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george crumb

 Buy the sheetmusic! Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III)

year 1974

instrumentation Two amplified pianos and percussion (two players)

commission Commissioned by the Fromm Foundation for Swarthmore College

première First performed by Gilbert Kalish and James Freeman (piano), Raymond DesRoches and Richard Fitz (percussion) at Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania - 30 March 1974

[First performance of complete Makrokosmos cycle by Ivar Mikhashoff, Aki Takahashi, Stephen and Frieda Manes (pianos), Jan Williams and Lynn Harbold (percussion) in Buffalo, New York - 12 June 1980]

publisher C.F. Peters (P66590)

recordings
  • Susan Grace and Alice Rybak (pianos), David Colson and John Kinzie (percussion). Bridge Records 9105 {CD}, 2001
  • Fuat Kent and Peter Degenhardt (pianos), Carmen Erb and Hans-Peter Achberger (percussion). col legno WWE 1CD 20023 {CD}, 1999
  • piano & percussion: Susan Wenckus and Markus Stange (pianos), Markus Hauke and Michael Kiedaisch (percussion). audite 97.455 {CD}, 1997
  • Bojan Gorisek and Tatiana Ognjanovic (pianos), Lojze Gradisek and Boris Surbak (percussion). Audiophile Classics 103301 {CD}, 1997
  • Barbro Dahlman and Ingrid Lindgren (pianos), Seppo Asikainen and Rainer Kuisma (percussion). BIS 261 {CD}, 1985
  • Gilbert Kalish and James Freeman (pianos), Raymond DesRoches and Richard Fitz (percussion). Elektra Nonesuch 9-79149-2 {CD}, 1987 | Nonesuch H-71311 {LP}, 1975
  • Peter Degenhardt and Fuat Kent (pianos), Wolfgang Lindner and Karl Peinkofer (percussion). AMU Records ETST 038

movements
  1. Nocturnal Sounds (The Awakening)
  2. Wanderer-Fantasy
  3. The Advent
  4. Myth
  5. Music of the Starry Night
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