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– Philip Glass gets commission from NYC Opera 30 Sep 2008
– Mauricio Kagel dies in Cologne at 76 19 Sep 2008
– New Mozart tune found in France 18 Sep 2008
– Nathan Currier wins International Sackler Award 18 Sep 2008

– Wed 15 Oct: Iron Rain Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland
– Wed 15 Oct: Opera For Piano Mannes College of Music, Manhattan, New York City, USA
– Thu 16 Oct: thingNY does Berio Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn, NY (USA)
– Thu 16 Oct: Outsound and The Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
– Fri 17 Oct: 23rd Annual Concert of Sacred Choral Music Cathedral of the Holy Angels, Gary, Indiana, USA

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– Rudolf Mengelberg
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– (1908) Max Reger: Premiere of violin concerto in A major op. 101, in Leipzig, Germany.
– (1917) Modest Moussorgsky: Premiere of Sorochintsy Fair, in St. Petersburg, Russia.
– (1968) Gustaf Allan Pettersson: Premiere of Symphony no. 7, in Stockholm, Sweden.
– (1982) Leonard Bernstein: Premiere of Candide (new version), in New York, USA.

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Born: 1960 — Nashville, TN — USA

Died: 2 September 1996 — Nashville, TN — USA

Solo

• Aurora (cello)
• Wet on Wet (clarinet)
• Five Experiences (piano)
• Etudes (recorder)
• Derelict (flute)
• Sonata for Piano (piano)
• When My Head Spins (piano)

Two Players

• Oboe Sonata
• Meditation and Scherzo (oboe & piano)
• Simple Suite (B♭

Composer/flutist/pianist Lee Gannon died on September 2, 1996 of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. His output included songs, solos pieces, chamber music, and orchestral compositions. A number of his pieces incorporated his struggle with HIV and AIDS, such as his solo flute piece, Derelict. The title of that work derived from it’s representation of the HIV virus as a seven-note row which was broken apart (rendered "derelict") by ethereal music that represented Mr. Gannon.

He received commissions from the Nashville Symphony, the ASCAP Commissioning Program and the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, among others. In recent seasons his works had been performed by the American Composers Orchestra, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Downtown Music Productions (New York) and Positive Music (New York). As an instrumentalist he was a phenomenally talented flutist, recorder player and pianist. His ongoing health problems prevented his pursuing flute playing for the past several years.

Lee Gannon attended the Eastman School of Music, earning a Bachelor of Music degree in 1988 where he studied composition with Samuel Adler, Claude Baker, Robert Morris and Joseph Schwantner. In 1990, he completed a Masters of Music degree in composition at the University of Texas, studying composition with Dan Welcher and flute with Karl Kraber. His awards and honors included the Charles Ives Prize of the Academy of Arts and Letters, the Sigma Alpha Iota Composition Award (twice), and the Kent Kennon Scholarship. In 1994, Lee Gannon was an associate at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, where he worked with Karel Husa.

• http://www.composers.com/
• http://www.woodwind.org/clarinet/index.html

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