Composer Bernard Rands aims to be inclusive and maximalist in his music, driven by a passion to communicate directly with listeners.
Compositional Technique
Canti del Sole, a work for tenor and orchestra by Bernard Rands, describes a day's progression from dawn to dusk using fourteen poems about the sun.
Recording & Production
This album features premiere recordings of Bernard Rands's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra and Music for Shoko: Aubade.
Composer Biography
Bernard Rands, the composer, was born into a working-class family in Woodhouse, Sheffield, in 1934, and grew up surrounded by music.
Composition History
Bernard Rands's Canti del Sole, featured on this album, was awarded the 1984 Pulitzer Prize in Music.
Compositional Technique
The Concerto for Piano and Orchestra by Bernard Rands is structured so that the solo piano is 'primus inter pares' (first among equals), not heroically striving for supremacy over the orchestra.
Performer Biography
Jonathan Biss, the pianist on this recording, is also a teacher and co-artistic director at the Marlboro Music Festival.
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