James Primosch

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When honoring him with its Goddard Lieberson Fellowship, the American Academy of Arts and Letters noted that “A rare economy of means and a strain of religious mysticism distinguish the music of James Primosch… Through articulate, transparent textures, he creates a wide range of musical emotion.” The New Yorker stated that Primosch “scores with a sure, light hand” and critics for the New York Times, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Dallas Morning News have characterized his music as “impressive”, “striking”, “grandly romantic”, “stunning” and “very approachable”. Primosch’s compositional voice encompasses a broad range of expressive types. His music can be intensely lyrical, as in the song cycle Holy the Firm (composed for Dawn Upshaw) or dazzlingly angular as in Secret Geometry for piano and electronic sound. His affection for jazz is reflected in works like the Piano Quintet, while his work as a church musician informs the many pieces in his catalog based on sacred songs or religious texts. Primosch’s instrumental, vocal, and electronic works have been performed throughout the United States and in Europe by such ensembles as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Collage, the New York New Music Ensemble, and the Twentieth Century Consort. His Icons was played at the ISCM/League of Composers World Music Days in Hong Kong, and Dawn Upshaw included a song by Primosch in her Carnegie Hall recital debut. Commissioned works by P

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Dedication

Carthage

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Classical Music for Ultimate Focus

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Mass for the Day of St. Thomas Didymus: II. Gloria

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Secret Geometry

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Sacred Songs

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James Primosch: Icons

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Organ Recital: Paukert, Karel - Shrude, M. / Baker, L. / Primosch, J. / Erb, D. / Houghton, M. / Roy, K.G. / Alessio, G.

Aleck Karis - Secret Geometry - Music For Piano And Tape

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Lambert Orkis, Piano

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Cathedral Music

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