Concertante

Lowell Liebermann

Mr. Liebermann's new work was commissioned for the 2006-2007 season as part of Concertante's One Plus Five Project, and was performed on Friday, September 8 Baltimore,on Saturday September 9, 2006 at the Whitaker Center (Harrisburg, PA) and on Sunday, September 10, 2006 at Merkin Hall (New York City).

Lowell Liebermann

Lowell Liebermann is one of today's most frequently performed and commissioned composers with recordings of his works on labels such as BMG, Koch, Arabesque, Albany and New World Records attesting to the enthusiasm shared by performers and audiences.

Liebermann has served served as composer in residence for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Sapporo's Pacific Music Festival, the Saratoga Performing Arts Center and in 2001 was awarded the first American Composers' Invitational Award by the 11th Van Cliburn Competition for his Three Impromptus. His works are championed by leading international orchestras and performers including the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, L'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the Tokyo NHK Symphony, L'Orchestre National de France, and the symphonies of Dallas, Baltimore, Seattle, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Minnesota; James Galway, Charles Dutoit, Stephen Hough, Kurt Masur, Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis, Andrew Litton, Susan Graham, David Zinman, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Stuart Bedford, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet.

Upcoming premieres include Piano Concerto No.3 for pianist Jeffrey Biegel with a consortium of over twenty orchestras world-wide beginning with the Milwaukee Symphony; The Juilliard School.s commission of Liebermann.s second opera, Miss Lonelyhearts, based on the Nathanael West novel with libretto by J.D. McClatchy.

Liebermann received his Bachelor, Masters, and Doctor of Music Degrees from The Juilliard School. Among his many awards is a Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.

Notes to Chamber Concerto No. 2 Op. 98

Lowell Liebermann’s Chamber Concerto No. 2, Op. 98, was commissioned by Concertante for violinist Xiao-Dong Wang. Scored for violin solo accompanied by a string quintet, the work is in one compact movement whose material evolves from the opening accompanimental figure and the solo violin’s almost improvisatory-sounding cantilena.

The mood of the piece is predominantly dark and foreboding, and includes a somber march whose cumulative canonic entrances build to the work’s final climax. The news of the sudden death of a close friend during the final month of composition contributed to the somber tone of the piece.

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