Biography Works Events Contact Home  Scene 1 Landscape in Stillness (2009) Recorded Live at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro Recital Hall, School of Music Helena Michelson, piano Landscape in Stillness_excerpt.mp3
"To the Minute" from "It Isn't Music That . . ." (2004) It Isn't Music That . . .(excerpt).mp3
Program Note: Just Here and Now for flute, violin and cello is cast in three movements and is inspired by the Baroque forms. The energetic first movement bears an introductory quality as the instruments engage in “dialogues” between each other. It is followed by a Largo ushered by an extended passage for solo violin. Here, the tempo indication should be taken in its literal meaning, broad not slow. In this movement I was interested in exploring contrasting textures and the possibilities of instrumentation offered by this particular setup. The piece concludes with the dance-like Allegretto scherzando in triple time. The decidedly anti-nostalgic character of the outer movements offers the clue to the title of the piece. Recorded Live at Composer’s Conference at Wellesley College Just Here and Now.mp3 Strings+ (2002) Performed live by the Empyrean Ensemble Strings+ (excerpt).mp3 VisionUnbound (2000) Performed Live by The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Neal Stulberg, conductor
Program Note: La Follia Revisited is based on the great Follia variations from Opus 5, a collection of violin sonatas by Arcangelo Corelli. Consisting of twenty-four variations on a popular chord progression, Corelli’s version incorporates changes of tempo and character. My piece is also a set of variations, though not clearly delineated, recalling the original. In my reinterpretation of the piece, I wanted, most of all, to capture the spirit and the passion of the original work. Performed Live by Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne in Domaine Forget © Copyright 2012 Helena Michelson, All Rights Reserved |
