Czech mates

On February, 2nd at 8 pm, CIM faculty members, Linda Jones, Virginia Weckstrom, Paul Kantor and Peter Salaff will be performing a recital of works by Dvořák, Janáček, Suk, Martinů and Smetana. A concert not to be missed.

If you’d like to explore additional repertoire by these composers, here is a selected list of recordings.

CDc 420
Dvorák, Antonín – Slavonic Dances
Performers: The Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor

CDc 9991
Dvorák, Antonín – The 9 Symphonies
Performers: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ivan Anguélov, conductor

CDc 7376
Janácek, Leos – Glagolitic Mass, Taras Bulba
Performers: Libuse Domanínská, soprano; Vera Soukupová, contralto; Beno Blachut, tenor; Eduard Haken, bass; Jaroslav Vodrázka, organ; Prague Philharmonic Choir
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Karel Ancerl, conductor

CDc 2791
Janácek, Leos – String Quartet nos. 1 & 2
Performers: Alban Berg Quartett

CDc 1311
Suk, Josef – Chamber works, Volume 3
Selected works including Ballad for violin and piano in D minor
Performers: Josef Suk, Jitka Nováková, Ludmila Vybbiralová, Miroslav Kosina, Jaroslav Kristufek, Zdenek Mann, violins; Marek Jerie, Frantisek Host, Ivo Laniar, cellos; Tomás Josífko, double bass; Suk Quartet; Jirí Válek, flute; Renata Kodadová, harp; Josef Hála, piano and harmonium; Jan Panenka, Ivan Klánsk, pianos; Josef Fousek, Libor Kubánek, percussion

CDc 8434
Martinu, Bohuslav – The Symphonies
Performers: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Järvi, conductor

CDc 9713
Martinu, Dohnányi, & Schoenberg – String Trios
Performers: Leopold String Trio

CDc 3636
Smetana, Bedrich – Chamber Works, Volume 2
Includes: Trio for piano, violin and cello in G minor, op. 15; Fantasy on a Bohemian song for violin and piano; From my homeland, two duos for violin and piano.
Performers: Guarneri Trio

Composer showcase: Chen Yi

The CIM Library actively collects contemporary music. Here is a list of scores & recordings of music by composer, Chen Yi in the library’s collection.

Scores

• --As like a raging fire– : for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano. King of Prussia, PA.: Theodore Presser,2002. CIM Stacks M522.C42as.
• Romance and dance: for violin and piano. Bryn Mawr, PA : Theodore Presser, 2001. CIM Stacks M223.C42r.
• Two Chinese bagatelles: piano solo for children. Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Theodore Presser, 2000. CIM Stacks M30.C42c.
• Chinese folk dance suite: for violin and orchestra. King of Prussia, PA: Theodore Presser, 2000. CIM Stacks M1012.C42ch.
• Duo ye: for piano. Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Theodore Presser, 2000. CIM Stacks M25.C42d no.1.
• Romance and dance: for string orchestra. Bryn Mawr, Penn.: Theodore Presser, 1998. CIM Stacks M1112.C42r.
• Qi: for flute, cello, percussion, and piano. Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Theodore Presser, 1997. CIM Stacks M447.C42q.
• Ge xu (Antiphony): for chamber orchestra. Bryn Mawr, Penn.: Theodore Presser, 1994. CIM Stacks M1045.C42g.
• Woodwind quintet. Bryn Mawr: Theodore Presser, 1994. CIM Stacks M557.C42q.
• A set of Chinese folk songs : for children’s choir and strings, 1994. Bryn Mawr, Ba.: Theodore Presser, 1994. CIM Stacks M1546.4.C42se.
• “Ba ban” IN The Carnegie Hall Millennium Piano Book. New York; Boosey & Hawkes, 2000. CIM Stacks M21.C37.

Recordings

• Yi Chen. Sparkle. Includes: Sparkle (12:03) — Song in winter (6:40) — Qi (10:10) — Duoye (7:26) — Shuo (8:26) — As in a dream (7:46) — Near distance (8:43). New York, NY: CRI, 1999. CIM CDc 8244.
• Yi Chen. Momentum. Includes: Momentum ; Chinese folk dance suite ; Dunhuang fantasy ; Romance and dance ; Tu. Sweden: BIS, 2003. CIM CDc 8243.
• Edna Michell, Yehudi Menuhin and Lukas Foss, et al. Compassion: a tribute to Sir Yehudi Menuhin. Includes: Romance of Hsiao and Ch’in :for 2 violins and string orchestra by Chen Yi. New York: Angel, 2001. CIM CDc 6869.

Chat with the Reference librarian (i.e. Bonnie)

Are you in the midst of a project and need advice on finding more resources? I have set up a chat box on this site for CIM conservatory students and faculty members. When I am at my desk, you can use the box on the right titled “CIMLibrarian” to send me an instant message. I’ll do my best to assist you.

Please send me your name with your first post.

Digital Mozart Editon

Last December, an exciting new resource was announced. In the midst of juries, exams, and holiday gigs, you might have missed the good news.

A digital version of the Neue Mozart Ausgabe (the critical edition of complete works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) is now available for personal study and for educational and classroom use compliments of the Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum and the Packard Humanities Institute.

According to the International Stiftung Mozarteum, the Digital Mozart Edition:

“is a digital version of the Neue Mozart Ausgabe (NMA; New Mozart Edition), a scholarly edition of Mozart’s complete works that was compiled by musicologists from around the world in the last 50 years . . . It aims at facilitating the systematic research on Mozart for musicologists and performers as well as making Mozart’s scores available to non-specialists with a simple, user-friendly interface. The initiators have acquired all digital rights to the NMA from Bärenreiter-Verlag in Kassel, the publisher of the printed edition.”

Stay tuned for a more detailed description of this resource in the near future. ~Bonnie

Listen to the Norton Anthology online

Are you enrolled in a music history course that requires listening to music referenced in the Norton Anthology of Music? Look no further than the Classical Music Library. There you will find a themed playlist for the Norton Anthology of Music. The playlist is not complete. However, it does list for each NAM volume and chapter recordings that are found in the Classical Music Library’s collection. These playlists are listed under “Tools.” The Norton Anthology of Music is titled the “Companion to Grout.”

You will also find themed playlists for related music textbooks such as Bonds, Stolba, Burkhart and many others. Required listening is now just a click away.

Entry updated 1/25/07

Bobby McFerrin at CIM

On January 20th Bobby McFerrin will perform with and conduct the Cleveland Institute of Music orchestra in a benefit concert at Severence Hall.

For more information about Bobby McFerrin, the following resources are available:

• Artist biography on SonyClassical.com
• “Bobby McFerrin”, Grove Music Online

The CIM Library has two recordings featuring Bobby McFerrin.

• CDc 1243. Hush. Performers: Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Bobby McFerrin, vocals.
• DVDc 139. Spirits of Music. Part I. Performers: Bobby McFerrin, Nigel Kennedy, Sibylla Rubens, The Kuumba Singers, The Bulgarian Voices “Angelite,” Kroke-Kennedy Quartet, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.

Welcome back to CIM

We are excited to see students and faculty members returning to the library after what we hope was a relaxing break. We’d love to hear about your adventures (please post a comment).

The CIM orchestra library will open the first week of classes. Remember you can always submit request for parts to orchlib@cim.edu.

Library hours are Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 pm through Friday, January 19th. We resume normal hours on Saturday, Jan. 20th.

Our new semester due date is May 1, 2007. This date is earlier than usual due to the scheduled library renovation in the summer. All you need to borrow library materials at this time is your Spring 2007 sticker. Make sure to pick this up at the business office. In order to receive your grades & 2007 schedule, you must have returned all 2006 materials to the library and cleared any fines on your account. Questions? Please contact Jimmy Hilton, our circulation manager.

Best wishes as you begin the semester! ~Bonnie