Antoniou Bacchae Recording info - January 27, 1992
Works:
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) - Le Merle Noir (1951)
Alan Weiss, flute
Thomas Stumpf, piano
Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975) - Quattro Liriche di Antonio Machado (1948)
Shinobu Takagi, soprano
Geoffrey Burleson, piano
George Crumb (1929-2022) - Sonata for Solo Violoncello (1955)
Mark Simcox, violoncello
Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996) - Rocking Mirror Daybreak (1983)
I. Autumn
II. Passing Bird
III. In the Shadow
IV. Rocking Mirror
Jennifer Elowitch, violin
Sue Rabut-Cartwright, violin
Sofia Gubaidulina (1931-2025) - String Quartet No. 3 (1987)
Jennifer Elowitch, violin
Sue Rabut-Cartwright, violin
David Feltner, viola
Mark Simcox, violoncello
Theodore Antoniou (1938-2018) - Two scenes from The Bacchae by Euripides (1992)*
Libretto by Keith Botsford
S. Mark Aliapoulios as Dionysus, a god
S. Mark Aliapoulios as Cadmus, Agave's father
Donna Ames as Agave
Julian Wachner as Teiresias, a seer
Chorus of the Bacchae
Julian Wachner, choirmaster
Ruthann Cangelosi
Helen Faith
Beth Green
Anne Harley
Christina Harrop
Mara Hazard
Mariel Mercado
Victoria Reid
Heather Schmid
Anna Stone
Holly Teicholtz
Paige Valentine
Candace Zaiden
*World premiere
ALEA III Performers:
Theodore Antoniou, conductor
Jean DeMart, flute
Diane Heffner, clarinet
Julie Stuckenschneider, clarinet
Ellen Michaud Martins, horn
Greg Whitaker, trumpet
Dennis Klophaus, trombone
Douglas Lippincott, percussion
Greg Gazzola, percussion
Geoffrey Burleson, piano
Stacy Kwak, piano
Jennifer Elowitch, violin
Sue Rabut-Cartwright, violin
Matthew Watras, violin
David Feltner, viola
Helene Suignard, viola
Mark Simcox, violoncello
Andrew Wilson, double bass
