The "Messa Virgo Lauretana" to be performed on September 7, 2008

The Messa Virgo Lauretana, the first Mass entirely composed by women to be performed at Saint Peter's Cathedral in Rome, will be performed at the Senigallia Cathedral on September 7, 2008 during the 15th editions of the "Musica Nouva Festival" organized by the association "Musica Antica et Contemporanea". A presentation of the work will take place at 19h00 with the concert to follow at 21H15.

This collaborative work was composed by seven Italian composers who are all residents of the Marche region of Italy. The composers are Paolo Ciarlantini, Barbara Polacchi, Roberta Silvestrini, Sara Torquati, Loredana Totò and Francesa Virgili.

Thérèse Brenet, Prix de Rome in 1965, joins our roster of composers

Thérèse Brenet, the 1965 Winner of the Prix de Rome, a longtime professor at the Paris Conservatory of Music (where she taught several generations of talented musicians including Musik Fabrik's own Paul Wehage) and a widely recorded and performed French composer, is the latest addition to Musik Fabrik's growing roster of composers.

We have just published two works by Brenet for SATB Chorus, Organ and Orchestra. Ciels is a set to a mystical text by the symbolist poet Germain Nouveau and Rondel uses a text by the Romantic Poet Tristan Corbière.

Soon to follow will be two works inspired by the poetry of Edgar Allen Poe : Des Grains de Sable aux mains d'or for guitar and chamber orchestra and Seul tes yeux demeurent... for Violin and Chamber orchestra.

New recordings for David W. Solomons, Jan Freidlin and Carson Cooman

Three Musik Fabrik composers have had new recordings issued this month:

The Duo Musaikón(Davide Compostella (clarinet) and Alessandro Balsimini (guitar)) has released a wonderful CD on the Phoenix classics label with two Musik Fabrik works: David Solomons' Petticoat Lane for Clarinet and guitar, and Jan Freidlin's Tenderness in the version for Clarinet and Guitar. The recording quality is first-rate and the performances are wonderful. To hear some exerpts and for ordering information please visit this special page on David Solomon's website.

Zimbel recordings has recently released Summer Songs: Chamber Music of Carson Cooman , which includes the Musik Fabrik works Summer Song (2003) for cello, Canalscape: Soliloquy for String Quartet (2003) and Tombeau-Aria (2003) for string quartet, as well as other works published by MMB. Performers on the CD include Olga Kryvtsova, cello; Paul Wehage, alto saxophone; Moyuru Maeda, piano; Angela Occhionero, clarinet; Donna Amato, piano
Ukrainian Quartet; LAGO Flute Quartet. For more information or to order, please visit this page on Mr. Cooman's website.