Howard Hersh: Angels and Watermarks (Brenda Tom, piano and harpsichord; Music Now, Barbara Day Turner, conductor)

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1.	Howard Hersh: Concerto for Piano and Ten Instruments, Movement I (Brenda Tom, piano; Music Now, Barbara Day Turner, conductor) 16:15	info	buy track
2.	Howard Hersh: Concerto for Piano and Ten Instruments, Movement II (Brenda Tom, piano; Music Now, Barbara Day Turner) 09:47	info	buy track
3.	Howard Hersh: Concerto for Piano and Ten Instruments, Movement III (Brenda Tom, piano; Music Now, Barbara Day Turner) 10:02		buy track
4.	Howard Hersh: Angels and Watermarks, I - Before (Brenda Tom, harpsichord) 05:32	info	buy track
5.	Howard Hersh: Angels and Watermarks, II – Flying Lessons (Brenda Tom, harpsichord) 04:42		buy track
6.	Howard Hersh: Angels and Watermarks, III - Little Angel Dreams (Brenda Tom, harpsichord) 04:59		buy track
7.	Howard Hersh: Angels and Watermarks, IV – Touch (Brenda Tom, harpsichord) 06:56	info	buy track
8.	Howard Hersh: Angels and Watermarks, V – After (Brenda Tom, harpsichord) 01:20		buy track
9.	Howard Hersh: Dream (Brenda Tom, piano) 10:08		buy track

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Brenda Tom, piano and harpsichord

Music Now Ensemble
Laurie Camphouse, flute & piccolo
Rob Bailis, clarinet & bass clarinet
Eric Brewer, trumpet
Steve Suminski, trombone
Patti Niemi, percussion
Liana Bérubé & Philip Brezina, violins
Ying Ying Ho, viola
Ellen Sanders, cello
Richard Worn, string bass

Barbara Day Turner, conductor

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Notes by the composer

1-3) Concerto for Piano and Ten Instruments
In three movements

The Concerto was composed in 2008 and is dedicated to Benjamin Lyon.

2) Angels & Watermarks

Angels and Watermarks was composed in 2004 at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program in Woodside, California.

My challenge was to combine the instrument’s rich heritage with a contemporary voice. The result was a suite in which traditional ornaments, gestures and forms mingle with contemporary rhythms and harmonies. Its movements include a prelude, a study in perpetual movement, a lullaby, an homage to the toccata, and a postlude, in which the opening movement is briefly recalled.

The title was inspired by Henry Miller’s short story, in which he continually alters a painting until he discovers what was waiting to be revealed – an angel - which he calls his watermark. I felt it reflected my desire to let the older style shine through my work, not to mention the joy of having little cherubs flying through the music.

3) Dream

Dream was begun in 2003, when I was exploring ways of incorporating tonal harmony into my work. Originally composed as part of a larger work, this version for piano was completed in 2012, and, like Angels & Watermarks, is dedicated to Brenda Tom.

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Concerto for Piano and Ten Instruments & Angels and Watermarks: Recorded at Fantasy Records in Berkeley, Adam Munoz, engineer

Dream: Recorded at Opus Studio in Berkeley, David Luke, engineer

Editing and consulting: Robert Shumaker
Mixing: Adam Munoz
Mastering: David Luke
Harpsichord by John Phillips, tuning by Gilbert Martinez
Piano technician (Dream): John Fuller
Graphic design: Gillian Hersh

Produced by Howard Hersh, Brenda Tom, Justin Hersh, and Benjamin Lyon

Special thanks to harpsichordist Jonathan Salzedo and the private and public donors who underwrote this recording, including Brian Fair, Robert Sharpe, Tim Walden, and Karen Wright.

© & ℗ 2014, Howard Hersh

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released October 4, 2023

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Howard Hersh Nevada City, California

California-born composer Howard Hersh studied piano in Los Angeles and composition at Stanford University. Terry Riley calls him "one of the masters of California's thriving new music scene," and Pauline Oliveros adds, "his sensitive and exciting music belongs in the American canon."

He lives in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. ... more

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