Evan Ziporyn

Evening Music | May 6, 2010

We hear Evan Ziporyn's jazzy and high-spirited "Drill," a piece for solo bass clarinet and wind ensemble from Frog's Eye, Ziporyn's first album of orchestral compositions. Also, Samuel Barber's "Ballade, Op. 46," the composer's last completed piano work, and music from Brahms.


Also Featured Tonight:

Marcus Roberts / Christmas Blues
Maurice Ravel / Vocalise-Habanera
Gabriel Faure / Vocalise-etude
Igor Stravinsky / Ebony Concerto
Francis Poulenc / Clarinet Sonata

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