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R O B E R T W A R D

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Robert Ward's artistic communication is on a different level, in the language of music: "I try to communicate something, very clear,to get an emotional response . . . I've failed if I don't achieve that." He was a bandmaster during the second World War, he studied with such American musical luminaries as Aaron Copland and Howard Hanson and he is one of the important connections to American music of the past 50 years. Robert Ward's music has rhythm, life and color, a brilliant reflection of our own musical heritage. He's a Pulitzer Prize winner (for his opera The Crucible, based on the play by Arthur Miller) and has a great legacy as an educator.

Listen in: Hear Robert Ward discuss his work, along with a sampling of his music. (RealAudio 3.0; how to listen)

Music from the Show
(music by Robert Ward unless otherwise noted)

Jubilation Overture - North Carolina Symphony Orchestra/ Gerhardt Zimmermann
Robert Ward - North Carolina Symphony Orchestra ALBANY AR001

Johnson/ Creamer: If I Could be with you - Benny Goodman and his orchestra
Sing, sing, sing RCA Bluebird 5630

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra - Sarah Johnson, violin; Winston-Salem Piedmont Trid Symphony/ Pieter Perret
Robert Ward - Scarlet and Blue ALBANY TROY 126

Antiphony for Winds -- The Keystone Wind Ensemble/ Jack Stamp
Night Fantasy CITADEL 88103

J. S. Bach: Sarabande from French Suite No. 6 in E major - Wanda Landowska, harpsichord
Landowska plays Bach PEARL 9489

Scherzo for solo piano - Eric Larsen, piano
Echoes of America, Chamber Music of Robert Ward ALBANY TROY 323

Richard Wagner: Prelude to Act I of Tristan and Isolde - The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/ Richard Strauss
Richard Strausss conducts KOCH LEGACY 7119

The Crucible - cast conducted by Emerson Buckley; play by Arthur Miller; libretto by Bernard Stambler
Robert Ward ALBANY 025-026

Sonic Structure -- North Carolina Symphony Orchestra/ Gerhardt Zimmermann
Robert Ward North Carolina Symphony Orchestra ALBANY AR001

String Quartet No. 1 - Ciompi Quartet from the cd
American Works for String Quartet ALBANY TROY 073

Sacred Songs for Pantheists - Sylvia Stahlman, soprano; Polish Radio Orchestra/ William Strickland
Robert Ward BAY CITIES 1010

Raleigh Divertimento - Dorian Wind Quintet
First Glimpses of Sunlight SUMMIT DCD 233

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