Boston Musica Viva

Chamber music of Richard Cornell: Tracer / A Far Cry; Richard Pittman; Peter Zazofsky

1 CD / Ravello / 2013-02-26

Works: Richard Cornell: New Fantasias, for strings; Tracer, for chamber ensemble; Images, for chamber ensemble; Acqua Alta, for violin; Unspecified: [Untitled CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Zazofsky, Peter
Conductors: ; Pittman, Richard
Ensemble: A Far Cry; Boston Musica Viva

This collection of chamber works by Cornell explores the nature of art and the collaboration that occurs between creator and influence. Comprised of live recordings,...continue...

Elizabeth Vercoe: Kleemation and Other Works / Rosemary Platt, piano; Peter Bloom, flute; Mary Jane Rupert, piano; Sharon Mabry, mz

1 CD / Navona / 2012-10-30

Works: Elizabeth Vercoe: Kleemation, for flute & piano; Fantasy for piano; Irreveries from Sappho, for voice & piano; Herstory II; To Music, for solo flute; Despite Our Differences no 1, for piano trio
Performers: Anderson, Dean; Bloom, Peter H.; Charlston, Elsa; Hodgkinson, Randall; Kaderavek, Karen; Mabry, Sharon; Paraschos, Christine [Piano]; Platt, Rosemary; Rupert, Mary Jane; Scheer, Joseph; Stagnitta, Na...
Conductors: Pittman, Richard; Antoniou, Theodor
Ensemble: ALEA III; Boston Musica Viva

This debut release features 6 works for small ensemble and solo instruments. The title piece, Kleemation, draws its inspiration from 5 drawings by Swiss artist...continue...

Bernard Hoffer: "Cosmic" Trio; Five Anecdotes; Concerto di Camera II / Albert Regni, saxophone; Jan Juller-Szeraws, cello

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-10-09

Works: Bernard Hoffer: Cosmic, for violin, cello & piano; Five Anecdotes, for saxophone & string trio; Concerto di camera no 2 for cello & chamber ensemble
Performers: Bobo, Ann; Burleson, Geoffrey; Keyes, Bayla; Kirkley, William; Ling, Teresa; Muller-Szeraws, Jan; Regni, Al; Schulz, Robert; Tapping, Roger
Conductors: Pittman, Richard
Ensemble: ; Boston Musica Viva

Members of the renowned Boston Musica Viva perform three works by Bernard Hoffer, including a work commissioned by them - Concerto di Camera - that...continue...
Recording information: Fraser Performance Studio, WGBH, Boston....continue...

Chou Wen Chung: Clouds / Brentano String Quartet, Pittman

1 CD / Mode Records / 2011-08-30

Works: Chou Wen-Chung: Quartet for Strings no 1 ("Clouds"); Twilight Colors, for ensemble; Quartet for Strings no 2 ("Streams")
Conductors: Pittman, Richard
Ensemble: Boston Musica Viva

Ezra Sims: Musing & Reminiscence

1 CD / New World / 2010-05-11

Works: Ezra Sims: Sonatine for piano; Sonata for cello & piano; AEDM in mem, for cello; If I Told Him, for voice & cello; Musing and Reminiscence, for ensemble; Concert Piece no 2, for 2 clarinets & orchest...
Performers: Advocat, Amy; Moe, Eric [Composer]; Mook, Ted; Norsworthy, Michael; von Erffa, Christoph
Conductors: Pittman, Richard; Rose, Gil
Ensemble: ; Boston Musica Viva

Ezra Sims (b. 1928) is known mainly as a composer of microtonal music. Surrounded by world-class performers who champion his music, he has produced a...continue...

Bernard Hoffer: Ballets / McGrath, Boston Musica Viva

1 CD / Albany Records / 2005-11-01

Works: Bernard Hoffer: Ma Goose; A Boston Cinderella
Performers: McGrath, Bob
Conductors: Pittman, Richard
Ensemble: Boston Musica Viva

Child's Play - Child: Tableaux II, String Quartet no 1, Trio

1 CD / Neuma / 1998-12-01

Works: Peter Child: Tableaux 2; Quartet for Strings no 1; Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
Conductors:
Ensemble: Boston Musica Viva; Lydian String Quartet; MIT Chamber Ensemble

Perera: Crossing the Meridian / Aler, Charlston, et al

1 CD / CRI / 1998-07-01

Works: Ronald Perera: Crossing the Meridian, for voice & chamber ensemble; Poems (3) of Günter Grass, for voice & chamber ensemble; Visions, for 2 voices & chamber ensemble; Alternate Routes for tape
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Bryden, Jane; Charlston, Elsa; Emerson, Karen Smith
Conductors: Pittman, Richard
Ensemble: Boston Musica Viva

Echoes From the Gorge - Music by Chou Wen-Chung

1 CD / Albany Records / 1995-04-01

Works: Chou Wen-Chung: Echoes from the Gorge, quartet for percussion; Yu Ko, for chamber ensemble; Yün, for ensemble; Suite for harp & wind quintet; Windswept Peaks, for violin, cello, clarinet & piano
Conductors: Heldrich, Claire; Palma, Donald; Pittman, Richard
Ensemble: Boston Musica Viva; New Music Consort; Speculum Musicae

Electro Acoustic Music II - Berger, Child, Dashow, et al

1 CD / Neuma / 1993-07-01

Works: Gerald Mark Shapiro: Phoenix; Jonathan Berger: An Island of Tears; James Dashow: Disclosures; John Duesenberry: Agitato (Ergo Sum); Peter Child: Ensemblence, for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, v...
Performers: Paccagnella, Luca; Phoenix, Electric
Conductors: ; Pittman, Richard
Ensemble: Boston Musica Viva; Electric Phoenix

Music for Chamber Ensemble / Pittman, Boston Musica Viva

1 CD / Neuma / 1993-07-01

Works: Olly Wilson: A City Called Heaven; Peter Lieberson: Raising the Gaze, for 7 instruments; Bernard Rands: . . . in the Receding Mists, for flute, harp, violin, viola & cello; John Thow: All Hallows
Conductors: Pittman, Richard
Ensemble: Boston Musica Viva

Boston Musica Viva plays Schwanter, Ives, Berio, et al

1 CD / Delos / 1987-01-01

Works: Joseph Schwantner: Consortium I for flute, clarinet, violin, viola & cello; Consortium IV for winds, strings & percussion ("In Aeternum"); Charles Ives: Largo, for violin, clarinet & piano, S. 73 (K....
Performers: Anderson, Dean; Brittan, Paul; Charlston, Elsa; Cirillo, Nancy; Coppock, Bruce; Humeston, Jay; Robison, Paula [Flute]; Thompson, Marcus; Wrzesien, William; Zuckerman, Evelyn
Conductors: Pittman, Richard
Ensemble: Boston Musica Viva

Premiere Performances by Boston Musica Viva

1 CD / Delos / 1987-01-01

Works: Ruth Crawford Seeger: Music for Small Orchestra; Thea Musgrave: Chamber concerto No 2, for winds, strings & piano; Joyce Mekeel: Planh, for violin solo; Corridors of Dream
Performers: Bravo, Donald; Brittan, Paul; Cirillo, Nancy; Coppock, Bruce; Curtis, Jan; Dee, Norman; Esch, Joan; Goldman, Maynard; Humeston, Jay; Markou, Kypros; Pittman, Richard; Price-Glynn, Cynthia; Robison, P...
Conductors: Pittman, Richard
Ensemble: Boston Musica Viva