Kirchner: Sketch to Stage

Producer/ Editor

While working at the New England Conservatory, I had a chance to collaborate with Paula Robison to create these series of videos to help promote the performance of Leon Kirchner's "Music for Flute and Orchestra". A revised and refreshed edition of the score was performed by Paula, Hugh Wolff and the NEC Philharmonia on November 5, 2014 in NEC's Jordan Hall.

In this brief documentary, a companion piece to the concert performance video, flutist Paula Robison and conductor Hugh Wolff discuss the challenges they faced in bringing Leon Kirchner's 1978 masterpiece "Music for Flute and Orchestra" to the concert stage (and to print) in a definitive restored edition.

Stories of Kirchner

In "Stories of Kirchner", flutist Paula Robison and conductor Hugh Wolff, discuss the genesis and musical underpinnings of "Music for Flute and Orchestra," which Leon Kirchner composed for Paula in 1978.

Part 1: A Piece for Paula In the first of a short series of videos, flutist Paula Robison and conductor Hugh Wolff share memories of Leon Kirchner who composed his "Music for Flute and Orchestra" for Paula in 1978.

Part 1: A Piece for Paula

Part 2: Colors of Passion In the second of a short series of videos, flutist Paula Robison and conductor Hugh Wolff discuss the genesis and musical underpinnings of "Music for Flute and Orchestra," which Leon Kirchner composed for Paula in 1978.

Part 2: Colors of Passion

Part 3: The Revision In the third of a short series of videos, flutist Paula Robison and conductor Hugh Wolff, discuss the genesis and musical underpinnings of "Music for Flute and Orchestra," which Leon Kirchner composed for Paula in 1978.

Part 4: A Unique Voice In this final video of a short series, flutist Paula Robison and conductor Hugh Wolff, discuss the genesis and musical underpinnings of "Music for Flute and Orchestra," which Leon Kirchner composed for Paula in 1978.

Part 4: A Unique Voice

Part 3: The Revision