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PictureWERNER ROTTLER: GERMAN COMPOSER
WERNER ROTTLER
(1939 - 2012)

SCHERZO MALINCONICO 
​for brass quintet (1981)


Annapolis Brass Quintet
Munich, Germany
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1984 performance​
Recorded for broadcast by
​Bavarian Radio

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Werner Rotteer's Scherzo Malinconico: ABQ 
Duration: 07:48

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ROBERT MACHT: BRASS QUINTET

PictureROBERT MACHT: COMPOSER, JAVANESE GAMELON EXPERT
Born in Baltimore in 1958, Robert Macht holds a degree in music composition from Bennington College. 
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After studying traditional Javanese gamelan in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Macht began infusing his compositions with Southeast Asian percussion.  Robert Macht is a Javanese gamelan expert whose album Suite for Javanese Gamelan and Synthesizer demonstrates his creative versatility with the form. Macht has composed works for numerous orchestras, chamber ensembles, and gamelan ensembles.

His diverse works have been performed by the U.S. Marine Band, the Annapolis Brass Quintet, the Peabody Trio, and the Nusantara Symphony Orchestra in Jakarta. He has composed for several dance companies, including the Martha Graham Dance Company.  Macht’s orchestral work, Delaware Rhapsody, was commissioned and awarded performance by the American Composers Forum and the Delaware Symphony.

BRASS QUINTET by ROBERT MACHT
performed by the 
ANNAPOLIS BRASS QUINTET
Baltimore Museum of Art
​March 9, 1986

Duration: (10:11)
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CAROL NETHEN: THREE REFLECTIONS

PictureCAROL NETHEN: COMPOSER, ARRANGER, KEYBOARD PERFORMER, TEACHER
Carol Nethen was born in Annapolis in 1952, and she has been composing music for film and television since she was a graduate student at the University of Miami.  For several years she was a producer and composer for Maryland Public Television. She has written scores and theme music for numerous feature films and documentary television programs.  
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Three Reflections was commissioned by the Brass Chamber Music Society of Annapolis especially for this performance. The composer believes the work is best described by its harmonic quality, which is a combination of the modal harmonies and rhythmic content widely associated with twentieth century American music, perhaps best exemplified in the music of Copland and in the feel of jazz.

THREE REFLECTIONS by CAROL NETHEN
World Premiere Performance
April 20, 1986


ANNAPOLIS BRASS QUINTET 

Robert Suggs and David Cran, Trumpets;  Arthur Brooks, Horn; 
Wayne Wells, Trombone; Robert Posten, Bass Trombone


 GUEST ARTISTS
Timothy Day, Flute; Steven Barta, Clarinet; 
Phillip Kolker and Carolyn Fedderly, Bassoon
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Duration: (06:11)
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THREE REFLECTIONS (1986) by Carol Nethen
I) Light, reflective  2) Somber, grave  3) Fast, energetic

FOSTERING BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC

The score and parts for Werner Rottler's Scherzo Malinconico, Robert Macht's Brass Quintet, and Carol Nethen's Three Reflections, along with the entire ABQ music library, ​are available for research and performance through the Oberlin Conservatory.
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