Harp’s Desire: Harp Music of David S. Lefkowitz
Andrea Thiele (harp)
Among the oldest of all musical instruments, the harp remains an under-utilized instrument in contemporary compositions. Composer David S. Lefkowitz thrives on pondering the nature of the harp and exploring the harp's unique limitations in new and imaginative ways. The music presented on this recording includes prize-winning compositions, commissions, as well as music written for the composer's friends and spans 20 years of Lefkowitz's compositional efforts. A graduate of Cornell, the University of Pennsylvania and Eastman, Lefkowitz has won international acclaim, having works performed in Europe, Asia, Russia, and throughout North and South America. He is a two-time winner of the Fukui Harp Music Awards Competition as well as having received awards from the National Association of Composers, the Society of New Music's Brian M. Israel Prize and the ALEA III International Competition, among many others. This is the second recording of his music to appear on Albany Records.
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Track Listing
| Title | Composer | Performer |
|---|---|---|
| Revertigo | David S. Lefkowitz | Elizabeth Buck, flute; Paul Coletti, viola; Andrea Thiele, harp |
| who write on clouds | David S. Lefkowitz | Grace Cloutier, harp |
| On Hearing Her Play the Harp | David S. Lefkowitz | Guillaume Sutre, violin; Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp |
| Étude | David S. Lefkowitz | Grace Cloutier, harp |
| Berceuse | David S. Lefkowitz | Guillaume Sutre, violin; Jonathan Sacdalan, clarinet; Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp |
| Before the Solstice | David S. Lefkowitz | Elizabeth Buck, flute; Andrea Thiele, harp |
| Ancient Rituals, Distant Landscapes | David S. Lefkowitz | Eri Shinoda, harp |
| With/Without [Con/Sol (-ation)] | David S. Lefkowitz | Julie Long, flute; Carter Dewberry, cello; Andrea Thiele, harp |
| Calder's Closet | David S. Lefkowitz | Liesl Erman, harp; Walter Ponce, piano; Kenneth McGrath, vibraphone; Ariel Campos, percussion |
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