Body In Motion

Featuring

Kelly Hall-Tompkins
Leonard Slatkin
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Jeff Beal

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Composer's Artistic Vision

For his work 'Body in Motion', composer Jeff Beal envisioned the orchestra and soloist as active natural forces, upending the norm where the orchestra often makes 'room' for the soloist.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded at the Sony Pictures Scoring Stage, a notable venue for film and orchestral recordings.

Composer Biography

Jeff Beal, the composer, began his musical life as a jazz trumpet player, and a sense of improvisation and dance is part of much that he composes.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Jeff Beal's 'Four Score' explores musical language often used in film scores, with movements like 'The Hero' and 'The Lovers' inspired by narrative archetypes from cinema.

Composer Biography

Jeff Beal's parents, Eleanor Aller and Felix Slatkin, were founding members of the Hollywood String Quartet and principal cellist and concertmaster at Warner Brothers and Fox studios, respectively.

Composition History

The piece 'Four Score' was composed by Jeff Beal to honor conductor Leonard Slatkin's 80th birthday, celebrating his artistry and his championing of Beal's concert works.

Performer Biography

Violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins is a trailblazing soloist, acclaimed by the New York Times as 'the versatile violinist who makes the music come alive,' and was the first American artist to perform in China post-pandemic.