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 |  |  | | | | Track Listings | | | 1. Prelude to a Tragedy | 11:55 | | 2. Redwood Fanfare | 3:02 | | Symphony #1 | | | 3. Prelude | 14:33 | | 4. Lament | 9:51 | | 5. Finale | 10:00 | | 6. Variations & Fugue for Orchestra | 9:34 | | Total time: | 59:00 |
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| | | | | | Lee Actor - Music For Orchestra | | | Our Price: $9.95  | | | | Item Number: MMC2140 | | Genres: Classical\Featured Composer\Orchestral | | | | Description | | Lee Actor's music is filled with rhythmic drive and shows a superb ear for orchestral color. He often sets a rhythmic ostinato, such as steady 16th notes, running through the texture of the piece, making other figures toe the mark in a dynamic situation fraught with challenge. Actor often builds up a work by emphasizing one or another of the instrumental families - woodwinds, brass, and strings - then mixes them in a rich impasto of orchestral color. Lee Actor can be found online at www.leeactor.com.
MUSIC FOR ORCHESTRA is Actor's MMC debut and features the Slovak Radio Orchestra and conductor Kirk Trevor.
"Prelude to a Tragedy" was composed in the summer and fall of 2003 in response to a commission from the Palo Alto Philharmonic, which gave the premiere on April 17, 2004, under the composer's direction. The very title of the work creates the expectation of something dark and dramatic. The Prelude opens in a hushed, foreboding mood that gradually comes to suggest an unavoidable process of fate. The aftermath, as Aristotle told us two millennia ago, is a hushed sense of awe.
"Redwood Fanfare" was commissioned by the Redwood Symphony, which gave the premiere on November 24, 2002, under the direction of Eric Kujawsky. As befits a work named after the greatest trees on the planet (as well as the orchestra tending the commission), this is wonderfully healthy, outdoorsy music.
"Symphony No. 1" was commissioned by the Palo Alto Philharmonic for its 15th anniversary season. The composer conducted the premiere on April 26, 2003. At the time of the premiere, the composer explained: "My intention in writing Symphony No. 1 was to produce, in the grand historical tradition of the symphony, a serious, deeply felt work of symphonic scope."
"Variations and Fugue for Orchestra" was commissioned by the Palo Alto Philharmonic and premiered on April 27, 2002, under the composer's direction.
"A composer of remarkable skill whose 3-movement symphony has strength, character, and generous helpings of brilliance & humor". - Jason Klein, Music Director, Saratoga Symphony.
Fanfare:
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| | | | | | | Reviews | | | "Lee Actor is one of the refreshing new classical voices I have worked with recently. As a conductor who records a great deal of new American music, I was delighted to find a composer who could still use a traditional language with a freshness that made the music alive and interesting. […] His music is inviting, full of melodic invention, with a harmonic richness that keeps the ear and mind involved. This is music of the highest quality in craftsmanship, inventiveness and imagination." (Kirk Trevor, conductor) |
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