Drury, Stephen > Contemporary Period

Lei Liang (b. 1972): Verge; Tremors of a Memory Chord; Aural Hypothesis; Five Seasons / Pi-hsien Chen, piano; Wu Man, pipa

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-12-11

Works: Lei Liang: Verge, for 18 solo strings; Aural Hypothesis, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano & vibraphone; Five Seasons, for pipa & string quartet; Tremors of a Memory Chord, for piano & grand ...
Performers: Man, Wu
Conductors: Schick, Steve; Drury, Stephen; ; Shao, En
Ensemble: Callithumpian Consort; Palimpsest; Shanghai Quartet; Taipei Chinese Orchestra

One of the most exciting voices in New Music (The Wire). The music of Chinese-born American Lei Liang integrates Chinese and Western instruments to create...continue...

John Luther Adams: Songbirdsongs / Callithumpian Consort

1 CD / Mode Records / 2012-04-17

Works: John Luther Adams: Songbirdsongs, for 2 piccolos & 3 percussionists; Strange Birds Passing, for ensemble
Conductors: Drury, Stephen; Heiss, John
Ensemble: Callithumpian Consort; New England Conservatory Contemporary Music Ensemb

Recording information: Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, (10/03/2006)....continue...

Tamar Diesendruck: The Grief That Does Not Speak / Firebird Ens., et al.

1 CD / Centaur / 2012-03-08

Works: Tamar Diesendruck: Being as How, for ensemble; Eight Tends Toward Infinity, for cello ensemble; The Grief that Does Not Speak, for ensemble; The What of the How x 6, for ensemble
Conductors: Drury, Stephen; Fletcher, Alan; Zahab, Roger;
Ensemble: Callithumpian Consort; Firebird Ensemble (Classical); Furious Band; The New England Conservatory Cello Ensemble (Cello

American Record Guide, January/February 2013
With a concentration on timbre, Tamar Diesendruck's music is rich, personal, and sparse. Her compositional techniques can easily lead to off-putt...continue...
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John Luther Adams: Four Thousand Holes

1 CD / Cold Blue Music / 2011-05-10

Works: John Luther Adams: Four Thousand Holes, for bells, vibraphone, piano & electronics; ...and bells remembered..., for ensemble
Performers: Adams, John Luther; Becker, Joseph; Deal, Scott; Drury, Stephen; Holden, Bill; Means, Jeffrey
Conductors: Drury, Stephen
Ensemble: Callithumpian Consort

"Four Thousand Holes" is an evocative, beautiful, virtuosic work for piano, percussion, and an electronic "aura" of processed instrumental sounds, in which shimmering cascades of...continue...
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Stanley Kubrick's Mountain Home

1 CD / Innova / 2011-04-26

Works: American Traditional: Old Joe Clark, folk song; Cluck Old Hen, traditional folk melody; Paul Elwood: In the Zone, for banjo; Stanley Kubrick's Mountain Home, for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cel...
Performers: Combs, Matthew; Davidson, Ilana; Drury, Stephen; Elwood, Paul; Fen, Min Xiao; Hartford, John; Roberts, Hank
Conductors: Drury, Stephen;
Ensemble: Callithumpian Consort

"A number of years ago I dreamed that I was hiking in the mountains above Brevard, North Carolina. I crested the ridge of a valley...continue...

Lei Liang: Brush-Stroke, etc / Drury, Robison, Arditti String Quartet, Callithumpian Consort, et al

1 CD / Mode Records / 2009-07-28

Works: Lei Liang: Serashi Fragments; Some Empty Thoughts of a Person from Edo; Memories of Xiaoxiang; Trio for Cello, Piano and Percussion; In Praise of Shadows; My Windows; Brush-Stroke
Performers: Karis, Aleck; Lin, Chien-Kwan; Ohnishi, Takae; Robison, Paula [Flute]
Conductors: ; Drury, Stephen
Ensemble: Arditti Quartet (String Quartet); Callithumpian Consort

Lei Liang (b.1972) began his musical studies in China, completing them in the USA. His music aims at a deeper philosophical engagement with musical sound...continue...

Frith: Back to Life / Jeanrenaud, Vandewalle, et al

1 CD / Tzadik / 2008-01-22

Works: Fred Frith: Save As
Performers: Vanderwalle, Daan; Winant, William
Conductors: Drury, Stephen
Ensemble: Callithumpian Consort

A new CD of classical chamber music by a contemporary master who has been redefining new music since 1972 with cutting edge bands like Henry...continue...

John Luther Adams: For Lou Harrison / Stephen Drury, et al

1 CD / New World / 2007-09-01

Works: John Luther Adams: for Lou Harrison, for string quartet, string orchestra & 2 pianos
Performers: Kirchoff, Keith
Conductors: Drury, Stephen
Ensemble: Callithumpian Consort

John Luther Adams writes: "Composed in 2003-2004, For Lou Harrison completes a trilogy of large-scale memorial works that also includes Clouds of Forgetting, Clouds of...continue...