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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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Journey To America: 20th Century American Piano Music | Youmee Kim, Benjamin Lees, James Primosch, Henry Cowell, Libby Larsen | 2017 | Album |
Lift Me Into Heaven Slowly | Libby Larsen, Tracey Engleman, Lara Bolton | 2017 | Album |
Gulfstream (American Chamber Music) | Libby Larsen • Peter Lieuwen • Peter Schickele • Aaron Copland, enhakē | 2011 | Album |
Starry Night Project: Music Based on Visual Art | Montage Music Society, Matthew Harris, Stephen Paulus, Libby Larsen, Andrew List | 2009 | Album |
New American Song Cycles | Paul Sperry, Libby Larsen, Daron Hagen, Paul Moravec, Tom Cipullo | 2004 | Album |
Deep Summer Music / Solo Symphony / Marimba Concerto: After Hampton | Marin Alsop, Libby Larsen | 2001 | Album |
Trio, Op. 6; Trio, Op. 83, Nos. 6 & 7; Meditation; Glint; Slang; Trio For Clarinet, Violin, & Piano | Verdehr Trio - Ludwig van Beethoven ; Max Bruch ; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ; Jacob Druckman ; Libby Larsen ; William Bolcom | 2000 | Album |
Water Music, Parachute Dancing, Lyric Symphony, Ring of Fire | Libby Larsen - Joel Revzen, The London Symphony Orchestra | 1997 | Album |
Dancing Solo | Libby Larsen | 1997 | Album |
Symphony: Water Music / Symphony In 3 Movements (Soliloquy) | Libby Larsen / Stephen Paulus - Minnesota Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner | 1987 | Album |
The Art Of Arleen Augér | Arleen Auger - Libby Larsen / Henry Purcell / Robert Schumann / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 1987 | Album |
Coming Forth Into Day | Libby Larsen, Jehan Sadat | 1986 | Album |
Music For Flute | Francis Poulenc / Gabriel Fauré / Libby Larsen - Eugenia Zukerman, Lisa Emenheiser | 1983 | Album |
In A Winter Garden (A Choral Work For Advent) | Libby Larsen, Janis Hardy, Dan Dressen, Plymouth Festival Chorus & Orchestra, Philip Brunelle | Album |