This album features the world premiere recording of Fernande Decruck's orchestral works, including the first-ever performance of her Poème Héroïque.
Performer Biography
Carrie Koffman, the saxophonist on this album, has an ongoing recording and performing series called Pink Ink, dedicated to promoting the music of living women composers.
Composer Biography
Fernande Decruck and her husband Maurice lived in New York City for several years, where Maurice played double bass and saxophone in the New York Philharmonic under Arturo Toscanini.
Composer Biography
Fernande Decruck's early compositions gave prominence to the organ (her instrument), and the saxophone and double bass (her husband's instruments).
Performer Biography
Matthew Aubin, the conductor for this album, is a leading scholar on Fernande Breilh-Decruck and is working to promote her newly discovered lost music.
Composer Biography
Olivier Messiaen, a very famous composer, dedicated a score to Fernande Decruck, his former assistant professor of harmony, expressing gratitude and fond memories.
Composer Biography
Fernande Decruck, a French composer, won several prizes at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris for harmony, fugue, and piano early in her career.
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