Alex Shapiro, composer: Intermezzo for Flute and Harp

Intermezzo for Flute and Harp

Total duration ca. 4 minutes (2008)
Published by Activist Music (ASCAP).
One movement work. 4 pages, 8.5" x 11".

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Intermezzo for Clarinet and Piano

Total duration ca. 4 minutes (1998)
Published by Activist Music (ASCAP).
One movement work. 6 pages, 8.5" x 11".

Premiered in April 1999 in Rindge, New Hampshire
by Jamie Rainville, clarinet and Rebecca Ahlfors, piano.

Recorded in May 2000 by The Price Duo: Berkeley Price, clarinet, and
Deon Nielsen Price, piano.

Audio clip performed by Berkeley Price, clarinet, and
Deon Nielsen Price, piano.

Intermezzo for Cello and Piano

Total duration ca. 4 minutes (1998)
Published by Activist Music (ASCAP).
One movement work. 6 pages, 8.5" x 11".

Premiered in August 2011 in Friday Harbor, Washington
by Doug Davis, cello and Rowena Hammill, piano.

Intermezzo for Clarinet and Harp

Total duration ca. 4 minutes (1999)
Published by Activist Music (ASCAP).
One movement work. 4 pages, 8.5" x 11".

Premiered in September 1999 in Austin, Texas
by Martha MacDonald, clarinet
and Delaine Fedson, harp.

Transcription of the clarinet and piano version
made by Delaine Fedson.

Intermezzo for Violin and Harp

Total duration ca. 4 minutes (2001)
Published by Activist Music (ASCAP).
One movement work. 4 pages, 8.5" x 11".

Intermezzo for Piano

Total duration ca. 4 minutes (1998)
Published by Activist Music (ASCAP).
One movement work. 5 pages, 8.5" x 11".

Intermezzo for Bass Flute and Piano

Total duration ca. 4 minutes (2010)
Published by Activist Music (ASCAP).
One movement work. 6 pages, 8.5" x 11".

Commissioned by Jenni Olson.

Intermezzo for Bass Flute and Harp

Total duration ca. 4 minutes (2012)
Published by Activist Music (ASCAP).
One movement work. 6 pages, 8.5" x 11".

Commissioned by Jenni Olson.

Recorded in February 2012 in Los Angeles, California
by Jenni Olson, bass flute and Marcia Dickstein, harp.

The version of Intermezzo for bass flute and harp is featured on Jenni Olson's 2012 CD, The Dreams of Birds, on Delos Records DE3434.
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View page one of the score for flute and harp
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Intermezzo was written in as a response to the waves of the ocean, as well as a reflection of the waves of a more introspective, emotional sea. A long and lyrical theme floats above a steady ostinato, perhaps as a lengthy branch of kelp might dance from the force of each coming tide.