The Henry Brant collection. Volume 8.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Brant, Henry, 1913-2008.

Series:

Naxos Music Library.

Colección Innova

Standardized Title:

Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wind ensembles.

Trios (Piano, percussion, violin).

Septets (Accordion, clarinet, piccolo, percussion, violin, cello).

Instrumental ensembles.

Piano music (Pianos (2)).

Jazz--1981-1990.

Jazz.

Concertos (Clarinet with jazz ensemble).

Quintets (Pianos (2), percussion).

Vocal ensembles with instrumental ensemble.

Improvisation (Music).

Songs (High voice) with wind ensemble.

Genre:

Downloadable audio file.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

[St. Paul, Minn.] : Innova, [2010]

Language Note:

Sung and spoken in English (8th-9th works), with some parts in Indonesian (8th work).

Contents:

Whoopee : in D (1938, rev. 1984) (Netherlands Wind Ensemble ; Henry Brant, conductor) (4:26)

Music for a five and dime store : for piano, violin, and percussion (kitchen hardware) (1932, rev. 1984) (Vera Beths, violin; Reinbert de Leeuw, piano; Henry Brant, percussion) (2:45)

Revenge before breakfast : 1982 (New Performance Group, Seattle: Paul Taub, piccolo; Gregg Miller, clarinet; Ella Marie Gray, violin; Walter Gray, violoncello; Matthew Kocmieroski, Thomasa Eckert, percussion; Laurie Andres, accordion; Henry Brant, conductor) (12:02)

Inside track : 1982 (Yvar Mikhashoff, piano; Barbara Hannigan, soprano; Douglas Stewart, flute, piccolo; Cynthia Steljes, oboe, English horn; Robert Stevenson, clarinet, bass clarinet; Kathleen McLean, bassoon; Peter Lutek, saxophone; Joan Watson, horn; James Spragg, trumpet; Gordon Sweeney, trombone; Russell Hartenberger, Trevor Tureski, percussion; Fujiko Imajishi, Marie Bérard, violins; Douglas Perry, Daniel Blackman, violas; David Hetherington, Simon Fryer, violoncellos; Roberto Occhipinti, double bass; Henry Brant, Robert Aitken, conductors) (17:02)

Jazz toccata on a Bach theme : toccata on Wachet auf : 1940 (Henry Brant, Gerrit Hommerson, pianos) (2:38)

Jazz clarinet concerto (1946) (Jacques Meertens, clarinet; Netherlands Wind Ensemble; Werner Herbers, conductor) (10:06)

Double-crank hand organ music : 1933, rev. 1984 (Gerrit Hommerson, Henry Brant, pianos; Amy Snyder, Ernestine Stoop, Eduard van Regteren Altena, percussion) (2:52)

Altitude 8750 : 1990 (the Telluride Glacial Spatial Ensemble: Pauline Oliveros, accordion; Laurell Wyckoff, flute, piccolo; Wadada Leo Smith, trumpet, koto; Gloria Cheng, piano; I Wayan Sadra, metallophone; Jody Diamond, John Lifton, voice; Jason Reinier, tenor saxophone; Larry Polansky, mandolin; Charles Amirkhanian, glockenspiel; James Tenney, xylophone; David Gamper, harmonium; Sally Davis, melodica; Ge Gan-ru, bowed saw; Gerhard Staebler, Kunsu Shim, bullroarers; Hugh Davies, synthesized bass guitar; vocal ensemble conducted by Neely Bruce) (15:29)

Dialog in the jungle : 1964 (Frank Baker, tenor; the Modern Brass Ensemble (2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba); the Arioso Winds (wind quintet); Henry Brant, conductor) (7:32).

Participant:

Various performers.

Notes:

The 1st work for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, bassoon, and contrabassoon, based on a melody from J.S. Bach's Wachet auf; the 2nd work for piano, violin, and kitchen hardware; the 3rd work for three spatially isolated duos consisting of piccolo and clarinet, xylophone and vibraphone, and violin and violoncello, with solo accordion; the 4th work for piano and percussionist, spatially separated from a string septet on one side of the hall, a woodwind quartet on the other, and a small "street band" in the back of the hall; the 5th work for 2 pianos, based on J.S. Bach's Wachet auf; the 6th work a concerto for clarinet and jazz big band; the 7th work for 2 pianos and 3 percussion; the 8th work an improvisation based on musical materials produced by Henry Brant for 16 spatially separated instrumentalists and mixed voices; the 9th work a spatial composition for 5 woodwinds, 5 brass, and tenor.

Text to the 8th work in part by John Lifton; text to the 9th work by Patricia Gorman Brant.

Recorded June 8, 1984, Utrecht (1st and 6th works); June 4, 1982, at De Doelen, Rotterdam (2nd work); Feb. 12, 1995, Poncho Hall, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle (3rd work); Dec. 9, 1990, Premiere Dance Theatre, Toronto (4th work); June 15, 1984, at De Ijsbreker, Amsterdam (5th and 7th works); July 15, 1990, Sheridan Opera House, Colo. (8th work); and May 25, 1964, Judson (Steinway) Hall, New York (9th work).

Contains:

Brant, Henry, 1913-2008. Whoopee.

Brant, Henry, 1913-2008. Music for a five and dime store.

Brant, Henry, 1913-2008. Revenge before breakfast.

Brant, Henry, 1913-2008. Inside track.

Brant, Henry, 1913-2008. Jazz toccata on a Bach theme.

Brant, Henry, 1913-2008. Concertos, clarinet, jazz ensemble

Brant, Henry, 1913-2008. Double-crank hand organ.

Brant, Henry, 1913-2008. Altitude 8750.

Brant, Henry, 1913-2008. Dialogue in the jungle.

OCLC:

767873620

Publisher Number:

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