IDAGIO | Gerber, S.: Chamber Music - Piano Trio / Duo / Elegy / Notturno / Gershwiniana 636943961827

Featuring

Kurt Nikkanen
Cho-Liang Lin
Cyrus Beroukhim
Brinton Averil Smith
Sara Davis Buechner
Steven R. Gerber

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Recording & Production

During the recording session for Three Folksong Transformations, the recording engineer, Susan Napodano DelGiorno, suggested a change in instrumentation for the second movement, which the composer adopted.

Composer Biography

Steven R. Gerber's Elegy on the Name 'Dmitri Shostakovich' has become his most frequently played work and was the first of many pieces where he used letters as motifs, such as BASHMET for Yuri Bashmet and BRAHMS.

Performer Biography

Violinist Cho-Liang Lin, born in Taiwan in 1960, has had a global career spanning 27 years since his debut at age nineteen, appearing with virtually every major orchestra.

Composer Biography

Steven R. Gerber's Violin Concerto was written specifically for American violinist Kurt Nikkanen, who performs on this album.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Steven R. Gerber's compositional approach often involves taking motifs or fragments from other composers' works or folksongs and re-working them into new compositions, using them as a springboard rather than commenting on the originals.

Compositional Technique

Steven R. Gerber's Elegy on the Name 'Dmitri Shostakovich' uses motifs derived from the letters of Shostakovich's name, including the famous DSCH motif.

Performer Biography

Pianist Sara Davis Buechner is a Bronze Medalist of the 1986 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow and has an active repertoire of over a hundred piano concertos.