. 'Vox Balaenae' (Voice of the Whale) is scored for amplified flute, cello, and piano, and was inspired by a tape recording of whale songs that the composer had heard. 'Federico's Little Songs for Children' originated in Lorca's 'Canciones para ninos,' and employs all four members of the flute family, performed by the celebrated Canadian flutist Robert Aiken. "The George Crumb disc favors works written for flutist Robert Aitken, who is sometimes asked, with entrancing effect, to murmur poetry while playing. In these excellent, sometimes explosive performances, Crumb's musical world has lost none of its allure or singularity." -The Philadelphia Enquirer
 

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Crumb, George : Vox balaenae

• Performers: Robert Aitken (Flute); David Heatherington (Cello); David Swan (Piano)
• Ensemble: New Music Concerts Ensemble
• Period Time: 20th Century
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1971
• Studio/Live: Studio

Crumb, George : Federico's Little Songs for Children

• Performers: Robert Aitken (Flute); Teri Dunn (Soprano); Erica Goodman (Harp)
• Ensemble: New Music Concerts Ensemble
• Period Time: 20th Century
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1986
• Studio/Live: Studio

Crumb, George : An Idyll for the Misbegotten

• Performers: Robert Aitken (Flute); Richard Sacks (Percussion); Ryan Scott (Percussion); Trevor Tureski (Percussion)
• Ensemble: New Music Concerts Ensemble
• Period Time: 20th Century
• Written: 1985
• Studio/Live: Studio

Crumb, George : Echoes of Autumn (11) "Echoes no 1"

• Performers: Robert Aitken (Alto Flute); Joaquin Valdepeñas (Clarinet); David Swan (Piano); Fujiko Imajishi (Violin)
• Ensemble: New Music Concerts Ensemble
• Period Time: 20th Century
• Written: 1966
• Studio/Live: Studio

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