This week on Introductions, we profile eight young composers, all of whom participated in Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras‘ 2021 Composition Seminar. Under the tutelage of composers Eric Malmquist and Ben Hjertmann, participants had the chance to write for string quartet, and have their music recorded by ATLYS.
This episode was produced by WFMT’s Andrew Patner Fellow Adela Skowronski.
Playlist
Emily Bear: Les Voyages (excerpt)
Performed by Emily Bear, piano; with the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony conducted by Noreen Green
First broadcast on Introductions June 30, 2018.
Jonathan Miller: String Quartet No. 1
Jaime García-Añoveros: Episodes for string quartet
Ellen Campbell: Across the Abyssal’s Crater
Hannah Thill: Dedication
Tommy Johnson: String Quartet No. 1
Tom Gotsch: A Handful of Seeds
Nando Cordeiro: String Quartet No. 1
Fiona Abney-McPeek: Flowing Farther
Recorded by ATLYS: Jinty McTavish & Sabrina Tabby, violins; Rita Andrade, viola; Genevieve Tabby, cello.