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Leon Kirchner Revelations, includes never before published or recorded, and rarely recorded works. The program includes choral, piano-vocal and solo piano works: Little Suite, Dawn, Three Songs, Words from Wordsworth, A Moment For Roger, The Twilight Stood, and The Forbidden. World class artists, pianist Joel Fan, sopranos Diana Hoagland and Beverly Hoch, pianist Leon Kirchner, conductor Scott Dunn, and a choir comprised of some of New York s finest freelance choral singers perform works spanning the years from Kirchner s first compositions in 1943 to his years as an octogenarian. Kirchner was a revelatory composer, conductor and pianist. This album provides a view into the elemental building blocks of Kirchner s musical aesthetic and traces his evolution from 1943, when he was twenty four, to his last years as an octogenarian. The artists on this recording are among Kirchner s most cherished performers. All enjoy stellar careers, and their performances burn bright.