Bill Gross wrote: How about more work for the Shofar.... New York composer, Rafael Mostel, recently finished a new piece for brass (4-4-4-1), NIGHT AND DAWN (NACHT EN DAGERAAD), including a brief section for 4 shofarot (with ossia for standard horns using different music - or with additional musicians so both parts can be played simultaneously).
It was commissioned for the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Brass Ensemble to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands. The RCO brass, together with brass from the Chicago Symphony, gave the world premiere in Orchestra Hall, Chicago on May 3, 2005. Rafael has used shofarot in other compositions as well and always uses them in a "non-traditional" manner, rather than relying on the tekiah, shevarim and teruah. Hugo Weisgall's "Tekiatot" uses a solo shofar in the traditional manner within the context of a late 20th century orchestral composition. I am the shofar player on the Naxos CD (8.559425) of "Tekiatot" with the Seattle Symphony and Gerard Schwarz. Cheers, Steven Ovitsky Executive Director Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
