Charles Ives: The Astonishing Pioneer

Part I:

Part II:

An ALEA III concert presented on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - Event Page

Gunther Schuller, conductor

Tsai Performance Center at Boston University
685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston

ALEA III celebrates the life and work of Charles Ives, an astonishing pioneer, with an evening devoted to his music

Program notes by Gunther Schuller are available here

Works - Part I:

From the Steeples and the Mountains (1901) - 00:00
Calcium Light Night (1907) - 04:24
Scherzo (All the Way Around and Back) (1908) - 08:36
Like a Sick Eagle (1909) - 10:48
Allegretto Sombreoso (1910) - 13:16
Adagio Sostenuto (1910) - 16:04
Tone Roads No.3 (1911) - 17:43
The See'r (1913) - 22:18
Ann Street (1921) - 24:42
Chorale from Three Quarter Tone Pieces (1924) - 26:31

Works - Part II:

The Pond (1906) - 00:00
The Unanswered Question (1908) - 03:30
Set No. 2
In the Cage (1904) - 09:48
In the Inn [Potpourri] (1911) - 11:32
In the Night (1906) - 19:11
The Indians (1912) - 22:24
Scherzo (Over the Pavements) (1913) - 24:47
The Rainbow (1914) - 28:28
Chromâtimelôdtune (1913) - 30:52

Performers:

Gunther Schuller, conductor

Sue-Ellen Hershman Tcherepnin, flute
Miri Kudo, oboe, English horn
Diane Heffner, clarinet
Gun Hwan Jung, clarinet
Janet Underhill, bassoon
Parker Nelson, horn
Peter Nelson-King, trumpet
Matt Wan, trombone
Jerome Stover, tuba
Thomas Schmidt, percussion
Jonathan Hess, percussion
Barbara Poeschl-Edrich, harp
Yukiko Shimazaki, piano
Donald Berman, piano
Julia Cash, violin
Mona Rashad, violin
Sasha Callahan, violin
Piotr Buczek, violin
Scott Woolweaver, viola
Joan Ellersick, viola
Carol Ou, cello
Paul Desenne, cello
Anthony D'Amico, double bass
Irving Steinberg, double bass

More information on the event is available here

Program notes by Gunther Schuller are available here

Program book for the evening is available here

This is a live archival recording.

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