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John Faieta Tours Bernard Rands's Memo 2 for Solo Trombone

Feb. 28, 2025

John Faieta of the Atlantic Brass Ensemble has taken Bernard Rands's Memo 2 on tour throughout Ohio this month, with performances of the piece on February 14 at Kent State University, February 21 at Heights Arts, Cleveland Heights, and on February 28 at Trinity Chapel in downtown Cleveland.

Memo 2 was premiered by Miles Anderson at Carnegie Hall in 1978. Writing for The New York Times, Allen Hughes said the work is “full of leaps and florid passagework that might have daunted a coloratura soprano, but not Mr. Anderson. Not only does the piece call for extraordinary agility, but it also requires a lot of extramusical sighing, gasping, gurgling and giggling, all of which were supplied with uninhibited flamboyance.”

Memo 2 is part of Rands's "Memo" series of works for solo instruments and voice which began in 1971 with Memo 1 for solo double bass, and continued most recently in 2024 with the premiere of Memo 9 for solo cello.


Bernard Rand's Memo 9 Performed by Stefan Hersh at Guarneri Hall NFP, Chicago

To learn more about Bernard Rands, visit schott-music.com.

Bernard Rands
Memo 2 (1973)
for solo trombone
15'
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