Chelsea Music Festival Records is pleased to present its inaugural album, “Dancing with J.S. Bach,”
which showcases two newly created dance suites, comprised of various J.S. Bach keyboard works orchestrated by Composer Eric Nathan.
Brian McCreath of WCRB refers the pieces as—
"two irresistible, newly re-imagined orchestral suites that straddle the centuries."
The commissioning of both suites was generously supported by Dr. Michael B. Sporn in memory of his wife, Kitte Sporn. The album was written to be played by oboist Amanda Hardy accompanied by Festival strings conducted by Ken-David Masur.
Featured Artists
Composer Eric Nathan is a 2013 Rome Prize Fellow and 2014 Guggenheim Fellow, and has garnered acclaim internationally through performances by Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic’s Scharoun Ensemble, soprano Dawn Upshaw, violinist Jennifer Koh, at the New York Philharmonic’s 2014 and 2016 Biennials, and at the Tanglewood, Aspen, Aldeburgh, Cabrillo, Yellow Barn and MATA festivals. Nathan serves as Assistant Professor of Music in Composition-Theory at the Brown University Department of Music. He was Composer-in-Residence at the Chelsea Music Festival in 2013. www.ericnathanmusic.com
Amanda Hardy joined the Portland (ME) Symphony Orchestra as principal oboe in November 2013. She is principal oboe of the Boston Philharmonic and on the faculty of the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, the New England Conservatory (NEC) Preparatory School, and the University of Connecticut. As a recipient of the Gillet Scholarship and Tourjée Alumni Scholarship Award, Amanda studied with BSO principal oboist John Ferrillo at NEC, where she was winner of the 2010 Borromeo String Quartet Guest Artist Award Competition and soloed with the Boston Pops in Symphony Hall (2009). Her other teachers include Marilyn Zupnik and Jay Light. www.amandahardyoboe.com
Festival Strings
Violin I | Nicholas DiEugenio, Jocelyn Zhu, Jonathan Ong, Nigel Armstrong, Soo Yeon Kim
Violin II | Dorothy Ro, Evelyn Petcher, Elizabeth Beck, Jeremy Kienbaum
Viola | William Frampton, Abigail Rojansky, Jesus Rodolfo Rodriguez
Cello | Joseph Lee, Angela Lee, Jonathan Dormand
Double Bass | Kaden Henderson, Mariya Andonova
Conductor | Ken-David Masur
Chief Audio Engineer | Brett Leonard
Recording Engineer | Brian Losch
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