At the suggestion of her husband and copyist, Three Segments was adapted and expanded. Hence, she desired to contribute to the trio’s repertoire. In the liner notes, the composer recalls a long friendship with Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr dating to their student days at the Eastman School of Music.
To conclude this disc, the trio offers Sandra Flesher’s Three Segments, which was originally written for oboe, violin and piano in 1978. If I had not researched the work, I would have never suspected it was a transcription! The trio’s performance displays flawless intonation, ensemble and phrasing with conviction throughout.
The latter movement offers the perspective of a skyscraper painted from the ground “Looking Up” and pays homage to O’Keefe’s 1927 painting of the Radiator Building. Daugherty states that the first movement, “Night, New York,” is a musical perspective on skyscrapers as seen by O’Keefe while painting from her high-rise apartment at night. Set in two movements, each has a descriptive title. According to the liner notes, it is a musical tribute to the art of Georgia O’Keefe. The original version was the result of a commission by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center for solo violin, wind octet, double bass and percussion. The opening two tracks comprise a substantial 2011 transcription by Michael Daugherty titled Ladder to the Moon. They intend to ensure that their numerous commissions and arrangements are accessible to future generations in both recorded and printed form.Īmerican Images 6 is the sixth disc of American works either commissioned, composed or adapted for the Verdehr Trio, with Sylvia Roederer at the piano. Never inclined to rest on their laurels, the Verdehrs have been diligently at work organizing the various aspects of their scholarly and creative output. Thousands of performances around the world, many recording sessions and transcriptions of 18 th– and 19 th-century works have left a number of loose ends, according to Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr. However, their endeavors are far from over. Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.īy Chris Nichols The Verdehr Trio – The Making of a Medium – Volumes 21-23Īfter 43 years of performances as the Verdehr Trio, clarinetist Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr and violinist Walter Verdehr gave their final concerts as an ensemble in 2015. Muñoz said the documentary is currently being considered for inclusion in a number of film festivals, including the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival.Ĭontact Muñoz at and published in The Clarinet 44/2 (March 2017). Hopes are that the mystery can be solved and keeping the case in the public conscious can only help.” For these reasons I wanted to tell the story of the Las Cruces church bombings, crimes uncharacteristic for a Las Cruces, and still without resolution. In 2015 my daughter was 12 years old, the incidents kept me reconsidering enjoying a day at the mall and avoiding public areas until at least the end of that year. I’ve lived in the community whose residents have for the most part forgotten the incidents of 2015.
Living in Las Cruces for years before and after the events, I saw the damaging effects to a community’s psyche. “I am a filmmaker whose life was touched by the incidents represented in this documentary. “I do not consider myself a documentarian,” Muñoz said. PRC Productions of Las Cruces produced the film, which has music by local musician Rudy Tirre. Muñoz directed the documentary, with Troy Stoughton Jr. Roman Jimenez and Ricky Salas, who was the groundskeeper of First Presbyterian Church in 2015. Those interviewed in the film include Las Cruces First Church Pastor David Vistine, Calvary Baptist Church Pastor Greg Higgins, former Las Cruces Bulletin Managing Editor Brook Stockberger, former New Mexico State Police Capt. “Suspicious Package: The Las Cruces Church Bombings” is a documentary consisting of interviews, re-enactments, news reels and actual police footage,” Muñoz said, about an “unsolved crime told by folks who lived it.” Las Cruces filmmaker Gerard Muñoz has made a 52-minute documentary about the bombings of two Las Cruces churches that occurred between 8 and 9 a.m.
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