| Premiere Date |
March 1, 1998 |
| Conductor at Premiere |
David Martins, MWS Music Director |
| Location |
Natick High School,
Natick, MA
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| Notes |
Crescendo is a reworking of the second movement of Symphony of Sounds
Norway, Maine, so called because a major part of the composition was done
in front of a small cabin there. The dedication is to the members of the
composer's family.
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| Composer's Program Notes |
Joel Biddle studied composition with Mathew Colucci, Joseph Castaldo and at
Tanglewood with Gunther Schuller. He was music director at WHYY radio and
TV in Philadelphia . As producer of a syndicated radio program on
contemporary music he was one of the last to interview Igor Stravinsky. He
has had commissions from the Philadelphia Concerto Soloists and the
Philadelphia Singers, and his music has been played in concerts and
festivals in Europe, Africa, Israel and elsewhere.
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