Category Archives: Gandolfi

The Making of Chesapeake: Summer of 1814 — An Interview with Director & Designer Anne Patterson

Posted on July 31, 2013 by usmusicscholar

Backstage at the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts in Reno, Nevada and just prior to the 4 p.m. March 17, 2013 premiere of Michael Gandolfi’s orchestral tone poem Chesapeake: Summer of 1814 with the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor … Continue reading →

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Tears Bursting in Air: Michael Gandolfi’s 4-Verse Setting of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

Posted on March 24, 2013 by usmusicscholar

At the close of Michael Gandolfi’s Chesapeake: Summer of 1814 the audiences rises with the instrumentalists and chorus to sing the first and best-known verse of Francis Scott Key’s “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Sitting in Row G, Seat 14 on the … Continue reading →

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Star Spangled Cantata—Michael Gandolfi’s Chesapeake: Summer of 1814

Posted on March 9, 2013 by usmusicscholar

On March 17 & 19, 2013 the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of music director Laura Jackson will premiere Chesapeake: Summer of 1814 by Boston-based composer Michael Gandolfi (b. 1956), written on an “historical design” by Dana Bonstrom … Continue reading →

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