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Cliff Eidelman

Symphony No. 2 w/Royal Scottish National Orchestra

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Release Date: April 19, 2024

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Cliff Eidelman Conducts Triumph of the Spirit
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2 Movement II  
3 Movement III  
4 Movement IV  
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Eidelman composed the music and lyrics for this 4 movement, 30 minute symphony. The composer explains,“though it was written during the pandemic, I found myself really looking forward toward hope and optimism. The piece just emerged out of me in an organic free-form style interweaving and developing melodic themes throughout. I went with it and embraced all its non-traditional approaches to form.” Orchestrated for a large orchestra, mezzo-soprano and piano, “the work feels very theatrical to me as if the red curtain rises from a grand stage right from bar 1”.

Composer Cliff Eidelman’s breakthrough came with his score for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and by the age of 24, Eidelman had composed a number of epic scores including the holocaust drama Triumph of the Spirit. His film score credits include The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, He’s Just Not That Into You, One True Thing among many others. The composer has also had a concurrent path in the fields of concert music, ballet, songs and choral music including Symphony for Orchestra and Two Pianos recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra, The Tempest, recorded by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Night in the Gallery recorded by Members of the London Symphony Orchestra, all conducted by the composer. Wedding in the Night Garden, composed for mezzo- soprano, string orchestra and choir was performed by the Los Angeles Master Chorale. 

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    Posted At: May 20, 2024 12:00 AM
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  • Tempest Music releases the premiere of Cliff Eidelman's 'Symphony No. 2'
    Posted At: April 22, 2024 12:00 AM
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  • WCRB is 'Out of the Box' with Cliff Eidelman's 'Night in the Gallery'
    Posted At: October 28, 2019 12:00 AM

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  • Cliff Eidelman & Michael McHale visit with Jim Svejda at KUSC
    Posted At: July 12, 2019 12:00 AM

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  • Cliff Eidelman creates a flexible role for the two pianists in his 'Symphony for Orchestra' / theWholeNote
    Posted At: March 27, 2019 12:00 AM

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  • The new trend in concert halls is original music by movie composers, no film required / Variety
    Posted At: March 24, 2019 12:00 AM

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  • Cliff Eidelman's latest is not a film score but a vibrant recording of two concert works / Radio Purdue
    Posted At: March 6, 2019 12:00 AM

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  • Central Michigan's WCMU debuts two concert works by Cliff Eidelman
    Posted At: March 6, 2019 12:00 AM

    Composer Cliff Eidelman has released; Symphony for Orchestra and Two Pianos and Night in the Gallery on Enotes Music. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios and featuring the London Symphony Orchestra, with soloists Michael McHale and Tom Poster Eidelman began composing his new Symphony for Orchestra and Two Pianos years ago prompted by an inner creative resolve.  A well know composer of music for film incl...
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  • Cliff Eidelman's 'Symphony for Orchestra and Two Pianos' makes Film Music Magazine's 'February Soundtrack Picks'
    Posted At: February 26, 2019 12:00 AM

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  • The birth of a symphony by Cliff Eidelman / issuu
    Posted At: February 19, 2019 12:00 AM

    Enotes Music recently released two major works by composer Cliff Eidelman: Symphony for Orchestra and Two Pianos and Night in the Gallery. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios and featuring the London Symphony Orchestra and soloists Michael McHale and Tom Poster, under the direction of Eidelman, the LSO provided the ideal balance for experience and enthusiasm. Symphony for Orchestra and Two Pianos is a grand a...
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  • Cliff Eidelman's music is full of color and craft / BMI
    Posted At: January 14, 2019 12:00 AM

    Cliff Eidelman broke into film scoring at the age of 22 when a performance recording of one of the concert music commissions he composed at Santa Monica City College reached director Monica Teuber. Teuber was so impressed that she asked him to write some music based on the reading of a script she was working on. Not one to dawdle, Eidelman composed eleven pieces and recorded the music at his home studio ...
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