Music of Gerard Schurmann
From the collection of Karl Miller"It is impossible for a composer to bridge the widening gap between sophisticated creative processes of the day and the listener with integrity: the result of the most fervent desire to communicate can be put to the test only within oneself, measured against the yardstick of personal experience. Any deliberate attempt to work on the speculative basis of current market and fashion values is inevitably doomed, because such contrivances, being essentially self-deluding, remove the basic premise of the creative function. On a different level, it is a sobering thought that none of us will ever know whether we have made the right artistic decisions, since this will be determined long after we are gone. I believe in communication - but there must be individuality. In the chaos in which we live, a strong personal statement is in the end the only thing of any interest."
Intro (Composer Interview) Concerto for Orchestra (Premiere) Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra
Edo de Waart
[29/30/31 March 1996]Piano Concerto (1973)(with paraphrase of the Richard Rodney Benneett PIano Concerto, first movement)
Joaquin Achucawo, piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composer/ConductorVariants for Orchestra (1971)Northern SInfonia
Bryden ThomsonSix Studies after Bacon (1968)Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin MaazelConcerto for Violin and Orchestra(with occasional references to Ginastera Violin Concerto)
Ruggero Ricci, violin
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Sir Charles Groves
[26 September 1978]
