Recording session photos

Hi All:
Here are some photos from our recording sessions for "Odyssey: 11 American Premieres for Flute and Piano," which Innova records is releasing in mid-September. Pianist Charlie Abramovic and I recorded 2 CDs of music in 4 days of sessions, so it was a very taxing marathon-like experience. I love it when performances and recordings are athletically challenging! We had several of the composers assist at the recording of their pieces. Here's a photo of composer David Ludwig, Charlie, engineer George Blood, and me after we recorded David's Sonata for Flute and Piano.

And another photo of David and me, having traded hat and jacket (recording makes us punchy):

We've been joking around since we were students together at Curtis...some things never change!

Cheers,
Mimi

Odyssey CD Preview of Boyle's Sonata-Cantilena

Hello All,

As the mid-September release date approaches for our 2 CD set, "Odyssey: 11 American Premieres for Flute and Piano" on Innova records, check out a live performance of one of the works. This is the second movement of Benjamin C.S. Boyle's Sonata-Cantilena for Flute and Piano, from the premiere performance during Dolce Suono Ensemble's Samuel Barber centennial celebrations in 2010.

Mimi Stilman, flute & Charles Abramovic, piano

New Review - Dolce Suono Trio at Laurel Hill Mansion

Dolce Suono Trio performed an all-Baroque concert at Laurel Hill Mansion in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. It was tremendously received by the capacity audience. Check out this splendid review by Tom Purdom in Broad Street Review:

http://www.broadstreetreview.com/index.php/main/article/dolce_suono_at_laurel_hill/

Mimi Stillman, flute, Priscilla Lee, cello, and Charles Abramovic, harpsichord performed sonatas by J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi along with additional movements by Bach in this program entitled "Baroque Banquet."

CD Release Countdown

Dear friends,
The countdown to the release of "Odyssey: 11 American Premieres for Flute and Piano" has begun. This 2-CD recording, featuring Mimi Stillman, flute and Charles Abramovic, piano, will be released by the Innova label of the American Composers Forum in mid-September.

This comprehensive collection showcases composers with a wide range of styles, approaches, and backgrounds. They are:

Mason Bates
Benjamin C.S. Boyle
Richard Danielpour
Michael Djupstrom
Katherine Hoover
Daniel Kellogg
Gerald Levinson
David Ludwig
Andrew Rudin
David Bennett Thomas
Zhou Tian

Here is a video from the recording session of David Bennett Thomas's Whim for Solo Flute, in which he and Mimi Stillman test out the foot stomps he calls for in his piece. Mimi tries stomping with different shoes until they pick the shoe that produces the right sound.

Photos!

Dear friends,
I'll be posting some photos from our concerts, rehearsals, receptions and other events from our exciting "Mahler 100 / Schoenberg 60" project, starting now. Here are some shots from our concert at Glencairn Museum on May 15. Here, we're performing Mahler's "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen," Schoenberg Ensemble version, with Eric Owens, bass-baritone. I'm playing piccolo in the first picture, meaning it's the opening of the second song.

Rehearsing Steven Stucky's "Aus der Jugendzeit" at Trinity Center for Urban Life, where the first concert took place. Steve is visible listening in the bottom left.

Eric Owens and me after rehearsal

More soon!
All best,
Mimi Stillman

Remembering Gustav Mahler

In memory of Gustav Mahler and the eternity of his music.

Video with live performance recording of Mahler's "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen," commemorating the centennial of Mahler's death today, May 18, 2011.

Eric Owens, bass-baritone performs with Dolce Suono Ensemble on Sunday, May 15, 2011 at Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania. The program featured Schoenberg's "Sechs kleine Klavierstücke" and five world premieres reflecting on the music of Mahler and Schoenberg by composers Steven Stucky, Steven Mackey, David Ludwig, Stratis Minakakis, and Fang Man.

Dolce Suono Ensemble artists:
Mimi Stillman, flute
Gi Lee, clarinet
Juliette Kang, violin
Noah Geller, violin
Burchard Tang, viola
Yumi Kendall, cello
Rob Kesselman, bass
Charles Abramovic, piano
Gabe Globus-Hoenich, percussion
Jeremy Gill, harmonium

The Philadelphia Inquirer feature article

The Philadelphia Inquirer feature on Dolce Suono Ensemble's "Mahler 100 / Schoenberg 60" by David Patrick Stearns, May 10, 2011

http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/david_patrick_stearns/20110510_See_how_it_grows.html