Steve Reich: Tehillim (orchestral version)

Julianne Baird, Cheryl Bensman, Jane Bryden, sopranos
Kimball Wheeler, mezzo-soprano
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta, conductor

The name of the work is Hebrew for “psalms” or “praises”. Its lyrics are drawn from Psalms 19, 34, 18, and 150. One of Reich’s more lyrical works; he manages to achieve his signature beat-frequency effects by playing five similar voices off one another.

world première performance of the orchestral version
recorded live 16 September 1982
Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, New York City

aircheck 12 February 1983 1230–1300h, KUSC-FM Los Angeles
(Por si la palabra «aircheck» no se traduce bien, sabed que significa una grabación sacada de la radio, a veces de un evento difundido en vivo, más comúnmente de un evento grabado en vivo para emitirse otro día. De costumbre los airchecks se identifican por las siglas de la radiodifusora y la fecha de emisión.)


Reich Tehillim orchestral première
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Bernard Rands: Canti del Sole

Canti del Sole for tenor and chamber ensemble (1983)

Paul Sperry, tenor
Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group
William Kraft, conductor

KUSC identified this as the première performance of the chamber version of Canti del Sole, recorded live at the Japan America Theater on 13 February 1984. Rands’ own chronology shows that he conducted the first performance with Paul Sperry and UCSD’s modernist chamber ensemble “SONOR” at some point in 1983.

Bernard Rands (accent on his first syllable) was the composer in residence at the University of California, San Diego, at the time of this performance. He is British and his compositional style owes much to Benjamin Britten. He received a Pulitzer Prize for the orchestral version of this work … it bears mentioning, however, that people often nominate themselves for Pulitzers.

Recorded from a broadcast by KUSC-FM Los Angeles on 30 December 1984.


Rands Canti del Sole chamber version
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