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Libby Larsen

Band, *1950 US
Classical

Libby Larsen (b. 24 December 1950, Wilmington, Delaware) is one of America’s most performed living composers. She has created a catalogue of over 500 works spanning virtually every genre from intimate vocal and chamber music to massive orchestral works and over 15 operas. Grammy award-winning and widely recorded, including over 50 CD’s of her work, she is constantly sought after for commissions and premieres by major artists, ensembles, and orchestras around the world, and has established a permanent place for her works in the concert repertory. As a vigorous, articulate advocate for the music and musicians of our time, in 1973 Larsen co-founded the Minnesota Composers Forum, now the American Composer’s Forum, which has become an invaluable aid for composers in a transitional time for American arts. A former holder of the Papamarkou Chair at John W. Kluge Center of the Library of Congress, Larsen has also held residencies with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Charlotte Symphony, and the Colorado Symphony.

     
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If I can stop one heart from breaking - SATB on The Oxford Book of Flexible Choral Songs by Oxford University Press, Oxford University Press Music, Commotio Chamber Choir & Griselda Sherlaw-Johnson
Try Me, Good King (Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII): No. 2, Anne Boleyn on Lift Me into Heaven Slowly: Songs of Libby Larsen by Libby Larsen, Tracey Engleman & Lara Bolton
Deep Summer Music on Larsen: Deep Summer Music; Solo Symphony; Marimba Concerto After Hampton by Libby Larsen, John Kinzie (marimba), Colorado Symphony & Marin Alsop
A Lovers Journey - Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day on Romance Du Soir by The King's Singers
Cowboy Songs: No. 2, Lift Me into Heaven Slowly on Lift Me into Heaven Slowly: Songs of Libby Larsen by Libby Larsen, Tracey Engleman & Lara Bolton
Try Me, Good King (Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII): No. 1, Katherine of Aragon on Lift Me into Heaven Slowly: Songs of Libby Larsen by Libby Larsen, Tracey Engleman & Lara Bolton
Songs of Youth & Pleasure: II. Pluck the Fruit and Taste the Pleasure on Femina moderna by Allmänna Sången, Maria Goundorina & Unknown Artist
Try Me, Good King (Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII): No. 3, Jane Seymour on Lift Me into Heaven Slowly: Songs of Libby Larsen by Libby Larsen, Tracey Engleman & Lara Bolton
Try Me, Good King (Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII): No. 5, Katherine Howard on Lift Me into Heaven Slowly: Songs of Libby Larsen by Libby Larsen, Tracey Engleman & Lara Bolton
Try Me, Good King (Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII): No. 4, Anne of Cleves on Lift Me into Heaven Slowly: Songs of Libby Larsen by Libby Larsen, Tracey Engleman & Lara Bolton

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Title Artist Year Type
Journey To America: 20th Century American Piano MusicYoumee Kim, Benjamin Lees, James Primosch, Henry Cowell, Libby Larsen2017Album
Lift Me Into Heaven SlowlyLibby Larsen, Tracey Engleman, Lara Bolton2017Album
Gulfstream (American Chamber Music)Libby Larsen • Peter Lieuwen • Peter Schickele • Aaron Copland, enhakē2011Album
Starry Night Project: Music Based on Visual ArtMontage Music Society, Matthew Harris, Stephen Paulus, Libby Larsen, Andrew List2009Album
New American Song CyclesPaul Sperry, Libby Larsen, Daron Hagen, Paul Moravec, Tom Cipullo2004Album
Deep Summer Music / Solo Symphony / Marimba Concerto: After HamptonMarin Alsop, Libby Larsen2001Album
Trio, Op. 6; Trio, Op. 83, Nos. 6 & 7; Meditation; Glint; Slang; Trio For Clarinet, Violin, & PianoVerdehr Trio - Ludwig van Beethoven ; Max Bruch ; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ; Jacob Druckman ; Libby Larsen ; William Bolcom2000Album
Water Music, Parachute Dancing, Lyric Symphony, Ring of FireLibby Larsen - Joel Revzen, The London Symphony Orchestra1997Album
Dancing SoloLibby Larsen1997Album
Symphony: Water Music / Symphony In 3 Movements (Soliloquy)Libby Larsen / Stephen Paulus - Minnesota Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner1987Album
The Art Of Arleen AugérArleen Auger - Libby Larsen / Henry Purcell / Robert Schumann / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1987Album
Coming Forth Into DayLibby Larsen, Jehan Sadat1986Album
Music For FluteFrancis Poulenc / Gabriel Fauré / Libby Larsen - Eugenia Zukerman, Lisa Emenheiser1983Album
In A Winter Garden (A Choral Work For Advent)Libby Larsen, Janis Hardy, Dan Dressen, Plymouth Festival Chorus & Orchestra, Philip BrunelleAlbum
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