Lowell Liebermann was born in New York City in 1961. He holds bachelor's, master's, and doctoral
degrees from the Juilliard School of Music. Mr. Liebermann is one of America's most frequently performed and commissioned
composers. His music is known for its technical command and audience appeal.
Multiple recordings of many of his works attest to the enthusiasm shared by
performers and listeners for his music. The Sonata for Flute and Piano is the
composer's opus 23. It was commissioned
by the Spoleto Festival of Charleston, South Carolina and premiered there in 1988. In 1989 the National Flute Association voted
it Best Newly Published Flute Work.
As is typical in Liebermann's music, the piano serves
as an equal and supportive partner with the flute. The work is marked
by long passages of ethereal and beautiful qualities. It also features rhythmic
extremes between the slow first movement and the presto of the second movement.
The propulsive second movement is a triplet tour-de-force that seems to
gain energy insistently through its duration. The Sonata is the most-recorded
work in the Liebermann canon, with sixteen recordings to date, including one by
today's performers for the Eroica Classical
Recordings label. Michael Cansfield
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Lowell Liebermann
Sonata for Flute and Piano Play
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Sonata for Flute and Piano Lowell Liebermann
Lento con rubato; Presto energico
Lowell Liebermann was born in New York City in 1961. He holds bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from the Juilliard School of Music. Mr. Liebermann is one of America's most frequently performed and commissioned composers. His music is known for its technical command and audience appeal. Multiple recordings of many of his works attest to the enthusiasm shared by performers and listeners for his music. The Sonata for Flute and Piano is the composer's opus 23. It was commissioned by the Spoleto Festival of Charleston, South Carolina and premiered there in 1988. In 1989 the National Flute Association voted it Best Newly Published Flute Work.
As is typical in Liebermann's music, the piano serves as an equal and supportive partner with the flute. The work is marked by long passages of ethereal and beautiful qualities. It also features rhythmic extremes between the slow first movement and the presto of the second movement. The propulsive second movement is a triplet tour-de-force that seems to gain energy insistently through its duration. The Sonata is the most-recorded work in the Liebermann canon, with sixteen recordings to date, including one by today's performers for the Eroica Classical Recordings label. Michael Cansfield
More music by Lowell Liebermann
from Four Etudes on Brahms Songs
Gargoyles, Op. 29
Gargoyles, Op. 29
Sonata for flute and piano, op. 23
Gargoyles, Op. 29
Performances by same musician(s)
Introduction and Variations on a theme from Müllerlieder op. 25, Op. 160
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