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| Sept. 7, 2008 |
RADIO BROADCASTS: discovered this week.
WNYC-FM 2 (New York, NY) Aug. 5, 2008 TRIO for Flute, Oboe (Clarinet in C) and Bassoon, Op.97 (from Music of Eastern Europe CD, by Trio Spektrum.)
WNYC-FM 2 (New York, NY) Aug. 10, 2008 PASSACAGLIA & FUGUE for Violin, Cello & Piano, Op. 87 Performers: Mirecourt Trio # KBAQ-FM 2 (Tempe, AZ) # WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO # KBPS-FM (Portland, OR) # WSHU-FM (Fairfield, CT) WEBSITE TRANSFER:
This entire website has now been moved to new servers. Should you discover any bad links, a short email to us noting them would be greatly appreciated. AUDIO SAMPLES: There are now 260 audio samples of Tomas Svoboda's music on this website. SHEET MUSIC SAMPLES: There are now 900+ pages of sample sheet music on this website. Additional audio clips and pages of sheet music will be added for those compositions not yet having them. SHIPPING POLICY: FREE SHIPPING now available for all orders over $20.00 (U.S. retail sales only). Choose "Media Mail" when ordering. ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCES (2007-2008)
OVERTURE OF THE SEASON, Op.89
Dayton Philharmonic Conductor: Neal Gittleman Dates: Sept. 14th & 15th, 2007 (8PM) Location: Dayton, OH Venue: Schuster Center
Wyoming Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Matthew Savery Dates: November 10, 2007 (8PM) Location: Casper, WY Venue: Natrona County High School Auditorium
Grant Park Music Festival Performers: Grant Park Orchestra & Chorus Conductor: Carlos Kalmar July 2nd & 5th 2008 8PM Location: Chicago, IL Venue: Jay Pritzker Pavilion
CONCERTO for Marimba & Orchestra, Op.148
Florida State University Symphony Conductor: Alexander Jiménez Marimba soloist: John W. Parks IV Date: February 8, 2008 (8PM) Date: March 20, 2008 (8PM) Location: Tallahassee, FL
Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra [Central Aichi Kokyo Gakudan] Conductor: Chosei Komatsu Marimba soloist: Sayaka Mase Location: Nagoya, Japan Venue: Aichi Art Theater Concert Hall |
| Aug. 5, 2007 |
PUBLISHED ARTICLE:
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN
Date: Aug. 5, 2007 Title: "What's age got to do with it? Music in the key of time." Author: David Stabler [The Oregonian Staff] Subject matter: A look at the concept of "late style" artistic endeavors in general, with a focus on two of Oregon's musical elder statemen, Tomas Svoboda and David Schiff. |
| July 27, 2007 |
CD RECORDING REVIEW:
Sequenza21 reviews Tomas Svoboda's new
Children's Treasure Box CD recording.
Full review of CD at Sequenza21.com.
"These are fun little pieces that will engage and entertain young beginners...and I think there is charm and wit for any level of pianist." "...any piano educator should have these pieces in their bag for their students." [Jay Batzner] WEBSITE UPDATE:
Created 410 new webpages containing 894 pages of sheet music in the GIF format. Faster page
loads, plus Adobe Acrobat Reader no longer needed to view music samples. PDF files,
however, have been retained for use in printing or downloading music samples for offline perusal.
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| Feb. 20, 2007 |
WEBSITE UPDATE: Added new CD recording by Mitsuki Dazai: 
Autumn - Music for solo Koto ...to the Recordings (Discography) webpage, with a link to the CD's own page, which now contains mp3 audio clips of Tomas Svoboda's AUTUMN for Koto, Op. 110. |
| Nov. 30, 2006 |
SHEET MUSIC SAMPLES: added more sample pages of music:
THREE FUGHETTAS for Piano, 4-hand, Op. 12 (1956) BAROQUE QUINTET, Op. 37 (1962) LEGACY for Brass Septet, Op. 133 (1962) PRELUDE & FUGUE for String Quartet, Op. 5 (1954-1986) PROLOGUE for Clarinet, Harpsichord & Percussion, Op. 61 SONATA for Violin & Piano, Op. 73 (violin part) CHORALE in E flat for Piano Quintet, Op. 118 SYMPHONY No. 6 for Clarinet & Orch., Op. 137 (clarinet part) |
| Oct. 27, 2006 |
NEW PUBLICATIONS: Nine additional works now available; 198 pages of score; 102 pages of performance parts:
BALLADE for Bassoon & Piano, Op. 35 BAROQUE QUINTET for Fl., Ob., Clar., Cello & Pno, Op. 37 BENEDICTUS for Piano, Op. 162 CLASSICAL SONATINE for Oboe & Piano, Op. 28 FUGUE in c-minor on a Theme by Bach, for Piano, Op. 9 FUGUE in d-minor (on Bulgarian National Anthem), Op. 17 DREAMS OF A DANCER, for Flute, Clarinet & Piano, Op. 164 SONATA for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 167 TROIKA in Taiga, for Piano, Op. 21 |
| Oct. 5, 2006 |
AUDIO SAMPLES: added audio clips of:
STRING QUARTET No. 1, Op. 29 (1961)
STRING QUARTET No. 2, Op. 151 (1996)
CONCERTO No. 1 for Piano & Orchestra,, Op. 71
CONCERTO No. 2 for Piano & Orchestra,, Op. 134
OVERTURE OF THE SEASON, Op. 89
CONCERTO for Marimba & Orchestra, Op. 148 SYMPHONY No. 1 (of Nature) for Orchestra, Op. 20 |
| June 24, 2006 |
AUDIO CLIPS: 51 sample mp3 audio clips from Tomas Svoboda's
upcoming CD recording of his "Children's Treasure Box",
four-volume piano series, have been posted on the Piano Works
and Audio Clips webpages.
Additional sample sheet music will be posted, as well.
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| April 6, 2006 |
OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING (TV):
Featured profile of Tomas Svoboda on television program "Oregon Art Beat."
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| Jan. 7, 2004 |
Sequenza21.COM:
lists Oregon Symphony's "Tomas Svoboda - Orchestral Works" CD as one of their
"favorite" CD's of 2003.
To see complete list: visit Sequenza21.com homepage. Look for "Duane's Favorite's 2003". |
| Dec. 4, 2003 |
GRAMMY AWARD NOMINATION (2003): CONCERTO for Marimba & Orchestra, Op.148
"Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance With Orchestra"
James DePreist, cond.; Niel DePonte, marimba; Oregon Symphony [ Albany Records ] Visit Orchestral Works CD recording webpage. |
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Nov. 10, 2003
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CD Reviews:
Sequenza21.com" review
of Oregon Symphony "Tomas Svoboda - Orchestra Works" CD.
"Amazon.com" customer review of the Oregon Symphony "Tomas Svoboda - Orchestra Works" CD. |
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July 6, 2003
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Boston Symphony Orchestra:
Tanglewood; "Overture of the Season, Op. 89" performance; James DePreist,
cond.
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Feb. 9, 2003
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Radio Broadcast:
"Radio New Zealand" airs entire "Nine Etudes in Fugue Style (Vols. 1 &
) for piano" CD.
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Dec. 5, 2002
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CD Review:
Andante.com:
reviews 4 different "All-Svoboda" CDs.
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