Tenor Dennis Tobenski and pianist Marc Peloquin have just released a debut album of love songs by living American composers that includes world premiere recordings of Zachary's Three Lullabies, along with music by Chester Biscardi, David Del Tredici, Darien Scott Shulman, and Dennis Tobenski. Click here for more information, or to purchase a copy!
Zachary's bright and exciting anthem for chorus and organ, Great or Small, has just been published by E.C. Schirmer. Commissioned by The National Lutheran Choir, the piece is now available for online purchase through Canticle Distributing.
On Sunday, November 15, 2015, the Choral Arts Society of Washington, led by Scott Tucker, gave the premiere performance of Zachary's Battle-Flags. In his review of the concert for the Washington Post, Patrick Rucker wrote:
“Wadsworth, still in his early 30s, is someone to keep an eye on. His compelling “Battle-Flags,” using verse by Walt Whitman, was composed to be followed without pause by the Brahms, a function it fulfilled admirably. Delicately scored for chorus, obbligato string quartet and string orchestra, it was fresh, deeply felt and strikingly original in a way that complemented rather than competed with the gigantic “Requiem.”
Most impressive is Wadsworth’s feeling for text, which he sets with a sensitivity that is never obvious, yet always apt. Verses from Whitman’s poem, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d,” were understandable in the hall, something only the most skilled vocal composers are able to pull off. Scott Tucker conducted with confidence and nuance.”
Zachary's To the Roaring Wind has just been released on Aetheria, a new CD by Seattle's preeminent vocal ensemble, The Esoterics. Led by founding director Eric Banks, the choir also sings music by Dale Trumbore, Aulis Sallinen, and Kirke Mechem. Click here to order a copy!
In a review of the Richmond Symphony's performances of Zachary's Point — Line — Plane, the Richmond Times-Dispatch's Clarke Bustard wrote:
“This short work, introduced in 2007, evokes the accumulation of points (notes) into lines (melodies), and lines into planes (harmonies), evolving from a quizzical melody, rather austere and angular at the outset, growing lusher and more atmospheric as individual voices and small ensembles grow into larger, richer, more colorful combinations.”
Zachary was featured in Philip Copeland's recent article for the International Choral Bulletin: "After Eric: New American Composers After 1980."
