THE UNKNOWN NADIA BOULANGER: RECORDINGS FROM CRANE SCHOOL OF MUSIC ARCHIVES presented by Gary Galo

The Association for Recorded Sound Collections presents the following program from its 2014 ARSC Annual Conference at Sheraton Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina on Friday May 16, 2014:
THE UNKNOWN NADIA BOULANGER: RECORDINGS FROM CRANE SCHOOL OF MUSIC ARCHIVES presented by Gary Galo, Crane School of Music
The renowned teacher and conductor Nadia Boulanger had a long association with the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, beginning in the summer of 1925 when Helen M. Hosmer, a faculty member and future director of the school, traveled to Fontainbleau, France for a summer of study with Mlle. Boulanger.
A friendship that would last over half a century developed between them, and during the course of that time, Boulanger appeared as guest conductor of Crane Chorus and Crane Symphony Orchestra at SUNY Potsdam's Spring Festival of the Arts four times, in 1939, 1945, 1958 and 1962.
Boulanger made a relatively small number of commercial recordings, and the archives of the Crane School contain a number of works not otherwise found in the Boulanger discography, much of it reflecting her interest in twentieth century composers.
This presentation will sample those recordings, beginning with an excerpt from a 1939 performance of Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem, recorded on 16-inch lacquer discs. Excerpts from her 1958 appearance will included Vielle Priere Bouddique by her sister Lili, and Hymne Olympique by the Polish composer Michal Spisak. Excerpts from the 1962 concert will include Cantate by Igor Markevitch, the motet Sequentia de Vergina Maria by Hungarian composer Laslo Lajthe, Gloria by Poulenc, and Cantate by Corsican-born Leo Preger, the latter a commission by The Crane School on the recommendation of Mlle. Boulanger.
Videographers: Michael and Leah Biel
Editor: Nathan Georgitis

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