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Bernard Rands

*1934 GB, Sheffield
Composer of Classical

Bernard Rands (born 2 March 1934) is a British-American composer of contemporary classical music.Rands was born in Sheffield, England. He studied music and English literature at the University of Wales, Bangor, and composition with Pierre Boulez and Bruno Maderna in Darmstadt, Germany, and with Luigi Dallapiccola and Luciano Berio in Milan, Italy.Rands has received many awards for his work, and was elected and inducted into The American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2004. From 1989 to 1995 he was composer-in-residence with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

     
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Rands: Canti d'amor: No. 1, Winds of May, That Dance on the Sea on Colors of Love by Chanticleer
Canti dell'Eclisse, for Bass & Chamber Ensemble: Eclipse (Emily Dickinson) on Bernard Rands: Canti Dell'Eclisse by Bernard Rands, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose & Thomas Paul
Canti Lunatici, for soprano & chamber ensemble: From The Moon and the Yew Tree on Bernard Rands: Canti Lunatici by Bernard Rands, Boston Modern Orchestra Project & Gil Rose
Rands : Canti d'amor : "This heart that flutters near my heart" on Colors of Love by Chanticleer
Canti dell'Eclisse, for Bass & Chamber Ensemble: From Árbol Adentro on Bernard Rands: Canti Dell'Eclisse by Bernard Rands, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose & Thomas Paul
Rands : Canti d'amor : "All day I hear the noise of waters" on Colors of Love by Chanticleer
Canti dell'Eclisse, for Bass & Chamber Ensemble: From Cantico delle Creature on Bernard Rands: Canti Dell'Eclisse by Bernard Rands, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose & Thomas Paul
Rands : Canti d'amor : "O cool is the valley" on Colors of Love by Chanticleer
Canti dell'Eclisse, for Bass & Chamber Ensemble: La Révolution en Été on Bernard Rands: Canti Dell'Eclisse by Bernard Rands, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose & Thomas Paul
Music for Shoko "Aubade" on String Theory by Robert Walters

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Discography


Title Artist Year Type
Inscape • Symphony No. 8 • Trancendental Modulations • ...Where The Murmurs Die...Aaron Copland • Roger Sessions • George Perle • Bernard Rands - The American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein2005Album
Madrigali (after Monteverdi/Berio), Triple Concerto, Metalepsis II for Soprano & Voices and EnsembleBernard Rands / Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Edwin London1999Album
Works For Wind EnsembleNew England Conservatory Wind Ensemble, Frank L. Battisti, Bernard Rands, John Harbison, William Kraft, Karel Husa1999Album
ParadigmCincinnati Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon, Igor Stravinsky, Bernard Rands, Don Freund, Paul Hindemith, John Harbison, Edward Gregson1994Album
Le Tambourin, Suites 1 and 2; Ceremonial 3; Canti Dell'EclisseBernard Rands / The Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, Gerard Schwarz, Thomas Paul1993Album
Canti Del Sole / Canti Lunatici / ObbligatoBernard Rands1991Compil.
Canti Del Sole / Canti LunaticiBernard Rands1986Album
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