Studies in Nature: New Music by Karim Al-Zand

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Label
Centaur Records
Release Date
October 5, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      AL-ZAND, KARIM
    • PERFORMER
      Various
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 05, 2018
    • UPC
      044747365923
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CRC3659
    • LABEL
      Centaur Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Sea Lilies (Dance)

      Composer: Karim Al-Zand

      Performer: Matthew Roitstein, Sheldon Person, Stephanie Gustafson

    2. II. Radiolaria (Air)

      Composer: Karim Al-Zand

      Performer: Matthew Roitstein, Sheldon Person, Stephanie Gustafson

    3. III. Jellyfish (Capriccio)

      Composer: Karim Al-Zand

      Performer: Matthew Roitstein, Sheldon Person, Stephanie Gustafson

    4. I. Attar of Rose

      Composer: Karim Al-Zand

      Performer: Thomas Frey, Jakob Nierenz, Wesley Ducote

    5. II. Lavender

      Composer: Karim Al-Zand

      Performer: Thomas Frey, Jakob Nierenz, Wesley Ducote

    6. III. Jasmine

      Composer: Karim Al-Zand

      Performer: Thomas Frey, Jakob Nierenz, Wesley Ducote

    7. IV. Orange Flower Blossom

      Composer: Karim Al-Zand

      Performer: Thomas Frey, Jakob Nierenz, Wesley Ducote

    8. No. 1. Prayer for a Profusion of Sunflowers

      Composer: Karim Al-Zand

      Performer: Aidan Soder, Grant Loehnig

    9. No. 2. Tanka

      Composer: Karim Al-Zand

      Performer: Aidan Soder, Grant Loehnig

    10. No. 3. Vernal Equinox

      Composer: Karim Al-Zand

      Performer: Aidan Soder, Grant Loehnig

    11. No. 4. The Peddler of Flowers

      Composer: Karim Al-Zand

      Performer: Aidan Soder, Grant Loehnig

    12. No. 5. From a Window

      Composer: Karim Al-Zand

      Performer: Aidan Soder, Grant Loehnig

    13. No. 6. Grotesque

      Composer: Karim Al-Zand

      Performer: Aidan Soder, Grant Loehnig

    14. No. 7. A Shower

      Composer: Karim Al-Zand

      Performer: Aidan Soder, Grant Loehnig

    15. No. 8. Passing the Bamboo Fence

      Composer: Karim Al-Zand

      Performer: Aidan Soder, Grant Loehnig

    16. NO. 9. The Two Rains

      Composer: Karim Al-Zand

      Performer: Aidan Soder, Grant Loehnig

    17. No. 10. Sunshine

      Composer: Karim Al-Zand

      Performer: Aidan Soder, Grant Loehnig

    18. No. 11. Summer Rain

      Composer: Karim Al-Zand

      Performer: Aidan Soder, Grant Loehnig

    19. Canticle and Caprice

      Composer: Karim Al-Zand

      Performer: Natalie Lin, Abhijit Sengupta, Julia Sengupta

    20. Luctus Profugis

      Composer: Karim Al-Zand

      Ensemble: Kinetic

      Performer: Justin Douté

    21. Cinderella

      Composer: Karim Al-Zand

      Performer: Aaron Purdue, Lin Ma, Philip Hembree, Greg Hammond, Ling Ling Huang, Boson Mo, Jarita Ng, Max Geißler, Craig Hauschildt

      Conductor: Jerry Hou


Studies in Nature is inspired by the captivating illustrations of biologist and naturalist Erns Haeckel (1834-1919). These are musical depictions of these illustrations, performed on acoustic instruments. The music of Canadian-American composer Karim Al-Zand (b.1970) has been called “strong and startlingly lovely” (Boston Globe). His compositions are wide-ranging in influence and inspiration, encompassing solo, chamber, vocal and orchestral works. From scores for dance, to compositions for young people, to multi-disciplinary and collaborative works, Al-Zand’s music is diverse in both its subject matter and its audience. It explores connections between music and other arts, and draws inspiration from varied sources such as graphic art, myths and fables, folk music of the world, film, spoken word, jazz, and his own Middle Eastern heritage. Al-Zand’s music has enjoyed success in the US, Canada and abroad and he is the recipient of several national awards, including the Sackler Composition Prize, the ArtSong Prize, the Louisville Orchestra Competition Prize and the “Arts and Letters Award in Music” from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is a founding and artistic board member of Musiqa, Houston’s premier contemporary music group, which presents concerts featuring new and classic repertoire of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In his scholarly work, he has pursued several diverse areas of music theory, including topics in jazz, counterpoint, and improvisation. Al-Zand was born in Tunis, Tunisia, raised in Ottawa, Canada and educated in Montreal and Cambridge. He has taught composition and music theory at the Shepherd School since 2000.