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Inbal Segev, Cynthia Koledo Dealmeida WWW.ALBANYRECORDS.COM TROY1583 ALBANY RECORDS U.S. 915 BROADWAY, ALBANY, NY 12207 TEL: 518.436.8814 FAX: 518.436.0643 ALBANY RECORDS U.K. Pictured from left to right: Inbal Segev, Cynthia Koledo BOX 137, KENDAL, CUMBRIA LA8 0XD DeAlmeida, Lucas Richman and Jeffrey Biegel. TEL: 01539 824008 © 2015 ALBANY RECORDS MADE IN THE USA Cover photo by Brian Hinrichs. WARNING: COPYRIGHT SUBSISTS IN ALL RECORDINGS ISSUED UNDER THIS LABEL. Back cover photo by Michael Sahaida. IN TRUTH IN TROY1583 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Lucas Richman, conductor LUCAS RICHMAN Recorded Live in Concert Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: In Truth 1. To One’s Self [9:07] 2. To One’s World [6:45] 3. To One’s Spirit [12:04] Jeffrey Biegel, piano 4. Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra: The Clearing [17:03] Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, oboe Three Pieces for Cello and Orchestra 5. Declaration [6:00] 6. Prayer [5:56] 7. Freylach [5:58] Inbal Segev, cello LUCAS RICHMAN Total Time: [61:73] WWW.ALBANYRECORDS.COM ALBANY RECORDS U.S. TROY1583 TROY1583 915 BROADWAY, ALBANY, NY 12207 TEL: 518.436.8814 FAX: 518.436.0643 ALBANY RECORDS U.K. BOX 137, KENDAL, CUMBRIA LA8 0XD TEL: 01539 824008 IN TRUTH IN © 2015 ALBANY RECORDS MADE IN THE USA WARNING: COPYRIGHT SUBSISTS IN ALL RECORDINGS ISSUED UNDER THIS LABEL. CELLO HORN Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: In Truth to Him in truth.” With introspection, the piano then Anne Martindale Williams William Caballero by Lucas Richman declaims the “truth” motif in a harmonization that lifts David Premo Robert Lauver gradually higher and higher, eventually coming back Mikhail Istomin Mark Houghton Lucas Richman’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: In full circle to a proper balance between the outer self Michael DeBruyn Joseph Rounds Truth reflects upon truths perceived, truths accepted and the inner spirit. Michael Lipman and truths verified, with the piano soloist serving as a TRUMPET Charles Powers protagonist who alternates between abiding by society's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: In Truth was Alexandra Thompson George Vosburgh universal "truths" and railing against those who create commissioned by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra FEATURING THE Neal Berntsen new "truths" so as to avoid personal culpability. and received its world premiere performances on DOUBLE BASS Chad Winkler October 17 and 18, 2013, with Jeffrey Biegel as the Betsy Heston The first movement, To One’s Self, places one’s soloist and the composer conducting. TROMBONE CONDUCTOR: VIOLIN 2 Jeffrey Grubbs inner honesty and faith in front of a musical mirror. Lucas Richman Jennifer Ross Peter Guild Rebecca Cherian Intermingled throughout are motifs derived from Louis Lev Micah Howard *James Albrecht the word, “truth,” a rhythmic declamation of the Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra: The Clearing SOLOISTS: Dennis O'Boyle *Joshua Tripp James Nova Latin phrase “Veritas vos Liberatit” and a spiritual by Lucas Richman Jeffrey Biegel, Piano Laura Motchalov *Gerald Torres Indonesian chant, whose English translation is, TUBA Cynthia Koledo Eva Burmeister simply: “Strengthen the bond between your inner Psalm 23 figures prominently in the overall concept of FLUTE DeAlmeida, Oboe Carolyn Edwards Craig Knox feeling and the one who watches over you.” the Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra: The Clearing. The Inbal Segev, Cello Andrew Fuller Lorna McGhee psalm’s text conveys a moment of epiphany, expressed TIMPANI Claudia Mahave Rhian Kenny The second movement, To One’s World, begins with a in gentle acceptance and understanding that Zhan Shu Jennifer Steele Edward Stephan cadenza for the pianist, picking up on the dilemmas becomes the quiet climax of the work. The “clearing” VIOLIN 1 Peter Snitkovsky proposed in the first movement and applying of the subtitle is the place in which that epiphany or OBOE PERCUSSION Mark Huggins them to the world at large. The cadenza builds to spiritual reconnection occurs, and is meaningful on Huei-Sheng Kao VIOLA *Henry Ward Andrew Reamer an articulation of the “truth” motif, soon thereafter several levels. The more common understanding of a Jeremy Black Tatjana Chamis Scott Bell Jeremy Branson transformed into a caustically rhythmic fast movement “clearing” on a physical level would be an open area Kelsey Blumenthal Joen Vasquez Harold Smoliar *John Soroka in 10:8 time. The “truth” motifs are continuously one might reach after struggling through a dense Ellen Chen-Livingston Marylene Gingras-Roy forced to face a musical mirror, ultimately resulting in forest, while the term also suggests a purification of CLARINET HARP Irene Cheng Cynthia Busch a honky-tonk ragtime gone wrong. mind and spirit after having fought through the trials Sarah Clendenning Paul Silver Thomas Thompson Gretchen Van Hoesen and obstacles with which we are faced in life. Alison Fujito Stephanie Tretick Ronald Samuels It is the prevailing thought behind the quote of LIBRARIANS Jennifer Orchard Meng Wang Jack Howell “Strengthen the Bond” that guides the progression of The concerto is constructed with five distinct sections Susanne Park *Laura Fuller Joann Vosburgh the final movement, To One’s Spirit. It begins with an linked together into one movement. The introduction BASSOON Kristina Yoder Lisa Gedris instrumental setting of a line from Psalm 145: “The presents a character prior to entering the symbolic *Sarpouhi Pantikian David Sogg Lord is near to all who call to Him — to all who call forest of life. The surging tempo of the second section Philip Pandolfi * Names are substitute musicians. stirs the character to life through to the onslaught of such a way as to foreshadow melodic material yet to be York orchestral debut performing Prokofiev’s Concerto in Vermont. She has been associate teaching professor earthly reality, climaxing with a broad declamation of heard. The new prelude, “Declaration,” gained its name No. 2 in G Minor with the Juilliard Philharmonia, in at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Music since the Hebrew phrase, “Gam ki aylach b’gay tzalmavet…” from the solo cello’s enunciation of “Sh’ma Yisrael,” the Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. Biegel is currently 2012, and a faculty member there since 1991. She (“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow watchword of the Jewish faith. on the piano faculty at the Brooklyn Conservatory of has held teaching positions at Temple University in of death”). The character has now reached the clearing Music at Brooklyn College, a City University of New York Philadelphia and Trenton State College in New Jersey, and intones the entire psalm in the form of a prayer-aria. Inbal Segev was the soloist for the world premiere of (CUNY) and the Graduate Center of the City University of and has also been invited to teach at the National With acknowledgement of innocence lost and then re- Three Pieces for Cello and Orchestra as a set on May 16 New York (CUNY). He resides in New York with his wife, Orchestral Institute at the University of Maryland as well found, a brief recapitulation leads to the concerto’s final and 17, 2013, with the composer leading the Knoxville Sharon, and their sons, Craig and Evan. as the New World Symphony. She is frequently asked to dance of affirmation. Symphony Orchestra. teach masterclasses at universities in the United States and abroad. DeAlmeida received the Bachelor of Music Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra: The Clearing was Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida has been principal oboe degree from the University of Michigan, studying with commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra since 1991. For Arno Mariotti, and the Master of Music degree from and received its world premiere performances on Jeffrey Biegel has a multi-faceted career as a pianist, two years prior, she was associate principal oboe of the Temple University, as a student of Richard Woodhams. February 16-18, 2006, with Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida recording artist, chamber music collaborator, composer Philadelphia Orchestra. DeAlmeida has been featured She proudly plays on F. Loree oboes of Paris, France. as the soloist and Sir Andrew Davis conducting. and arranger. His electrifying technique and mesmerizing with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in concertos touch have received critical acclaim and garnered praise by Bach, Haydn, Vaughan Williams, Strauss, Mozart worldwide. His most recent venture is the creation of the and Francaix. She has performed Bach’s Concerto for Israeli-American cellist Inbal Segev’s playing has been Three Pieces for Cello and Orchestra Dicterow-DeMaine-Biegel piano trio, joined by violinist Violin and Oboe with the Pittsburgh Symphony and “characterized by a strong and warm tone . delivered by Lucas Richman Glenn Dicterow and cellist Robert DeMaine. A specialist in Vladimir Spivakov, Andrés Cárdenes, Pinchas Zukerman with impressive fluency and style,” by The Strad. Equally the music of George Gershwin, Biegel is a member of the and Noah Bendix-Balgley. DeAlmeida has been committed to new repertoire for the cello and known The evolution of Three Pieces for Cello and Orchestra touring ensemble for To Stay: The Gershwin Experience honored with the commissioning of three oboe concerti masterworks, Segev brings interpretations that are both occurred over the course of nearly 25 years, beginning with Sylvia McNair, Ryan VanDenBoom and David Snyder, for her by the Pittsburgh Symphony. She has also unreservedly natural and insightful to the vast range with the composition of a work entitled “Prayer,” taking the show to symphony orchestras. Until the age of appeared as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, of solo and chamber music that she performs. She has written in 1989 for cellist David Low. An additional three, Biegel could neither hear nor speak, until corrected the Haddonfield Symphony, the Cayuga Chamber performed as a soloist with orchestras across the United movement, “Freylach,” was subsequently added and by surgery. The “reverse Beethoven” phenomenon can Orchestra, the Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia and States, Latin America, Europe and with all the major orchestrated, transforming the melody from “Prayer” explain Biegel’s life in music, having heard only vibrations the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic.
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