steven r. gerber spirituals spirituals for string orchestra, clarinet concerto, serenade concertante St. Petersburg State Academic Symphony Vladimir Lande conductor Jon Manasse clarinet José Miguel Cueto violin Natalia Malkova violin Z6803 Steven R. Gerber's career has had an unusual trajectory.   He was first known mainly in new music circles in New York City and then began touring the former Soviet Union in 1990.   He became perhaps the most frequently performed American composer there for many years with dozens of concerts of his orchestral and chamber works … Gerber was born in Washington, D.C. in 1948 and now lives in New York City.   He received degrees from Haverford College and Princeton University, which awarded him a 4-year fellowship for graduate studies.   His composition teachers included Robert Parris, Earl Kim, J.K. Randall, and Milton Babbitt.   His large catalogue of works includes many songs, choral works, and piano pieces, and he also performs occasionally as a pianist, mostly in his own works. SPIRITUALS for String Orchestra (1999-2001) 01. Homage to Dvorak ("Goin' Home")     4:26 02. Minimalist Tendencies ("Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child")     1:32 03. Melody Over a Drone I ("O Mary, Don't You Weep, Don't You Mourn")     1:52 04. Amazing Grace Notes: Homage to John Harbison ("Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen")     1:14 05. Two Pentatonic Fragments ("Go Tell It on the Mountain" and "Study War No More")     1:44 06. Call and Response ("Go Down, Moses")     2:36 07. Minor and Major ("This Ol' Time Religion")     1:31 08. Melody Over a Drone II ("Deep River")     1:14 09. Canons and Chorus ("Glory to That Newborn King")     1:03 10. Homage to Ravel (An Arrangement of "Balm in Gilead")     1:21 CLARINET CONCERTO (2000-2002) 11. Lento - Allegretto - Lento     8:08 12. Andante - Moderato - Andante con Moto - Lento, come prima     12:36 SERENADE CONCERTANTE (1998) 13. Moderato, con moto - Passacaglia (L'istesso tempo) - Moderato, con moto     8:58 14. Lento - Allegro non troppo - Andante con moto (Variations on B-R-A-H-M-S) - Allegro non troppo     7:38 ARABESQUE RECORDINGS - distrbuted in Australia by Rockian Trading