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THE VERDEHR TRIO, an acknowledged leader in the field of new music, for nearly 40
years has concentrated on molding and defining the personality of the
violin-clarinet-piano trio. The Trio has created a large repertoire by commissioning
over 225 new works from some of the world’s most prominent and exciting composers– known and unknown, young
and old, from this country and abroad. These efforts are entitled The Making
of a Medium because, in a real sense, this is what has happened over the
years.
A few earlier trios by Bartok, Stravinsky,
Milhaud, Khachaturian, Berg, and Ives showed the potential tonal and musical
possibilities of this grouping. Now, with more than 200 works in this genre,
the violin-clarinet-piano trio has become a viable chamber music medium whose
substantial literature may be recognized together with other major mediums as
the piano trio, woodwind and brass quintets, and the piano quartet. To round
out its repertoire with Classical and Romantic works, the Trio has rediscovered
as well as transcribed 18th and 19th century pieces for inclusion in its
concert programs.
The Verdehr Trio has performed throughout the world: in 58
countries, including the former Soviet Union, in South and Central America, as
well as in Asia, Australia and all 50 of the United States. Among major
concert halls where the Trio has appeared are Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center,
Library of Congress, Vienna Brahmssaal, Sydney Opera House, London Wigmore
Hall, Auditorio de Madrid, Dvorak Hall in Prague, IRCAM Centre in Paris and
Leningrad Philharmonic Chamber Hall. The Trio has also played at various
international festivals – the Spoleto Festival, Prague Spring Festival, the
Vienna Spring Festival, the Warsaw Autumn Festival, and the Grand Teton Music
Festival. The Trio has received a Creative Programming Award from Chamber Music
America.
A parallel project to the Crystal CD
recordings of the new works created for the Trio is The Making of a Medium
Video Series, consisting of 10 half-hour programs with interviews and
discussions by composers and performers as well as a complete performance of
each work. Hosted by Martin Bookspan and Peter Schickele, these are available
in a variety of video formats from the Instructional Media Center at Michigan
State University. Another project, The Making of a Medium Music Publishing
Series, has been started in cooperation with the MSU Press, to help
disseminate the repertoire as well as information about the Trio’s CD recordings and videos.
The Verdehr Trio is in residence at
Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. An article about the Trio
appears in the new Groves Dictionary of Music.
WALTER VERDEHR
was born in
Gottschee, Yugoslavia and received his first violin instruction at the
Conservatory of Music in Graz, Austria. A student at The Juilliard School, he
was the first violinist to receive the doctorate there and as a Fulbright
Scholar, he studied at the Vienna Academy of Music. He has taught at the
International Congress of Strings faculty and at Michigan State University
where he is Professor of Music and recently received the Distinguished Faculty
Award. He has made numerous appearances as soloist with orchestras (Houston
Symphony, orchestras in Michigan, New York, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, California,
Czechoslovakia, and Turkey) and in solo and chamber music recitals in the U.S.
and Europe. The London Times wrote that “the performance was sweeping
and vigorous.” The Vienna Express said
that “he is a perfect violinist with beautiful blossoming tone and noble
musicality.” He has served on the juries for the Naumburg and Prague Spring
International violin competitions and has made solo recordings for Crystal,
Golden Crest Records, and NET-TV. He performs on the ex-stephens-Verdehr Stradivarius of 1690.
ELSA LUDEWIG-VERDEHR studied at the Oberlin Conservatory and at the Eastman School
where she received a Performer’s Certificate and the DMA degree. She has performed, lectured, and
given master classes at numerous national and international Clarinet Congresses
and for several years was a participant in the Marlboro Music Festivals and
touring groups. She has appeared frequently in the U.S., Canada, and abroad as
a recitalist, clinician, and soloist with orchestras and as principal
clarinetist of the Grand Teton Festival Orchestra. As a member of the Richards
Wind Quintet, she played in more than half of the United States, Canada, and at
the White House. She was recently awarded a Distinguished University
Professorship at Michigan State University and her students occupy numerous
university and orchestral positions throughout the U.S. and abroad. She has
solo recordings on Grenadilla and Mark labels. Her playing has been called “distinguished and musical” by the NY Times. The Boston Globe noted her “musical tone and elegant sense of phrasing” while the Chicago Tribune
wrote of her “virtuosity of a most compelling sort.” In 2007 she was awarded
honorary membership in the International Clarinet Society for her lifetime achievements as a performer and teacher.
SILVIA ROEDERER was born in Argentina, but her
musical training began in the U.S. After graduating from the Eastman School
with high honors, she completed her doctoral degree as a student of John Perry
at the University of Southern California. She is currently Professor of Music
at Western Michigan University, where she serves as Chair of the Keyboard Area,
teaches piano, chamber music, pedagogy, and coordinates graduate assistant
teaching. A winner of several important competitions, including the Joanna
Hodges International Piano Competition, she has appeared as soloist with the
Denver Symphony Orchestra and the Jacksonville (FL) Symphony Orchestra. Her Los
Angeles debut was an acclaimed recital at the prestigious Ambassador
Auditorium, where her control, introspective poise, and elegantly pointed
phrases drew special praise from the Los
Angeles Times. In addition to her appearances with the Verdehr Trio, her
performing career in the last decade has revolved around chamber music – as duo
pianist with her husband Leslie Tung and as collaborator with her colleagues at
Western Michigan University.
VERDEHR TRIO DISCOGRAPHY:
Walter Verdehr,
Violin; Elsa Ludwig-Verdehr, Clarinet; Gary Kirkpatrick, Piano (CDs
741-749 and CD941), Kathryn Brown, Piano (CD941), Silvia Roederer, Piano
(CDs 942-970).
The Verdehrs have commissioned over 200 works by the most important
composers in the world for the violin-clarinet-piano trio, thus effectively
creating this medium. Complementing this repertoire, the Trio transcribes works
from earlier periods. The Making of a Medium is a continuing project. The
recordings have brought critical acclaim for the music and
the Verdehr Trio. "A true ensemble
of outstanding players who have obvious love for the music." American Record
Guide
CD741: VERDEHR TRIO, The Making of a Medium, vol.
1. Mozart:
Trio in D Major, K381; Frescobaldi:
Canzoni a Due; Alan
Hovhaness: Lake Samish, op. 415; Thomas Pasatieri: Theatrepieces; Bela Bartok: Contrasts. Walter Verdehr,
violin; Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clarinet; Gary Kirkpatrick, piano. UPC
009414774125 BUY NOW
"...recommended" Fanfare
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Mozart Trio: Mvt 1 (Allegro) Mvt 2 (Andante) Mvt 3(Allegro
molto) Hovhaness
Lake Samish: Mvt 1(Andante-Fugue) Mvt 2(Allegro) Mvt 3 Mvt 4 Mvt 5 Frescobaldi: Canzoni No. 2 No. 5 Pasatieri: Theatrepieces No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 Bartok: Mvt 1 Mvt 2 Mvt 3
CD742:
VERDEHR TRIO, The Making of a Medium, vol. 2. Ned
Rorem: The End of Summer; Thea Musgrave: Pierrot; Thomas Christian
David: Schubertiade; Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13
(arr. Zearott); Jan Vanhal: Trio in Eb. UPC 009414774224
“It really has been a pleasure to make this unusual
and unusually good trio’s [recorded] acquaintance.” Fanfare
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Vanhal Trio: Mvt 1(Allegro) Mvt 2(Grazioso) Mvt 3(Allegretto) Rorem
End of Summer: Mvt 1(Capriccio) Mvt 2(Fant) Mvt 3(Mazurka) David: Schubertiade Musgrave:
Pierrot Mvt 1 Mvt 2 Mvt 3 Mvt 4 Mvt 5 Mvt 6 Mvt 7 Mvt 8 Liszt: Hungarian
Rhapsody No. 13
CD743:
THE VERDEHR TRIO, The Making of a Medium, vol. 3. Gunther
Schuller: A Trio Setting; William Averitt: Tripartita; Nathan Currier:
Adagio & Variations. Walter Verdehr, violin;
Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clarinet; Gary Kirkpatrick, piano. Third volume in a
series of commissions of a veritable Who’s Who of composers. UPC
009414774323 BUY NOW
“A true ensemble of outstanding players who have
obvious love for the music.” American Record Guide
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Schuller Trio: Mvt 1(Fast
and Explosive) Mvt 2(Slow
and dreamy) Mvt 3(Allegretto
Scherzando) Mvt 4(Molto
Agitato) Averitt Tripartita: Mvt 1(Elaborations) Mvt2(Dances) Mvt 3(Blues
with Variations) Currier: Adagio &
Variations
CD744: THE VERDEHR TRIO,
The making of a Medium, vol. 4. Walter Verdehr,
violin; Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clarinet; Gary Kirkpatrick, piano. Peter
Dickinson: Hymns, Rags and Blues (1985); Karel Husa: Sonata a Tre (1982);
Don Freund: Triomusic (1980); James Nublock: Trio (1980). UPC 009414774422
"music
played with grace and elegance" Strad
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Dickinson Hymns, Rags and Blues: Mvt 1(Intro) Mvt 2(Rag
& cadenzas) Mvt 3(Blues) Mvt 4(Rag
& Cadenzas) Mvt 5(Blues) Mvt 6(Rag) Husa:
Sonata Mvt 1 Mvt 2 Mvt 3 Freund: Triomusic Part I Part II Niblock:
Trio Mvt 1 Mvt 2 Mvt 3 Mvt 4
CD745:
THE VERDEHR TRIO, The Making of a Medium, vol. 5. Alexander Arutiunian:
Suite; Thomas Christian David: Triple Concerto (with
the Tonkünstler Orchestra); Peter Sculthorpe: Dream Tracks; Peter
Schickele: Serenade for Three. UPC
009414774521
"The Verdehr Trio plays with its technical
finesse and musicality. the excellent performances...the good notes and the
fine recorded should make this a disc of great interest." American Record Guide
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Arutiunian Suite: Mvt 1(Lento) Mvt 2(Allegretto) Mvt 3(Adagio) Mvt 4(Allegro
non troppo) Sculthorpe: Dream Tracks Schikele:
Serenade Mvt 1 Mvt 2 Mvt3 David:
Triple Concerto Mvt 1 Mvt 2 Mvt 3
CD746:
THE VERDEHR TRIO, The Making of a Medium, vol. 6. David
Diamond: Trio & Violin Sonata; Peter Sculthorpe: Night-Song,
From Nourlangie; John Corigliano: Violin Sonata. UPC 009414774620 BUY NOW
" the performances are just wonderful". Fanfare
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Sculthorpe: Night Song From Nourlangie Diamond Sonata: Mvt 1(Adagio;Allegro) Mvt 2(Molto
Vivo) Diamond Trio: Mvt 1(Allegretto) Mvt 2 Mvt 3 Mvt 4 Corigliano:
Sonata Mvt 1 Mvt 2 Mvt 3 Mvt 4
CD747:
THE VERDEHR TRIO, Music of James Niblock. Il Penseroso e
Allegro, 
Terzina, Medievel Suite,
Palindrome, Paganiana, MSU Fight Song. UPC 009414774729 BUY NOW
"Mellifluous would be the most apt
descriptioin of this disc...performances are lovely and are captured in clear,
agreeable sound." Fanfare
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Il Penseroso e
Allegro Terzina: Mvt 1(Presto) Mvt 2(Adagio) Mvt 3(Allegro) Medieval
Suite: Mvt 1(Allegro) Mvt 2(Adagio) Mvt 3(Andante) Mvt 4(Adagio;
Allegro Molto) Trio in B-Flat: Mvt 1(Allegro) Mvt 2(Adagio) Mvt 3(Molto
Presto) Palindrome Paganiana MSU Fight
Song
CD748:
TRIPLE CONCERTOs by David Ott and William Wallace. The Verdehr Trio
with Solista di Praga and the Janacek Philharmonic, Leon
Gregorian and Jack Bowman, conductors.
UPC 009414774828 BUY NOW
"Romanticism is alive and well. Anyone looking for music where melody reigns
supreme will find it a treat." Fanfare
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Ott Triple Concerto: Mvt 1(Andante) Mvt 2(Adagio) Mvt 3(Allegro) Wallace
Triple Concerto: Mvt 1(Allegro) Mvt 2(Moderato) Mvt 3(Allegro)
CD749:
TRIO WITH ORCHESTRA. Music by
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski and Thomas Christian David.
The Verdehr Trio with Solisti di Praga, the Janacek
Philharmonic and the Michigan State University Wind Symphony. Leon Gregorian,
Jack Bowman and Kenneth Bloomquist, conducting. UPC 009414774927 BUY NOW
"The performances carry a splendid sense of conviction...The
disc has my enthusiastic recommendation." Fanfare
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Skrowaczewski Triple Concerto: Mvt 1(Misterioso) Mvt 2(Aria) Mvt 3(Presto) Mvt 4(Adagio) Mvt 5(Finale) David:
Carmen Mvt 1(Intro:
Allegro Moderato) Mvt 2(Moderato) Mvt 3(Lento
Assai) Mvt 4(Allegro
Moderato) Mvt 5(Moderato) David:
Sinfonia Mvt 1(Adagio-Allegro) Mvt 2(Intermezzo) Mvt 3(Presto)
CD940: THE VERDEHR TRIO,
The Making of a Medium, vol. 10. Walter Verdehr,
violin; Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clarinet; Gary Kirkpatrick, piano.
Beethoven: Trio, op. 6; Tchaikovsky: Meditation; Max Bruch: Trio, op. 83, nos.
6 & 7; Libby Larsen: Slang; Jacob Druckman: Glint;
William Balcom: Trio for Clarinet, Violin & Piano. UPC 009414794024 BUY NOW .
"Playing
is stunning in its tone and
sensitivity of phrasing." The Clarinet
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Beethoven Trio: Mvt 1 (Allegro molto) Mvt 2 (Moderato) Bruch
Trio: Mvt 1 (Nocturne) Mvt 2 (Allegro
vivace) Larsen: Slang Druckman: Glint Tchaikovsky:Souvenir
d'un lieu cher Bolcom:
Trio Mvt 1(Twist
of Fate) Mvt 2(Mazurka) Mvt 3(Apotheosis) Mvt 4(Dithyramb)
CD941: THE VERDEHR TRIO,
Spanning the 20th Century. Walter Verdehr,
violin; Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clarinet; Kathryn Brown, piano. Gian Carlo
Menotti: Trio for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano; Max Bruch: Two Pieces,op.
83, nos. 8 & 4; Dinos Constantinides: The Oracle at Delphi;
Jon Deak: Lad, a Dog: The Trio. UPC 009414794123 BUY NOW
This is volume 11 of the Verdehr's Making of a Medium
series. The Verdehr Trio has commisioned from major
composers over 200 works for the violin-clarinet-piano combination and is
continuing its series of recordings of many of these works. This was one of
Menotti's latest works. The Verdehr Trio was in-residence at Michigan
State University in East Lansing, Michigan.
"Stellar performances are matched by an
equally sterling recording quality." The Clarinet
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Constantinides: Oracle at Delphi Menotti Trio: Mvt 1 (Capriccio) Mvt 2 (Romanza) Mvt 3 (Envoi) Bruch Two
Pieces: No. 8 (Moderato) No. 4 (Allegro
agitato) Deak: Lad, a Dog Part 1 Part 2
CD942: AMERICAN
IMAGES, Verdehr Trio. Walter Verdehr,
violin; Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clarinet; Gary Kirkpatrick, piano. Also
Kimberly Schmidt and Paul Barnes, piano. Paul Chihara: Trio; David
Diamond: Duo for Violin & Clarinet; Marc Satterwhite: Time Considered as a
Helix of Semi-Precious Stones; Jonathan Kramer: Serbelloni Serenade;
John Biggs: Medieval Dance Suite; Donald Erb: Sunlit Peaks and Dark
Valleys. UPC 009414794222 BUY NOW
This
is volume 12 of the Making of a Medium series, in which
the Verdehr Trio is recording many of the more than 200 compositions
that the group has commissioned from some of the best composers in the world.
"full of luscious harmonies,
colours and bittersweet melodies" Australian Clarinet and Saxophone
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Chihara Trio: Mvt 1 (Andante) Mvt 2 (Moderato) Mvt 3 (Moderato) Diamond: Duo Satterwhite: Time
Considered Kramer: Serbelloni Serenade Biggs: Medieval
Dance Suite Erb Sunlit
Peaks: Mvt 1 Mvt 2 (Childrens Song) Mvt 3
CD943: AMERICAN IMAGES 2.
The Verdehr Trio Sebastian Currier:
Verge; Joan Tower: Rain Waves;
George Gershwin/William Brohn: I Got Variations; Dan Welcher:
Phaedrus; John Biggs: Renaissance Bouquet; Charles Hoag: Sweet Melancholy (lost
your dolly) SlowDragRag. UPC
009414794321. BUY NOW
"...performances are authoritative in every
sense of the word" Gramophone
The Verdehr Trio - Walter Verdehr, violin;
Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clarinet; Silvia Roederer, piano. This is volume
13 of the Making of a Medium series, in which the Verdehr Trio
presents some of the 200 new works that it has commissioned from many of the
world's most prominent composers. Sebastian Currier teaches at Columbia
University in NYC, Joan Tower from NYC lives in Hartford Conn.; William
David Brohn is a renowned orchestrator and arranger for Broadway
shows in NYC; Dan Welcher teaches at University of Texas at Austin;
John Biggs lives in Ventura, California; Charles Hoag is professor of music at
the University of Kansas in Lawrence.
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Currier Verge: Mvt 1(fast) Mvt 2(slow) Mvt 3(mechanical) Mvt 4(dark) Mvt 5(light) Mvt 6(fractured) Mvt 7(too
much) Mvt 8(too
little) Mvt 9(calm) Tower: Rain Waves Brohn: Variations Welcher Phaedrus: Mvt 1(Apollo's
Lyre) Mvt 2(Dionysus'
Dream) Biggs: Renaissance
Bouquet Hoag: Sweet
Melancholy
CD944: AUSTRIAN
IMAGES. The Verdehr Trio. Iván Erod:
Trio, op. 59*; Thomas Christian David: Trios Numbers 1, 2, and 3**; Gottfried
von Einem: Verdehr-Trio, op. 97*. UPC 009414794420 BUY NOW .
The Verdehr Trio (Walter Verdehr, violin;
Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clarinet; Silvia Roederer* and Gary
Kirkpatrick**, piano) has commissioned over 150 works for the violin, clarinet,
piano trio and has recorded many of them on its Making of a Medium series on
Crystal Records. This
is volume 14 of that series. The Verdehr Trio is in residence at
Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. The group tours
throughout the world and has regular concert series in Washington, DC, and New
York City.
"this disc if a great addition to any
library, and the works are wonderful" The Clarinet
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Erod Trio: Mvt 1(Transitions) Mvt 2(Variations) David Trio
No. 1: Mvt 1(Allegro) Mvt 2(Andante) Mvt 3(Presto) von Einem Trio: Mvt 1(Etwas bewegter) Mvt2(Unruhig) Mvt 3(Gemessen) Mvt 4(Sturmisch) David Trio
No. 2: Mvt 1(Allegro) Mvt 2(Aria) Mvt 3(Presto) David Trio
No. 3: Mvt 1(Vivace) Mvt 2(Andante) Mvt 3(Moderato)
CD945: DOUBLE
CONCERTOS FOR VIOLIN AND CLARINET. by William
Wallace, Dinos Constantinides, and James Niblock. UPC
009414794529BUY NOW
Walter Verdehr, violin; Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clarinet;
Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic, Kirk Trevor, Conductor; Slovak Radio
Orchestra, Jiri Tomasek, Conductor. This is the 15th CD in
the Verdehr Trio’s recordings of works they have commissioned, mostly
for the trio combination of violin, clarinet, and piano. This CD features the
violin and clarinet.
Strad Magazine called their series "Remarkable
collection by a remarkable ensemble" and the American Record
Guide said "Brilliant in every department." The Verdehrs teach
at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan.
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Wallace Concerto: Mvt 1(Allegro) Mvt 2(Andante) Mvt 3(Allegro
vivace) Constantinides Concerto
of Psalms: Mvt 1(From
the Heart) Mvt 2(Eternal
Song) Mvt3(Paean) Niblock
Concerto: Mvt 1(Allegro
moderato) Mvt 2(Adagio) Mvt 3(Allegro)
CD946:
INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS. The Verdehr Trio. Jennifer Higdon:
Dash; Gernot Wolfgang: Reflections; Bright Sheng: Tibetan Dance; Stephen
Chatman: Trio; Wolfgang Rihm: Gesangstück. UPC 009414794628 BUY NOW
This CD is volume 16 of the Making of a Medium series by
the VerdehrTrio, which has commissioned more than 200 works for the
violin, clarinet, piano ensemble. The Trio and the composers on this CD are a
vibrant part of the international community. Performers in
the Verdehr Trio are Walter Verdehr, violin;
Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clarinet; and Silvia Roederer, piano.
The Verdehrs are in residence at Michigan State University, East
Lansing, Michigan
"displays the refined and immeasurable
techinical prowess of the ensemble and of its individual players." The Clarinet
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Higdon: Dash Wolfgang: Reflections Sheng: Tibetan Dance: Prelude Song Tibetan
Dance Chatman: Trio: Scales Blues Dance Rihm: Gesangstück
CD947:
AMERICAN IMAGES 3 – The Michigan Connetctions. The Verdehr Trio. Walter Verdehr,
violin; Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clarinet; Silvia Roederer,
piano. David Liptak: Commedia; Arnold
Black/William Bolcom: Envio; Robert Mann: Katchi-Katchi; Charles
Ruggiero: Collage; James Hartway: Five Postcards (from Michigan). UPC
009414794727 BUY NOW
For over 30 years the Verdehr Trio has been
commissioning, performing, and recording new works for violin, clarinet, and
piano. Fanfare Magazine has said “the breadth of these
commissions is amazing” and Strad Magazine
says “the quality of the results is astonishingly
high.” The group is
in-residence at Michigan State University and tours worldwide regularly. This
CD features composers with whom the Verdehr Trio has had connections
in Michigan.
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Liptak: Commedia Mvt.
1 Mvt.2 Mvt.3 Mvt.4 Black/Bolcom: Envoi Mann: Katchi-Katchi Ruggiero: Collage Hartway: five
postcards: motor city carillon
tower the falls mysterious
dunes fudge island Curtis-Smith: Trio Mvt.1 Mvt.2 Mvt.
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CD948:
THE VERDEHR TRIO, Making of a Medium, Vol. 18. “Music
from Down Under”
Peter Sculthorpe: Baltimore Songlines; Barry Conyngham:
Playground; Douglas Knehans: Rive; Richard Mills: Four Miniatures;
Christopher Marshall: Three Aspects of Spring. UPC 009414794826 BUY NOW
The Verdehr Trio – Walter Verdehr, violin;
Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clarinet; Silvia Roederer, piano – is an
acknowledged leader in the field of new music. This is the 18th CD in “The
Making of a Medium” series, in which the Verdehr Trio has recorded
more than 60 premiere recordings, a part of over 200 works that the group has
commissioned.
“The breadth of these commissions is amazing.” (Fanfare) “The
quality of the results is astonishingly high.” (STRAD Magazine).
This CD features music written for the group by composers from Australia and
New Zealand.
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Sculthorpe: Baltimore Songlines Conyngham: Playground Knehans: rive Mills:
Four Miniatures Lento Allegro Adagio Presto Marshall:
Three Aspects of Spring October
Idyll Bushwalk Synergy
CD949
& CD970: AMERICAN IMAGES 4 & 5. These two CDs
are volumes 19 and 20 of the Making of a Medium series by
the Verdehr Trio – Walter Verdehr,
violin; Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clarinet; Silvia Roederer, piano. The
Trio has commissioned over 225 works by some of the world’s most prominent
composers.
“The breadth of these commissions is amazing” (Fanfare). “The
quality of the results is astonishingly high” (Strad)
——
CD949: Ricardo
Lorenz: Compass Points; Kevin Puts: Three Nocturnes; August Read Thomas:
Dancing Helix Rituals; Lee Hoiby: Rock Valley Trio; Stefan
Freund: Triodances. UPC
009414794925 BUY NOW
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Lorenz: Compass Points Verde
que te quiero Verdehr In memoriam Robert Avalon Scherzarengue Puts: Three
Nocturnes Con moto Flowing; non troppolento Molto adagio Thomas: Dancing Helix Rituals Hoiby: Rock Valley Trio Freund: Triodances Freunuet and
(Verdehr) Trio Pastorale Tarantelly
CD970: Margaret
Brouwer: Trio; Roberto
Sierra: Recordando una Melodia Olvidada;
Gernot Woflgang: Sketchbook; William Wallace: Sonata a Tre.
UPC 009414797025 BUY
NOW
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Brouwer Trio: Mvmt I Joyful
Moment Mvmt II Reverie Mvmt III Escaping Sierra: Recordando una melodia olvidada Wolfgang Sketch
Book: Green Island Night Breeze Chromatic Train Wallace Sonata a Tre: Mvmt I Allegro Mvmt II Andante
semplice Mvmt III Dance
CD971: VERDEHR TRIO, American Images 6 – The
Making of a Medium vol 21. Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr,
Clarinet; Walter 
Verdehr, Violin;
Silvia Roederer, Piano. Michael Daugherty,
Ladder to the Moon; Pamela Madsen, Sea Change 1; Gerald Cohen, Variously Blue;
Evan Chambers, Thorn and Flare. UPC 009414797124. BUY NOW
The Verdehr Trio has commissioned and performed over 225
new works.
“The breadth of these commissions is amazing.” –
Fanfare. “The quality of the results
is astonishly high.” – Strad Magazine.
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Daugherty: Ladder to the Moon Night,
New York Looking
Up Madsen: Sea
Change 1 Cohen: Variously
Blue Chambers: Thorn and Fire Flesher: Three Segments Burlesque Valse
Lente Energico
CD972: VERDEHR TRIO,
American Images 7 – The Making of a Medium vol 22. Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr,
Clarinet; Walter 
Verdehr, Violin;
Silvia Roederer, Piano. Jere Hutcheson, Rondo
Brillante and Nocturnes of the Inferno; Pamela Madsen, Sea Change 2; George
Gershwin, Promenade. UPC 009414797223. BUY NOW
"the standard of music and preformances by
this group is clearly very high...and while you area t it pickuu up the
preceding 21 volums as well" Fanfare
The Verdehr Trio has commissioned and performed over 225
new works. Featured on this CD are several firsts and lasts for
the Verdehr Trio. The two Hutcheson works were the first works
commissioned by the Trio, both written within the first five yesrs of
the Trio’s founding in 1972. The last major commissioned work was David Winkler’s Warhol Appassionata.
George Gershwin’s Promenade, the final piece on the CD, was the
last piece performed by the Trio, as an encore on their final concert March 28,
2015 in Leon, Mexico, the 58th country in which the Trio had performed during
its 43-year tenure.
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Hutcheson Rondo
Brillante Madsen Sea
Change 2 Winkler Warhol Appassionata Mvmt
I Molto espressivo Mvmt
II Adagio Mvmt
III Allegro, Energico Hutcheson Nocturnes of
the Inferno Cries
and Murmurs In
a Dream Night
Creatures Gershwin Promenade
CD973– DOUBLE CONCERTOS
FOR VIOLIN AND CLARINET; Walter 
Verdehr, Violin; Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, Clarinet. UPC 009414797322 BUY NOW
Richard Mills, Duo
Concertante (Taipei Symphony, Richard Mills conducting): Stephen Chatman,
Concerto for Clarinet, Violin, and Orchestra (Las Cruces Symphony, Lonnie Klein
conducting); Paul Chihara, Love Music: Concerto for Violin, Clarinet, and
Orchestra (Slovak Radio Orchestra, Kirk Trevor conducting); Thomas Christian
David, Sonatefür Klarinette und
Violine (Duo-Sonate Nr. 2)
Walter Verdehr and
Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr have become legends for their 225 commissions
and thousands of concerts with the Verdehr Trio. This CD shows some
of their remarkable performances together as a Duo.
The Verdehr Trio has commissioned and performed over 225
new works.
“The breadth of these commissions is amazing.” –
Fanfare. “The quality of the results
is astonishly high.” – Strad
Magazine.
Click here for
more Verdehr Trio CDs.
CD973 Sound samples
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shown.
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Mills Duo Concertante Mvmt
I Mvmt
II Mvmt
III Chatman Concerto for Clarinet, Violin, and
Orchestra Mvmt
I The shapes arise! Mvmt
II Sound your voice! Mvmt
III With love, with love Mvmt
IV Joy! Joy! All over joy Chihara
Love Music: Concerto for Violin, Clarinet, and Orchestra Mvmt
I Mvmt
II Mvmt
III David Sonate fűr Klarinette und Violine Mvmt
I Mvmt
II
CD974 – INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS 2.
The Verdehr Trio. Walter Verdehr, Violin; Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, Clarinet;
Silvia Roederer, Piano. UPC 009414797421 BUY
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Nicolas Bacri, A
Smiling Suite; Yang Liqing, Trio; Peter Dickinson, Celebration Trio;
Jonathan Harvey, Clarinet Trio; Wolfram Wagner, Trio for Violin, Clarinet, and
Piano; Kam Kee Yong, And the Fallen Petals; Guido López Gavilan, Como
un Antiguo bolero... Peter Sculthorpe, Reef Singing.
"The Verdehr
Trio seems to have an uncanny knack in commissioning works only from composers
who are first-rate." Fanfare
This CD, along with International Connections, CD946, features
some of the most well-known international composers. This CD974 showcases
composers from France, China, England, Austria, Malaysia, Cuba, and Australia.
It is truly a feast of some of the best international composers.
CD974 Sound samples (mp3 files) Click on the link to hear up to 35
seconds of the movement shown.
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samples, please use your browser back button) Bacri: A Smiling
Suite I.
Capriccio II. Menuet lent III.
Gavotte IV.
Air V. Fuga diatonica Liqing: Trio Dickinson:
Celebration Trio I.
Fugue II.
Lullaby III.
Dance Harvey: Clarinet
Trio Wagner: Trio for
Violin, Clarinet, and Piano I.
Prelude II.
Scherzo: Canon III.
Intermezzo IV.
Finale
Yong: And
the Fallen Petals Gavilán: Como
un antiguo bolero
Sculthorpe: Reef_Singing
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