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Sonata for Double Bass and Piano

Featuring Kurt Nikkanen, violin, Maria Asteriadou, piano, and Ron Wasserman, double bass

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My first recording:

The First recording of Ron Wasserman’s original compositions is still available on

$20.00 plus $4.00 shipping (although I can’t seem to get Paypal to distinguish shipping between this and the above so the $4.00 won’t come up and I’ll cover it)

Due to the unprecedented generosity of the performing artists and others involved with this project, ALL proceeds are donated to 9/11 charities and non-profit symphony orchestras and other performing arts institutions that sponsor performances of Lament and Restoration and/or sales of the CD.

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Or order directly from Red Bandanna Records by sending a check for $24.00 to:

The Welles Remy Crowther Charitable Trust

P.O. Box 780

Nyack, New York 10960- 0780

www.redbanna.com

For more information call or email them at:

845-353-6339 crowthertrust@aol.com

Performed by the GraceMusic Chamber Orchestra and conducted by former New York City Ballet Music Director, Andrea Quinn, the violin concerto was composed to embody the struggle of Alison Crowther to cope with her grief for the loss of her son through the resumption of her violin playing after a 20-year hiatus.  24-year old Welles, known worldwide as “The Man in the Red Bandanna,” heroically rescued countless people before his own death in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Alison is the featured solo violinist on the recording.

Paolo Michele Bordignon, the brilliant young harpsichordist, is also a featured soloist on the second piece on the disk, “Suite of Historical Dances.”  The orchestra is composed of members of the New York Philharmonic, New York City Ballet Orchestra, New York City Opera, American Ballet Theater, and other noted players.

From the liner notes:

“Lament and Restoration,” subtitled “Concerto in one movement for Alison, Strings, and Harpsichord,” is almost inseparable from both the person and institution to which it is dedicated, Alison Crowther and the Welles Crowther Trust. It tells the story of how one mother used the power of music to help overcome the grief she experienced after losing her son in the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001. Rather than compose a requiem for the memory of the dead, Ron Wasserman searched for subject matter that would celebrate life and looking to the future in the midst of profound tragedy. In the wonderful story of how Alison put on a series of concerts in her local church, Ron found just that. The emotional needs of the piece are well served by its moderate tempo, Baroque instrumentation, and pleasing tonality. In concert, Alison begins with spoken commentary about the loss of her son and her feelings about how the music speaks of five emotions “shock, anger, sadness, questioning, and acceptance.”  During the performance, as listeners both hear and see this mother play the concerto starting in desolation and moving toward healing, the audience has a reaction to more than just the music, but also to the themes of death, loss, and life that resonate with everyone.

The “Suite of Historical Dances,” is based on the four Bach orchestral suites, and remains faithful to their form and harmonic language almost to the end.  A formal French Overture starts the piece; however, instead of a Minuet, Gavotte and Sarabande, I’ve updated the form with slightly more contemporary dances: Polka, Tango, Jitterbug, and Moon Walk.

Silas Brown and Ron Wasserman, producers

The production of this recording was made possible by generous help from the following sponsors:

PRINCIPAL BENEFACTOR: The Argosy Foundation; LEAD SPONSORS: Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.,The Gannett Foundation, Joan Wile;

MAJOR DONORS: The Bank of New York, Rockland and Westchester Divisions, The Perillo Tours Foundation, Woodcliff Lake, NJ;

SUPPORTERS: Inserra Supermarkets, Inc., Mahwah, NJ, Thomas S. and Mary Jane Karger, Red Oak Bank, Morristown, NJ, Vortex Corporation, Ramsey, NJ, Thomas S. Weekley, Jr., Wright Brothers of Nyack, Inc. Real Estate; FRIENDS: Custom Executive Office, Inc., Nyack, NY, Dr. Roseanne Martorella, Tappan Zee Florist, Nyack, NY, Union State Bank, Nyack, NY, Ellen and William Blumstein

Other services were donated or discounted by:

ANDREA QUINN, GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Rev. Richard Gressle, rector, Robert L. Barrows, music director

EASY GOURMET CATERERS, Sparkill, NY, ALTO MUSIC, Monsey, NY, NYACK HIGH SCHOOL

JAN DEATS, GREY FULMER, MICHELE LINDSAY and EDWARD GRANT .

JEFFERSON CROWTHER, HONOR CROWTHER, FAGAN, & PAIGE CROWTHER

EDWARD SIMONS, THE ETHICAL CULTURE SOCIETY OF NY

BEVERLEY BOZARTH, for the cover watercolor which depicts the churchyard where Welles’ ashes are immured.

CLAIRE STANCAMPIANO, graphic design.

THE MUSICIANS OF THE ORCHESTRA:

Violin 1:

Kurt Nikkanen, concertmaster

Joanna Frankel

Barbara Randall

Noah Geller

Catherine Miller

Sami Merdinian

Violin II:

Lu Lu, principal

Edward Simons

Laura Oatts

Omar Gueg

Pico Alt

Christina Courtin

Viola:

Olivia Koppell, principal

Chihiro Fukuda

Jaime Amador

Beth Guterman

Cello:

Peter Sanders, principal

Kenneth Olsen

Dave Morrissey

Double Bass:

William Blossom, principal

Satoshi Okamoto

Harpsichord:

Paolo Michele Bordignin

Contact:

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914-714-0586

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