Jan Freidlin's "MonoOpera" for solo violin in Tel Aviv

Jan Freidlin's work for Solo Violin MonoOpera will be performed by Gennady Gurevich (soloist of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra) et Beit Barbur, in Tel Aviv, Israel in an all-Freidlin Concert on March 16, 2011. 16 of March , 2011

A performance of a work by Jan Freidlin in Australia

February 20, 2011: Freidlin: Dancing Pines Waltz (2010) for flute, and guitar, by the "Orfeo Duo"
M. Foot ( flute ) & L. Brady ( guitar ),
,Burnside Civic Library
, Adelaide Fringe Festival, Adelaide, Australia

Jan Freidlin's "Suite Tricolore" in Concert in Jerusalem

19 of December 2010

" SUITE TRICOLORE "
by Jan Freidlin

for Flute, Cello & Piano
in 3 parts

at Henry Crown Great Hall
Jerusalem ( recorded for a Radio broadcast )

performers :

L. Eitan ( Fl ) , Micha Haran ( V-c ) , A. Erez ( P-no )

Dancing Pines Waltz for Flute and guitar by Jan Freidlin

This piece, originally for alto saxophone and piano, is presented here in a new arrangement by the composer for flute and guitar. Performed by the "Duo ORFEO" from Australia - Maria Foot ( Flute ) & Lincoln Brady ( Guitar )

This piece is also available for violin and guitar. Information about Jan Freidlin is available on our site.

Masks for Guitar by Jan Freidlin

Jan Freidlin's work for the guitar performed here by A. Belousov


Parts 1-3

and



Parts 4-6

This piece is available in our guitar music catalog.

Performances of works by Freidlin and Chiti

Among the many performances of Musik Fabrik works this, Jan Freidlin's "MonoOpera" for solo violin was performed by G. Gurevich at Beit - Barbur in Tel Aviv on March 13, 2010 .

On March 25th, the Trio A.Do.Re performed Gian Paolo Chiti's Kinamama for two flutes and piano at the State Library of Nova Gorica in Slovenia.

Other past and upcoming performances may be found in our Concert Schedule.

Performances this week of works by Brenet, Cooman and Freidlin

Works by three Musik Fabrik composers will be performed this week around the World.

On Sunday, January 10th, 2010 at 3:00 P.M. Mezzo-soprano Katherine Ciesinski and pianist Raj Birmani will present the World Première of Thérèse Brenet's Perles d'ambre in the version for female voice and piano. The concert is at the Tenri Cultural Institute New York, New York, USA, at 3:00 PM (more information at www.leschetizky.org ) The concert also features works by Fauré, Duparc, Roussel, Ravel, Hoiby and Hundley with Peter Van Derick, baritone.

After the world première of Carson Cooman's Piano Quartet on the 9th by the Arcturus Chamber Ensemble (Sarah Darling, artistic director) at Carlisle, MA USA, the program will be repeated on Sunday, January 10th at the Pusey Room, Memorial Church of Harvard University, One Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA USA at 4:00 PM.

On Friday, January 15th, Cooman's song cycle on poetry of Katherine Gekker Chasing the Moon Down will be premièred by Gail Collins, mezzo-soprano, Chris Gekker, trumpet, Stephen Brown, piano, at the Friday Morning Music Club Series, Washington, D.C.

Again, on Friday, January 15th, Jan Freidlin's work for solo violin, MonoOpera will be performed by Gennady Gurevich, Violin at at Beit Ticho ( Jerusalem), Israel at 11:00 A.M.

Congratulations to all of the composers and performers!

New from Jan Freidlin: works for two piano and piano with orchestra

We have just published a series of works by Jan Freidlin, which include Joyful Concertino for two pianos (useful for teaching as the first piano is less difficult than the second piano) as well as Contemplation for piano and string orchestra or two pianos. A performance of the work with orchestra is available on youtube :



Also the third movement of the Suite Tricolore Night Seine Blues has been arranged for solo instrument and piano, with many possible instruments (flute, saxophone, clarinet, violin, trumpet, etc). Here is a jazz performance of the work, with the composer at the piano :



All of these works are available directly from Musik Fabrik on the composer's presentation page.

More videos of works by Jan Freidlin available on Youtube

Several videos of works by Jan Freidlin have been posted on youtube:

Rainy Day Rhapsody for Cello and Piano is an extended one movement work in several large sections: performed here by Cellist Micha Haran and the composer at the piano:

Part 1

Part 2

The Suite Tricolore is a three-movement work for Flute, Violoncello and Piano written by the composer after a trip to Paris. There are two performances on Youtube:
Movements 1 and 3, performed by L. Eitan ( Fl ), M. Haran ( V-c ) & A. Erez ( P-no )

A performance in Klangbrucke Aachen Germany in 2007 by N. Becker ( Fl ), M. Purrer ( Vc ) & Dm. Veselovsky ( P-no ) where the final movement was played as an encore.

The works are available directly from Musik Fabrik or through any of our dealers.

Performances of Musik Fabrik works on Youtube

Both David W. Solomons and Jan Freidlin have new performances uploaded to Youtube which may be watched on their service at the links below.

For Solomons :

Tants Fraylachs for Clarinet Quartet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqoFjRLSONE
Performed by the Fell Clarinet Quartet

Sagesse for Alto voice and Guitar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uhh1NcYfaI
Performed by the Composer

Petticoat Lane for Clarinet and guitar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLcnkI8Viyg
Performed by by Duo Musaikòn in 2008:
Davide Compostella (clarinet)
and
Alessandro Balsimini (guitar)

For Freidlin :

Mvt. III (Night Seine Blues) from the Suite Tricolor for Flute, Violoncello and Piano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08sJjvBEPJI&feature=channel
Performed by Natalie Becker ( Flute ), M. Purrer ( Vc ) and Dmytro Veselovsky ( P-no )

All of these works are available directly from Musik Fabrik

Watch a performance of Jan Freidlin's "Flowers in Frames" on Youtube

Watch a performance of this six movement string quartet, which inspired by impressionist paintings. The performance is by E.Pikovsky, A.Salzman, D.Retush & M.Haran. In three parts: part 1, part 2 and part 3.

New works by Jan Freidlin for the Violoncello

Three new works featuring the violoncello by the Israeli composer Jan Freidlin have just been published by Musik Fabrik. Many of these works are inspired by the Israeli cellist M. Haran, who has premièred many of Freidlin's compositions. The works include:

From the past... for solo violoncello

Rainy Day Rhapsody for violoncello and piano

Two Snakes' Dance for violoncello and contrabass.

In preparation are two larger works for flute and violoncello, which will be published in the next few days.

All of these works and others for the violoncello are available from our catalog of music for strings.

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.

Jan Freidlin's "Flowers without Frames" for String Quartet

Jan Freidlin's six movement work for string quartet "Flowers without Frame" was released. The each movement of this work is inspired by a painting of flowers by an impressionist painter. The six movements are

1. Sunflowers by Van Gogh
2.Roses by Manet
3. Lilacs by Vrubel
4. Waterlilies by Monet
5. Chrysanthemums by Chagall
6. Irises by Van Gogh

This work would be extremely well-suited for museum concerts. The work is available in our string music catalog.