Marcia Eckert, piano, with Michael Laderman, flute

On Tuesday, April 5, 2011 “Fast Tides, Slow Tides” for flute and piano had its New York premiere at¬†Saint Peters Church at Citigroup Center. Michael Laderman, flute, and Marcia Eckert, piano, really invested themselves into the performance. The piece won accolades from those in attendance. John Eaton, a 1990 Fellow of the MacArthur “genius grant” Foundation, wrote in an email “…how much I enjoyed your piece on Tuesday.” Jacob E. Goodman, the founder of the New York Composers Circle, also sent an email: “I really liked your piece…I thought it was beautifully put together.”

In introductory comments before the performance, I explained how the composition has bounced around the world but had not been played in New York City yet. Peter Sheridan has performed the piece, as I’ve detailed here.

The score is available here.

Richard Russell introduces the piece

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