He produced composer Richard Wilson’s recording of choral works, Stresses in the Peaceable Kingdom and pianist William Appling’s recording of works by Scott Joplin and J.S. McClelland has produced two recordings of early American choral music by William Appling Singers & Orchestra – Wake Ev’ry Breath, choral music of William Billings, on New World Records, and Shall We Gather, 19th-century American hymns and spirituals, on Albany Records. He has served on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts (Boston), and the Elizabeth Seeger School (NYC). He has premiered works by composers including John Cage, Carl Ruggles and David Patterson and was musical director or performed on keyboards for theatrical productions including those by the New York Shakespeare Festival. Recordings of each have been released on Muzen Records. He has collaborated on works with author Ian Frazier, his brother Thomas McClelland, and visual artists Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid.Īs a pianist McClelland performs with his wife, singer Jean McClelland, in programs of classic American theater songs, and for many years he was leader of the New York City ensemble The Feetwarmers. His music has been presented throughout North America and he has been the recipient of a number of awards and commissions. His teachers included Peter Winkler, Robert Ceely, George Balch Wilson, Nicholas Van Slyck and David Patterson. McClelland studied at the University of Michigan and is a graduate of the Longy School of Music and Emerson College. His recording of choral works on Albany Records, The Revenge of Hamish, by William Appling Singers & Orchestra, has received international acclaim. Acclaimed for his “vivid music,” “appealingly direct manner of expression” and “fertile contrapuntal imagination,” ( Gramophone) McClelland has written a wide variety of music in many styles. 79 (2006): 248-66.Composer and pianist William McClelland was born in Detroit and grew up near Goodison, Michigan. Khardzhiev, “'Prichastnost’ k sile bukv’ (perepiska 1981-1993 godov),“ NLO, no. Mnatsakanova, “Osen' v lazarete nevinnykh sester: Rekviem v semi chastiakh,” and Janecek, Gerald, “ 'Rekviem' Elizavety Mnatsakanovoi,” both in NLO, no. More recently, NLO made available both Janecek's work and some previously unpublished texts by the poet, as well as a republished and corrected version of her poem Rekviem, which had appeared in Paris in the 1970s. Artmann,” with a prefatory note by Sergei Biriukov, “Zrimoe zvuchanie,” NLO, no. NLO first published Mnatsakanova's work in 1995, one page of calligraphy entitled “Variatsii na temu N. The first Russian attention to the poetry came in the 1990s: Vadim Rudnev, “Stikhoslozhenie Elizavety Mnatsakanovoi,” and Sekatskii, Aleksandr, “ Poema i mantra,” both in Mitin zhurnal, nos. ( New York, 1999), 2: 1377-92 Google Scholar Janecek,, “ Paronomastic and Musical Techniques in Mnacakanova's Rekviem,” Slavic and East European Journal 31, no. Janecek, Gerald, “ Elizaveta Mnatsakanova,” in Tomei, Christine D., ed., Russian Women Writers, 2 vols.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |