Samuel Adler: Works for String Quartet and Other Small Ensemble

Featuring

William Steck
George Peachey
Cary Lewis
Yvonne Caruthers
Veronika Schreiber-Kadlubkiewicz
Roy Christensen

Elisabeth Wright
Barry Snyder
Natalya Antonova
Dorothy Hall Lewis
Loren Kitt
Charles Sherba
Lois Finkel
Consuelo Sherba
Daniel Harp
MacDowell Trio
Lanier Trio
The Charleston String Quartet
Samuel Adler

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Performer Biography

The Charleston String Quartet, featured on this album, is Quartet-in-Residence at Brown University and Connecticut College, and has performed over 700 concerts since its founding in 1983.

Composer Biography

Samuel Adler has held prestigious teaching positions, including Professor-emeritus at the Eastman School of Music and a member of the composition faculty at the Juilliard School of Music.

Composer Biography

Samuel Adler, born in Mannheim, Germany in 1928, immigrated to the United States in 1939 and later became a prolific composer with over 400 published works.

Composer Biography

Samuel Adler has received numerous awards, including induction into the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Classical Music Hall of Fame, as well as the Aaron Copland Award for Lifetime Achievement in Music.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Samuel Adler views music as a translation of the energy felt by a composer in their time, aiming to communicate the incredible energy, speed, and intensity of contemporary life to an audience.

Composer Biography

During his service in the United States Army from 1950 to 1952, Samuel Adler founded and conducted the Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra, receiving a special Army citation for distinguished service.