World premiere recordings, performances by friends, winter travels, and more! ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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I can't believe it's already April.
Dear Friends, Here in Berlin the tulips are blooming on my terrace and the birds are singing at 5:30am. This year has been very busy with travels to Poland, Greece, Vienna, Houston, and New York, and I look forward to what the rest of the year has in store.
I'm excited to share a new video of the world premiere of my chamber composition Adieu (2023). This recording was beautifully performed by the musicians of the Berlin Academy of American Music under the baton of Garrett Keast, at the Elbe Philharmonie in Hamburg, Germany.
Also, I'm pleased to share a video from my dear friends Kim Criswell and Byron Knutson, who performed from my Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson (1993) at my 70th birthday concert last September. I was very touched by their interpretation, and hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
I wish you all a beautiful spring.
~Craig
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Watch the world premiere of ADIEU
Adieu was premiered by the Berlin Academy of American Music, conducted by Garrett Keast, at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg on Saturday, June 3, 2023.
Maestro Keast wrote:
"Melancholy, rapturous and warm. [Adieu] is about close friendships, our connection to one another and our goodbyes. A wonderful, touching, heartfelt composer of today."
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My dear friends Kim Criswell and Byron Knutson performed my settings of nine Emily Dickinson poems at my 70th birthday celebration last September.
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