ERIC EWAZEN
PASTORALE
| Southern,
AVEGSTEAbout the Work
Eric Ewazen’s Pastorale for Trumpet, Tenor or Bass Trombone and Piano is an
arrangement of the middle movement of an earlier work Ballade, Pastorale and Dance for Flute,
Horn in F and Piano, composed in the winter of 1992-93. The composition, in its original form,
was commissioned by and is dedicated to David Wakefield and Birli Nugent, who premiered the
work at Aspen in July of 1993, The second movement, Pastorale, composed during the winter
holidays, has a gentle and impressionistic feel. Long, beautiful and personal songs are sung by
both the trumpet and trombone.
Ballade, Pastorale and Dance has been recorded by flutist Burli Nugent, hoist David
Wakefield, with Eric Ewazen at the piano, on a compact disc entitled “Music for the Soloists of the
American Brass Quintet and Friends”, on the Well-Tempered Productions label, catalog number
WIP 5172.
About the Composer
Eric Ewazen was born in 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio. He studied composition with Samuel
Adler, Milton Babbitt, Warren Benson, Gunther Schuller, and Joseph Schwantner at the Eastman
School of Music, Tanglewood and The Juilliard School, where he received his DMA. He has been
a member of the faculty at Juilliard since 1980, composer-in-residence with the St. Luke’s
Chamber Ensemble of New York City, lecturer for the New York Philharmonic’s Musical
Encounter Series and vice-president of the League of Composers-ISCM.
‘A recipient of numerous composition awards and prizes, his works have been
commissioned and performed by many chamber ensembles and orchestras around the world.
Soloists in performance of his music include members of the New York Philharmonic, the
Philadelphia Orchestra, the Boston Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony,
the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and the Vienna Philharmonic. His music has been heard at
festivals such as Woodstock, Tanglewood, Aspen, Caramoor, and the Music Academy of the West.
His chamber music and his sonatas for wind and brass instruments have quickly become
staples of the repertory. Southern Music Company has published a number of compositions by
Dr. Ewazen, including his sonatas for trumpet, horn and trombone; the Concerto for Tuba (or Bass
Trombone); Concerto for Trumpet and Strings; Roaring Fork Quintet (woodwind quintet);
Ballade for Trombone (or Bass Trombone) and Piano; Ballade, Pastorale and Dance for Flute,
Hom and Piano; Down a River of Time, a concerto for oboe; and Trio for Trumpet, Violin and
Piano.
‘Well-Tempered Productions has released two all-Ewazen compact discs, featuring, among
other ensembles and soloists, the American Brass Quintet and the St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble.
In addition, Albany Records has also released two all-Ewazen compact discs: “Bass Hits"which
includes a variety of compositions featuring the Bass Trombone played by some of the most
renowned performers on that instrument, and “Orchestra Music and Concertos”. Among his
recorded works are the Symphony in Brass (Summit Brass on Summit Records), Colchester
Fantasy (American Brass Quintet on Summit Records, and the Center City Brass Quintet on
d’Note Records), Sonata for Trombone (Joseph Alessi on Cala Records), Trio for Trumpet, Violin
and Piano (Philip Smith on Cala Records), The Diamond World (the Ahn Trio on EMI Classics),
Ballad for Clarinet, Harp, and String Orchestra (CRS Records), The Tiger (Robert White, tenor,
on Hyperion), Roaring Fork Quintet (Borealis Wind Quintet on Helicon), Ballade, Pastorale and
Dance (Margaret Swinchoski on Albany Records), Dagon I! (David Taylor on New World
Records), and Shadowcatcher (the American Brass Quintet accompanied by the Juilliard Wind
Ensemble on New World Records).
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