Violin Sonata recording posted

Richard D. Russell — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:08:00 +0000

It took a while, but I have finally been able to post a sound file of my Violin Sonata on my website. Head to the Listen section and you’ll be able to listen to the three movements in their entirety. The performers are Stanichka Dimitrova, violin, and Bethany Porter, piano, from the performance of 14 February 2009 at Symphony Space Thalia in New York. Here’s a pic of me and Stani from some time before the performance.

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“Graceful and Dramatic” Three Elegies

Richard D. Russell — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:53:00 +0000

A sharp-eyed reader pointed out to me that the New York Stringer online magazine reviewed not only the June 5, 2007 performance of my Sandburg songs, but also the March 9, 2007 concert at the Symphony Space Thalia. In that March concert, Aurora Borealis performed my Three Elegies. Again, critic David Katz had some very nice things to say:

Of the nine pieces performed, three had vocal components. Particularly lovely were Three Elegies composed by Richard Russell, settings of poems by Emily Dickinson, Chidiock Tichborne and Hart Crane. These graceful and dramatic airs had in common the theme of loss and acceptance. Tiffany Du Mouchelle, soprano, had a lovely voice and clear enunciation. Stephen Solook, percussionist, lent intensity to the Dickinson poem, and, playing marimbas, provided the melodic underpinnings for the other two poems.

In reposting this paragraph, I’ve corrected a few of the typos from the original review. The whole thing can be found here.

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Violin Sonata recording posted

“Graceful and Dramatic” Three Elegies