William (Laurence) Bergsma

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Gershwin Prize awarded to McCartney 20 Nov 2009

Brazilian composer signs new contract in California 17 Nov 2009

Lifchitz given a Lifetime Achievement Award 13 Nov 2009

Walter Carsen Prize for Robert Aitken 21 Oct 2009

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Sat 21 Nov: Elijah Colston Hall, Bristol, UK

Sun 22 Nov: DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE: Complete organ works (6) Orsanmichele church, Florence, Italy

Mon 23 Nov: RAGA I (for percussion and orchestra) deSing

Sat 28 Nov: Contemporary piano music recital, Ljuba Moiz, piano Palazzo del Principe,Sala degli Argenti ,Genoa-Italy

Sun 29 Nov: A Concert by The Chiltern Camerata The Free Church, Woodside Road, Amersham, Bucks., England

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(1831) Giacomo Meyerbeer: Premiere of Robert le Diable, in Paris, France.

(1901) Richard Strauss: Premiere of Feuersnot, in Dresden, Germany.

(1937) Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich: Premiere of Symphony no. 5 in c minor op. 47, in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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[details ←] Contemporary Songs in English-Medium Low, piano, vocal,

[details ←] Three Fantasies, piano,

[details ←] Fantastic Variations on a Theme from Tristan, viola, piano,

[details ←] Illegible Canons, clarinet, percussion,

[details ←] Concerto for Woodwind Quintet (Parts), clarinet, horn, oboe, woodwind quintet, flute, bassoon,

[details ←] Quintet for Flute and Strings (Score), flute,

[details ←] Answer: The Cow (No. 3 from ’Riddle Me This’), vocal, , choral, vocal,

[details ←] Answer: The Egg (No. 2 from ’Riddle Me This’), vocal, , choral, vocal,

[details ←] Answer: The Snow (No. 1 from ’Riddle Me This’), vocal, , choral, vocal,

[details ←] Bethsabe Bathing, piano, vocal,

[details ←] Blatant Hypotheses, trombone, percussion,

[details ←] Cantilena (from ’In Space’), piano, vocal,

[details ←] Chameleon Variations (Score)

[details ←] Changes for Seven (Score and parts), clarinet, horn, piano, harpsichord, oboe, percussion, flute, bassoon,

[details ←] Clandestine Dialogues, percussion, cello,

[details ←] Concerto for Violin, violin, piano,

[details ←] Concerto for Woodwind Quintet (Score), clarinet, horn, oboe, woodwind quintet, flute, bassoon,

[details ←] Confrontation from the, Book of Job, vocal, , choral, vocal,

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Music

Selected compositions

Symphony no. 1 (1949)
Tangents (1951), piano
String Quartet no. 3 (1953)
A Carol on Twelfth Night (1954), orchestra
The Wife of Martin Guerre (1956), opera
March with Trumpets (1956), band
Concerto for wind quintet (1958)
Chameleon Variations (1960) orchestra
Fantastic Variations on a Theme from Tristan and Isolde (1961), viola and piano
In Celebration, (1963), orchestra
The Murder of Comrade Sharik (1973), opera
Symphony no. 2, “Voyages” (1976), solo violin, chorus, and orchestra
The Voice of Coelacanth (1981), horn, violin, and piano
Variations (1984), piano
Violin concerto

Life

The American composer William Bergsma was also a teacher (he was Philip Glass’s teacher at Juilliard).

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