Alex Shapiro, composer: Excelsior: Perpetual Spark

Excelsior

(Cedille Records CDR 90000 148
Fifth House Ensemble.

featuring
Alex Shapiro's
Perpetual Spark

Perpetual Spark began life in 2011 as a solo piano work, Spark, and was arranged in 2013 for chamber sextet that added flute/piccolo, violin, viola, cello and double bass to the piano.

Chamber-music group Fifth House Ensemble of Chicago aims for the stratosphere with Excelsior, its adventurous debut album. The title refers to an experimental, extreme-altitude U.S. Air Force project of the Cold War era. Also on this CD are works by Caleb Burhans, Jesse Limbacher, and Mason Bates.

For more information about this project, please click here

Excelsior (Cedille Records CDR 90000 148 Fifth House Ensemble. featuring Alex Shapiro's Perpetual Spark *Perpetual Spark* began life in 2011 as a solo piano work, Spark, and was arranged in 2013 for chamber sextet that added flute/piccolo, violin, viola, cello and double bass to the piano. Chamber-music group Fifth House Ensemble of Chicago aims for the stratosphere with Excelsior, its adventurous debut album. The title refers to an experimental, extreme-altitude U.S. Air Force project of the Cold War era. Also on this CD are works by Caleb Burhans, Jesse Limbacher, and Mason Bates. For more information about this project, please click here
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