Works
First performance: 9 November 1986, the Wooster (OH) Symphony Orchestra, Jeffrey Lindberg, Music Director.
Recording
MASTERWORKS OF THE NEW ERA, Vol. 7
Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Ian Winstin, conductor
ERM Media ERM-6709.
Performances
Merrick (NY) Symphony Orchestra, Charles Gouse, Conductor, 19 March 1988; Wooster (OH) Symphony Orchestra, Jeffrey Lindberg, Music Director, 30 April 1999; Contemporary Youth Orchestra (Cleveland), Eric Berken, conductor, Waetjen Auditorium, Cleveland State University, 16 March 2002; Wooster SO, Jack Gallagher, guest conductor, 30 April 2006.
Broadcast
WGUC-FM, Cincinnati, 8 October 2008; 25 August 2008; 8 April 2008; 26 February 2008; 11 January 2008; 28 November 2007; 25 September 2007; 21 July 2007; WGBH-FM, Boston, 27 June 2007; WQLN-FM, Erie, 27 June 2007; 28 March 2007; WPRB-FM Princeton, 22 June 2007;26 May 2006; LIVE365.comMUSIClassical CONCERT, 21 June 2007; WCMU-FM, Michigan, 11 June 2007; WGUC-FM, Cincinnati, 7 May 2007; 13 January 2007; 3 October 2006; 26 July 2006; 8 June 2006; 15 May 2006; 7 April 2006; 21 February 2006; 11 January 2006; KZSU-FM, Stanford University, 31 May 2006.
{Index: Orchestral Works}
"Gallagher gave the orchestra a distinguished piece with which to open the
first concert. . . The tension and pacing continue to build throughout the
introduction until the brass blazes its way into Gallagher's (principal) theme.
Afterward, (the conductor) called Gallagher to stand with him at the podium to
accept the audience's enthusiastic applause."
—E.E. Johnson, The Daily Record (Wooster, OH)
"An exuberant tour-de-force. . . . a strong individual statement."
—Bill Munger, The Daily Record (Wooster, OH)
"Majestic and optimistic."
—Stuart Ling, The Daily Record (Wooster, OH)