Extractions: Evelyne Luest, piano, Andrea Schultz, violin, Michael Finckel, cello, Aaron Kernis, piano, The Eberli Ensemble, Evan Spritzer, narrator Aaron Jay Kernis THE FOUR SEASONS OF FUTURIST CUISINE and other CHAMBER WORKS Aaron Jay Kernis Before Sleep and Dreams Air Meditation (In Memory of John Lennon) The Four Seasons of Futurist Cuisine Evelyne Luest, piano Before Sleep and Dreams Andrea Schultz, violin Air Michael Finckel, cello Meditation (In Memory of John Lennon) Aaron Jay Kernis, piano The Eberli Ensemble The Four Seasons of Futurist Cuisine Evan Spritzer, narrator The four works contained on this disc span a twelve year period (1981-1993) in my compositional output and represent a broad range of styles and musical concerns. Consistent in all these pieces is a deep lyricism which is supported by the contrast and flow between consonant and dissonant harmonic worlds. My early student works were especially influenced by the process-oriented Minimalism as found in the early works of Reich or Glass; as time passed, the lyricism and stylistic freedom that is so essential to my work came more to the fore, particularly as I embraced a diverse range of musical influences in the years following graduate study at Yale School of Music. In 1981 I was a student at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, living not far from where John Lennon was brutally shot and killed. I found myself deeply moved by the outpouring of grief and love that attended that tragic and unexpected event, and in homage to Lennon, I composed Meditation (in memory of John Lennon) for cello and piano, premiering it later that year at the Manhattan School with cellist Jeanne Lewin. Simple and meditative, this gently pulsing and elegaic music utilizes techniques borrowed from Minimalism to stretch the tonal harmonies and melodic shapes of Lennon's beautiful song Imagine. This piece holds the seeds of my occasional yet ongoing concern with combining elements of popular and contemporary classical music to create a fresh and invigorating synthesis, seen in later works such as New Era Dance and 100 Greatest Dance Hits.
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Extractions: Evelyne Luest, piano, Andrea Schultz, violin, Michael Finckel, cello, Aaron Kernis, piano, The Eberli Ensemble, Evan Spritzer, narrator Aaron Jay Kernis , one of the youngest composers ever to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize, has become among the most esteemed musical figures of his generation. Each of Kernis' works bears the unmistakable stamp of a wildly fertile musical imagination and a distinctive voice forged out of the wide-ranging musical languages of the 1980s and 1990s. His music bursts with rich poetic imagery, brilliant instrumental color, distinctive musical wit, and infectious exuberance. His work is as likely to be inspired by the horrors of the Persian Gulf War (as in the much-talked about Second Symphony) as the love poems of Anna Swir (Love Scenes), the earthy rhythms of Salsa (100 Greatest Dance Hits) as the antics of a child (Before Sleep and Dreams), the surrealism of Gertrude Stein (Fragments of Gertrude Stein) or the complexities and high-craftsmanship of Italian mosaics (Invisible Mosaic III). Mr. Kernis helps to usher in the next century with a momentous choral symphony for the Millennium commissioned by the Disney Company. Other upcoming commissions include works for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and a song cycle for Renee Fleming in two versions - one for voice and piano to be premiered on Lincoln Center's Great Performers Series and the other with orchestra to be premiered with the Minnesota Orchestra.
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Extractions: Quotes "...arresting...remarkable...Kernis [has] fearless originality and [a] powerful voice." THE NEW YORK TIMES "In the 20th Century there were giants in the land: Ives, Ellington, Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein. But who is filling those shoes now? Heading many lists is Aaron Jay Kernis...bursting onto the scene in 1983 with a New York Philharmonic premiere, Kernis has written distinctive, vivid music in virtually every genre." FORBES "With each new work and new recording, Kernis solidifies his position as the most important traditional-minded composer of his generation. Others may be exploring musical frontiers more restlessly, but no one else is writing music quite this vivid or powerfully direct." SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE "Kernis is now among the most celebrated people in American Classical Music. In 1998 he won the Pulitzer Prize for his "Second String Quartet." And now, he has just captured one of classical music's major prizes - the 2002 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition [for] `Colored Field'."
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Extractions: Artists Haydn In Classical Mood Classical Treasures Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ... John Livingston Year: Genre: Classical Song titles: 100 Greatest Dance Hits: 1. Introduction 100 Greatest Dance Hits: 2. Salsa Pasada 100 Greatest Dance Hits: 3. MOR Easy Listening Slow Dance Ballad 100 Greatest Dance Hits: 4. Dance Party on the Disco Motorboat America(n) (Day) Dreams: 1. A Navajo Blanket America(n) (Day) Dreams: 2. Wednesday at the Waldorf America(n) (Day) Dreams: 3. The Pregnant Dream America(n) (Day) Dreams: 4. The Blue Bottle America(n) (Day) Dreams: 5. "So Long" to the Moon from the Men of Apo llo America(n) (Day) Dreams: Epilogue; The Pure Suit of Happiness Mozart En Route (or, A Little Traveling Music) Nocturne Superstar Etude #1 Mehr: Aaron Jay Kernis Albums: 100 Greatest Dance Hits Second Symphony, etc. Symphony in Waves; Musica Celestis impressum
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Extractions: Artists Haydn In Classical Mood Classical Treasures Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ... John Livingston Song titles: String Quartet ('musica celestis'): Flowing String Quartet: 'Musica celestis' Adagio String Quartet: Quasi una danza String Quartet: Scherzo Trio semplice Scherzo Symphony in Waves: Continuous wave Symphony in Waves: Finale Symphony in Waves: Intermezzo Symphony in Waves: Scherzo Symphony in Waves: Still movement Mehr: Aaron Jay Kernis Albums: 100 Greatest Dance Hits Second Symphony, etc. Symphony in Waves; Musica Celestis impressum
Extractions: By Steven Ledbetter, a member of Pro Arte's Board of Advisors. In recent years, Aaron Jay Kernis (b. 1960, Philadelphia) has become increasingly recognized as a composer with a gift for expressive communication in both vocal and instrumental music. He came to music rather late, having decided to learn the piano only as he approached his teens, but he then proceeded to study with composers representing the entire spectrum of musical styles available today, among them Theodore Antoniou, Charles Wuorinen, John Adams, Morton Subotnick, Bernard Rands, and Jacob Druckman. The music we hear performed as Musica celestis originally appeared as the slow movement of Kernis's String Quartet, written in 1990 for the Lark String Quartet, which gave the first performance at Alice Tully Hall in New York on November 13, 1990. Of the original quartet, Kernis noted that he had written it as he was emerging from a period of doubt and "gradually realizing that I wanted everything to be included in music: soaring melody, consonance, tension, dissonance, drive, relaxtion, color, strong harmony, and form - and for every possible emotion to be elicited." The four movements of the quartet are extraordinarily varied, but the slow movement was inspired by medieval imagery of angels singing God's praises eternally. It unfolds in low rising lines that seem to continue without end. In this respect, Kernis's piece bears a remarkable similarity to one of the classic 20th-century American compositions, Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, which, coincidentally, also began life as the slow movement of a string quartet. The quiet, almost mystical, feeling of Kernis's music is a prominent part of his musical personality.
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Extractions: La nouvelle moisson d'oeuvres de Kernis ne décevra pas ceux qui, à travers deux symphonies et un extraordinaire Concerto pour cor anglais , avaient vu en lui un des compositeurs majeurs de notre époque. Pour ceux qui auraient manqué les trois premiers actes, voici un petit rappel des faits : jeune héritier de John Adams et du post minimalisme américain, Kernis s'est fait connaître en 1986 par une Symphony in Waves qui juxtaposait déjà des élans harmoniques pulsés et consonants avec des plages aux sombres chromatismes. Peu à peu, ses oeuvres privilégièrent son tempérament expressionniste (2e Symphonie) et s'inspirèrent volontiers des drames de l'histoire contemporaine. Mais la plume à l'éclectisme si typiquement américain de Kernis fait d'abord songer à Bernstein dans son alternance de pathétisme postmahlérien et d'éclats jazzy . Du grand Lenny, Kernis hérite aussi l'absolue sincérité et la vitalité inépuisables, deux qualités évidentes des trois nouveaux opus que renferme ce disque. Air , écrit en 1995 pour violon et piano puis orchestré un an plus tard, déploie un souffle lyrique ample et solaire reposant sur des harmonies diatoniques où passe l'ombre romantique de Barber. L'autre versant du lyrisme de Kernis, hanté par le drame des guerres et des génocides de ce siècle, s'illustre de manière très convaincante dans le
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Extractions: Annual American Composers Update Aaron Jay Kernis A New York Times article, Oct. 3, 1999, called the Aaron Jay Kernis String Quartet No. 2 (Musica Instrumentalis) "one of the finest American string quartets of the last two decades, and perhaps more." String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 ; Lark Quartet; Arabesque Z6727 CD.
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Extractions: The music of Aaron Jay Kernis, whose first orchestral work was performed by the New York Philharmonic, will be featured in a performance by the Cornell Contemporary Chamber Players Saturday, Nov. 9, at 8:15 p.m. in Barnes Hall. In addition, Kernis will hold a Composer's Forum Friday, Nov. 8, at 1:25 p.m. in 301 Lincoln Hall. The public is invited. Kernis' work, which has been called "exuberant" by The New York Times , has propelled him to a place on orchestra, chamber and recital programs throughout the United States and internationally. He found fame early as a composer when in 1983, at the age of 23, the New York Philharmonic premiered his first ever orchestral work, Dream of the Morning Sky , at the 1983 Horizons Festival. A self-taught pianist, he has studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Manhattan School of Music and Yale School of Music working with composers as diverse as John Adams, Charles Wuorinen and Jacob Druckman. He has been a composer-in-residence with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Public Radio and the Minnesota Composers Forum. His honors include the Stoeger Prize from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Iorne Prize, an NEA grant, a Bearns Prize and a New York Foundation for the Arts Award.
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Extractions: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Transcript A conversation with composer Aaron Jay Kernis. He won this year's Pulitzer Prize in music for his work, "String Quartet #2." PHIL PONCE: This year's Pulitzer Prize in music was awarded to composer Aaron Jay Kernis for his work "String Quartet #2." The work was originally written for the Lark Quartet. Here's a passage of their performance from the end of the piece. (PORTION OF "STRING QUARTET #2") PHIL PONCE: Now, we're joined by Mr. Kernis, who's written works for major orchestras around the world. He was formerly composer in residence at the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and lives in New York. Welcome, Mr. Kernis, and congratulations. AARON JAY KERNIS, Pulitzer Prize, Music: Thank you. It's great to be here. PHIL PONCE: Mr. Kernis, the piece we just heard has been described as warm, emotional, accessible. How do you describe it? AARON JAY KERNIS: Well, for me, it's a piece very much influenced by dance and dance music. I was really inspired by baroque dance music. I've been playing baroque music, especially Bach's music, for years at the piano; every day I play Bach's music pretty much. And I knew it was time for me to begin to deal with dance rhythms in my music. PHIL PONCE: Mr. Kernis, a lot of audiences seem to be afraid of new music. Has that been your experience?
