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composer
associate
professor of music, stanford university
Doubles
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for string quartet - (2004)
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Commissioned by the
Hudson Valley Chamber Music Society for the St. Lawrence String Quartet
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Recording to be
released Spring 2007 on Naxos, American Master's Miracles and Mud: Music for strings by
Jonathan Berger
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program notes:
Doubles recalls songs of peace, freedom and resistance that were
influential in my youth. Some of the references are readily
identifiable, others obscured.
The title 'Doubles' refers to the seventeenth century practice of
pairing a short piece with a highly embellished version of itself. The
doubles in the quartet consist of three pairs of ornamentl variations.
In each double a new theme emerges. This theme is itself ornamented in
the subsequent section, thus creating two simultaneous shifted sets of
doubles.
The work was commissioned by the Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle for
the St. Lawrence String Quartet.
Bio:
The premier of Doubles marks Jonathan Berger's fifth collaboration with
the St. Lawrence String Quartet. The SLSQ commissioned his earlier
quartet, Miracles and Mud, and performed the work over sixty times.
Berger's setting Eli Eli was included in SLSQ's tour with the Pilobolus
dance company. His arrangement of Deep River marked the quartet's
memorial for the victims of 9/11 in their first performance after the
tragedy. Berger's commission for music for the dedication of the Clark
Center at Stanford marked the SLSQ's first interaction with electronic
music.
Berger has composed symphonic works, three concerti, works for all
varieties of chamber ensemble, vocal, choral and electroacoustic works.
Among his awards and commissions are three fellowships from the
National Endowment for the Arts, prizes from ASCAP,
commissions from WDR, and prizes from the Bourges Festival. His
works are available on Sony, Neuma, CRI and Harmonia Mundi labels.
Berger's works for string quartet are currently being recorded by
the St Lawrence String Quartet.
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live
recording of doubles (for personal audition only - not for broadcast)
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for performance materials
contact: maor music (brg@ccrma.stanford.edu subject line: maor)
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Publications (ASCAP)
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