Stefan Wolpe Society

YouTube video by Lucien Papaux S. Wolpe, Piece for trumpet and seven instruments - L. Papaux / Zermatt Festival Academy

Stefan Wolpe: Piece for Trumpet and Seven Instruments (1971)

David Philip Hefti - Conductor

Recorded live on September 14, 2023, at the Zermatt Festival, Academy Concert IV

Full performance: youtu.be/m-x4smQIoHc?...

YouTube video by Helsingin kamarikuoro Morton Feldman: For Stefan Wolpe (live)

For Stefan Wolpe (1986), for chorus and two vibraphones is Feldman’s tribute to his venerated teacher. It alternates between vocal and instrumental passages.

Performed by Helsinki Chamber Choir, Nils Schweckendiek, conductor, at the Helsinki Music Centre

Full recording: youtu.be/1vebYEAYS3Y?...

YouTube video by Ebony Band Stefan Wolpe (1902-1942) : Rag Caprice (1927)

Stefan Wolpe: Rag Caprice (1927), arrangement by Geert van Keulen of a pianopiece from “Suite of the Twenties”.

The Ebony Band (cond. Werner Herbers), April 25, 2013 in the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ @muziekgebouw, Amsterdam.

Full recording: youtu.be/6Y2g-ioHEms?...

This is amazing, it takes something for a person to be able to play both! Love your work!!

Justine Aronson - soprano
Conor Frost - boy soprano
Theodosia Roussos - oboe
Hope Wilk - harp
Mark Stewart - mandolin/musical saw
Thomas Kotcheff - piano
Eric Shuster, Josh Graham, Evan Saddler - percussion

YouTube video by Bang on a Can George Crumb "Ancient Voice of Children"

George Crumb: Ancient Voice of Children

Performed by faculty and fellows at the 2016 Bang on a Can Summer Marathon at the Summer Festival at MASS MoCA

Full performance video: youtu.be/yagtwfsBADw?...

YouTube video by Rodney Lister Time's Arrow- John Cage, Imaginary Landscape No. 4

John Cage: Imaginary Landscape No. 4

Recorded December 10, 2019
Boston University, CFA Hall

Full performance video: youtu.be/buHYowtQz5w?...

Rather than building phrases, the music lingers on single gestures—bending pitches, fading attacks, and isolated breaths—creating a sense of suspended time. It resists momentum, drawing the listener into a space where sound seems to question its own presence.

YouTube video by Contemporary Ongaku 現代音楽 Toru Takemitsu (武満徹) - Air『エア』for Flute solo

Toru Takemitsu: Air for flute solo

Toru Takemitsu’s “Air” (1995) for solo flute is a compact study in fragility and decay, where the line constantly dissolves as it forms.

Full score video: youtu.be/KHlfkThK8xM?...

Percussions: Gilles DUROT, Samuel FAVRE, Victor HANNA (Ensemble intercontemporain) / Matthieu DRAUX, Adelaide FERRIERE, Jean-Baptiste BONNARD, Noam BIERSTONE, Christophe DRELICH, Julien LACROUZADE, Thibault LEPRI, Sylvain BORREDON, Othman LOUATI

Piano: Sébastien VICHARD

YouTube video by Ensemble Intercontemporain Edgard Varèse, Ionisation - Ensemble intercontemporain

Edgard Varèse: Ionisation (1931), for 13 percussions and 1 piano

Full performance video: youtu.be/wClwaBuFOJA?...

The piece was commissioned by the Group for Contemporary Music and premiered by Charles Wuorinen, Harvey Sollberger, and Joel Krosnick, February 18, 1963.

Full notes by Wolpe: stefanwolpe.org/wolpe-on-wol...

Wolpe on Wolpe: Piece for Two Instrumental Units (1963) - see link below for full notes by Stefan Wolpe

Excerpt from the conversation with Eric Salzman in 1962 and broadcast over WBAI in April, 1963 (Wolpe, 1999, pp. 406-407).

“He returned to Japan in 1961. His recent opera has been performed in Japan and Europe.“

Full recollection: stefanwolpe.org/recollections/

Recollection of Wolpe by Toshi Ichyanagi - see link below for full recollection

“Toshi Ichyanagi (b. 1933), Japanese composer and pianist. Went toNew York to study at the Juilliard School. He met John Cage, who influenced his future path as composer and performer.”

YouTube video by Chicago Center For Contemporary Composition Triplum by Franco Donatoni

Franco Donatoni: Triplum - see link below for full recording

Constance Volk, flute
Andrew Nogal, oboe
Katherine Jimoh, clarinet

October 5, 2024 at the University of Chicago’s Logan Center for the Arts in Chicago, IL.

Full recording: youtu.be/mD8FRLjrMwE?...

YouTube video by Contemporary Classical Xenakis - Pour Maurice (1982) (with score)

Xenakis: Pour Maurice (1982) - see link below for full score-video

Baritone - Vincent Ranallo
Piano - Olivier Godin

Full score-video: youtu.be/S5ZuW0el45A?...

YouTube video by Sebastian Ars Acoustica Edgard Varèse – Poème électronique (1958)

Edgard Varèse: Poème électronique (1958) - see link below for full video

Video created with Sonic Visualizer, OpenShot and vokoscreen on an openSUSE 13.2 Linux System.

Full video: youtu.be/JLDbBqHCslw?...

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Stefan Wolpe: Symphony No. 1 (1956) - see links below for full recordings and notes by Wolpe.

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YouTube video by Ensemble Intercontemporain Anton Webern, Cinq Pièces, op. 10 - Ensemble intercontemporain

Anton Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10 (1913)

Ensemble intercontemporain
Matthias Pintscher, conductor

“Each movement lasts under a minute but is meticulously crafted, with sounds treated as discrete, almost pointillistic events…”

Full performance video: youtu.be/HwX7jPdFsD4?...

YouTube video by Shai Cohen "Rag Caprice" Shai Cohen (Stefan Wolpe) [w/ score]

Shai Cohen: “Rag Caprice” (Stefan Wolpe) [w/ score]

“Rag Caprice is a short composition for Trumpet, Piano, Bass and Accordion inspired by Stefan Wolpe, 1927 Piano Pieces No 3 Rag-Caprice. Performed live at Bar-Ilan university 2003.“ - Shai Cohen

Full score-video: youtu.be/LwbgVN0LpIM?...

Recollections - Stefan Wolpe Society I studied with Wolpe for the first time in the summer of '42, and in '43 I came back to New York and was drafted into the Army. I was back in New York within

Interview: AC, New York City, 16 February 1985.

Full recollection: stefanwolpe.org/recollections/

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Her work has been recognized by the Fromm, Koussevitzky, and Guggenheim Foundations, her music has been performed by the Jubal Trio, Parnassus, the Group for Contemporary Music, Speculum Musicae. Her work has been commissioned and performed by San Francisco Symphony and is published by C.F. Peters.

Recollection of Wolpe by Ursula Mamlok, see link below for full recollection.

Born in Berlin (1928) Ursula Mamlok immigrated to the United States in 1941. She studied at the Mannes College and also took private instruction from Wolpe, Sessions, Steuermann, and Shapey.

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Stefan Wolpe: Trio in Two Parts for Flute, Cello and Piano (1964)

Harvey Sollberg, flute
Fred Sherry, violoncello
Charles Wuorinen, pianoforte

Full recording: youtu.be/N0kWhFXcOUo?...

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YouTube video by Ensemble Intercontemporain Morton Feldman, Rothko Chapel - Les Cris de Paris - Ensemble intercontemporain

Morton Feldman: Rothko Chapel (1971)

John Stulz, alto
Géraldine Dutronc, celesta
Samuel Favre, percussions
Adèle Carlier, soprano solo
Les Cris de Paris
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Gregor A. Mayrhofer, conductor

Full performance recording: youtu.be/ks_mZJR-lAQ?...