Elizabeth Bell (1928-2016)
Andromeda
Year: 1993
Duration (in minutes): 15'39;
Difficulty: High (professional)
Category: concertos, orchestra and chamber orchestra
Publisher: American Composers Alliance
Description: Energetic small concerto; prof diff. 3 sections: 1 & 3 have ostinato & increase in tempo to very fast at end. 2nd section Andante Cantabile. Title based on myth of Andromeda, beloved of Perseus, and of the spiral galaxy named for her. Written for Vienna Modern Masters for a CD, recorded by the Koszalin State Philharmonic Orchestra, Szymon Kawalla conducting, Ruth Spindler, piano; VMM CD#3029. Also recorded by the Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, conductor, Eleanor Elkins, piano; MMC CD#2082