Alpher, David Baruch 19.jun.1947- USA, Washington DC
pianist, 1968 graduated from Indiana University School of Music, studied piano with Menahem Pressler and Jeaneane Dowis, 1975-1980 musical director of Allnations Dance Company New York, 1985-1996 of the Gloucester Stage Company, 1986 residing in Rockport Massachusetts where he founded and directed the Rockport Chamber Music Festival

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[] Atlantic legend. Viola, cello and harpsichord. 1983
Maureen Gallagher, Myron Lutzke, Jean Newton

[] Hashkivenu. Hebrew prayer. Cantor, mixed choir and piano or organ. 1984
commissioned by the Metropolitan Synagogue of New York

[] Las Meninas. Variations, inspired by Velazquez and Picasso paintings. Multimedia. 1985
[] String quartet. 1987
Manhattan String Quartet

[] The walrus and the carpenter. Narrator, flute, viola and piano. 1989
on a poem of Lewis Carroll

[] Returnings. Harp and piano. 1990
[] Land of the farther suns. Narrator, 4 flutes and piano. 1992
on poems of Stephen Crane

[] The Field's Edge. Five songs to poems by James Wright. 1996
[] Elegy for a friend. Piano. 1997
[] Tribute to Kerouac. Jazz suite. Piano. 1998
[] Pathways. Clarinet, violin and piano. 1999
The Verdehr Trio

[] Ritornello. Flute and piano. 2002
Christiane Meininger, Duo Sereno

[] Song of witness. Baritone and chamber ensemble. 2002
Christopheren Nomura, Gainsborough Trio

[] Cantilena. Flute and viola. 2005
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