Chuck Holdeman, composer
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Audio Samples
For a new addition, see the video page for excerpts from "Trois Hommages" (2012). Also newly added are the 8 tracks at the bottom, titles in capital letters.
Concerto tre d'uno movement one excerpt- Concerto tre d'uno is for oboe, accompanied by harp and strings. The first movement features the oboe d'amore, the second the oboe, and the third the English horn. Using all three instruments was the suggestion of the concerto's dedicatee, Richard Woodhams, principal oboist of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
- Concerto tre d'uno movement two excerpt
- Concerto tre d'uno movement three excerpt
- Good Night from the eight W. S. Merwin poems/songs "At the Bend"
"At the Bend" was premiered in April 2009 at the Roundtop Poetry Festival with the poet and composer in attendance. Below you will find a newer recording of Good Night, this time sung by a soprano, as well as the other seven songs in the set.
“Based on poems by W. S. Merwin. Copyright © 2008 by W. S. Merwin, included with the permission of Copper Canyon Press. All rights reserved.”
- Quintetto movement one excerpt
- Quintetto is for bassoon and string quartet and was premiered in 2009, in Birmingham, UK, soon followed by the French premiere in Bordeaux.
- Quintetto movement two excerpt
- Quintetto movement three excerpt
- Sonnet excerpt
- This song is the first of the "Three Sam Hamill Songs," poetry by Sam Hamill of Port Townsend, Washington. The songs were premiered there in 2002 with the support of the arts organization Centrum.
- Lyric Seasons movement 1 excerpt
Lyric Seasons is a four-movement work for bassoon and harp. The composer is playing French system bassoon and the harpist is Anne Sullivan. The entire work has recently been released on iTunes, Amazon, and CD Baby as a download. For a CD copy, send an email via the contact page.
- Quatuor movement 1 "Divertissement"
- Quatuor Excentrique live performance of the premiere, 9-15-10, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, for violin, 'cello, marimba, and bassoon (the composer.)
- Quatuor movement 2 "Mélancolique"
- Quatuor movement 3 "Outré"
- GOOD NIGHT
This and the following seven tracks with titles in capital letters are the group of 8 songs entitled "At the Bend." They are settings of 8 poems by W. S. Merwin and were composed 2005-2009. This demo recording was made in April 2012.
- BY DARK
- KNOWN SOUND
- ANOTHER DREAM OF BURIAL
- LITTLE SOUL
- A RING
- INTO THE CLOUD
- AT THE BEND
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