Richard D. Russell » Tiffany Du Mouchelle http://rdrussell.com Mon, 05 Dec 2016 01:42:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 “The Duel” premiere http://rdrussell.com/the-duel-premiere http://rdrussell.com/the-duel-premiere#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:31:00 +0000 http://rdrussell.com/wordpress/the-duel-premiere/ I have to apologize for the quality of the picture, but no qualms can be made about the quality of the concert presented last Friday. This terrific program featured percussionist […]

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I have to apologize for the quality of the picture, but no qualms can be made about the quality of the concert presented last Friday. This terrific program featured percussionist Stephen Solook in an ambitious program of contemporary music and was delightful to hear. Steve was joined by soprano Tiffany Du Mouchelle and bass clarinet Adam Berkowitz on my piece, The Duel. Bonus: I got to turn pages on the piano part of Rosauro’s Concerto #1 for marimba. A shout-out to Steve, who will be performing this piece on March 15 with the Brooklyn Conservatory Community Orchestra. See www.bcco.info for location, etc.

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]]> http://rdrussell.com/the-duel-premiere/feed 0 “Graceful and Dramatic” Three Elegies http://rdrussell.com/graceful-and-dramatic-three-elegies http://rdrussell.com/graceful-and-dramatic-three-elegies#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:53:00 +0000 http://rdrussell.com/wordpress/graceful-and-dramatic-three-elegies/ 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 […]

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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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