Suite for alto saxophone and percussion (13:17) -- Thirteen other ways of looking at a blackbird (after Wallace Stevens, for piano & narrator) (15:24) -- "J.B." suite for wind sextet (13:49) -- Sonata for cello and piano (16:34) -- Of times and their places (13:32) -- Ann in autumn (7:30) -- More sorts of love songs (9:09) -- Nursery rhymes for grown-ups (12:37).
Note
Primarily chamber music for a variety of instrument and voice combinations ; the 7th work for solo piano.
Language (note)
Vocal works sung or spoken in English.
Author
Bestor, Charles, composer.
Title
The summing up : a selection from the late chamber music of the composer Charles Bestor in honor of his 90th birthday.
On the 1st work: Lynn Klock (alto saxophone), Eduardo Leandro (percussion) ; on the 2nd work: Estela Olevsky (piano), Paulina Stark (narrator) ; on the 3rd work: Stony Brook Contemporary Players ; on the 4th work: Astrid Schween (cello), Estela Olevsky (piano) ; on the 5th work: Paulina Stark (soprano), Estela Olevsky (piano) ; on the 6th work: Jon Humphrey (tenor), Estela Olevsky (piano) ; on the 7th work: Nigel Coxe (piano) ; on the 8th work: Dana Varga (soprano), Estela Olevsky (piano).
Event
1st work recorded 2015 October 5, Staller Center for the Arts, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York.
2nd, 7th-8th works recorded 2015 August 17-19, Buckley Hall, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts.
3rd work recorded 2015 September 17, Staller Center for the Arts, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York.
4th-6th works recorded live in concert at Bezanson Recital Hall, University of Massachusetts.