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Lukas Foss was a tremendously talented and eclectic composer. His […]
Leonard Bernstein was a tireless champion of American music during his conducting career, presenting many world-premieres and leaving an impressive body of recordings–most for Columbia
Lukas Foss composed Griffelkin for the NBC television network, which broadcast the opera on November 6, 1955. Although Griffelkin is based on a children’s fable,
Lukas Foss composed his first piano concerto originally for clarinet while studying with Hindemith at Tanglewood and at Yale. The work was rewritten for piano
Perhaps this disc should bear the title “American Choral Music, Volume 2”, as this same choir–a world-class group in every respect–released a similarly interesting, well-chosen,
Given that composer and conductor Lukas Foss also is a remarkable pianist (Glenn Gould adored his Bach playing) it’s curious that he’s written so few
Even 40 or so years after it was written, Charles Ives’ Psalm 90 still seemed radically, ingeniously cool to a certain familiar bunch of ’60s-era
