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Musical excerpts from CPP concerts, 2008-09.
Magnus Lindberg - Corrente (listen)
CPP students play seven or eight concerts per year. Generally, two of these concerts feature the entire group in a chamber orchestra setting, with conductor (in this case, Jeffrey Milarsky, who is also one of our percussion teachers). Last year's larger-scale repertoire included this piece by Magnus Lindberg as well as the Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No. 1, the Ligeti Chamber Concerto, and some arrangements of Radiohead and King Crimson commissioned for the group.
Raymond Scott - Powerhouse (listen)
Raymond Scott wrote music which was later used in cartoons. It is so engaging and fun to play that the band that played Powerhouse ended up playing three other tunes on this concert, as set change music. The ensemble is: Philip Everall, clarinet; Lisa Preimesberger; bass clarinet; Matthias Kronsteiner, bassoon; Andrew Kozar, trumpet; Vicky Chow, piano; and Jude Traxler, drums.
Arnold Schoenberg - Chamber Symphony No. 1 (listen)
You can't play new music without starting at the beginning, and this
piece is arguably the beginning, simultaneously looking back to the Romantic period
and ahead to atonality. Again, Jeffrey Milarsky is conducting.
Lois Vierk - Red Shift (listen)
We try to cover as many contemporary styles as possible. This piece, featuring the electric guitar, is basically a giant crescendo with something of a rock-band feel. This excerpt contains the explosive end of the crescendo. The ensemble features Jakob van Cauwenberghe, guitar, with Isabel Castellvi, cello; Vicky Chow, synthesizer; and Jude Traxler, percussion.
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