Performance Portfolio
These samples illustrate some frequently used textures. They will give you a sense of the level of musicianship and overall "sound". Although not presented here, I certainly handle traditional wedding ceremony music as well as jazz standards and some popular tunes.
Click a title at the left to play it. Click the picture to pause.
Click the numbers above to see notes or comments on each piece.
#1
Composer: Astor Piazzolla
Title: Mi Louga in re
Performance Date: April 22, 2008
Venue: Chamber Music Studio Class, Georgia State University
Mariona Zaliazzkova, piano
Duration: 4:27
#2
Composer: Albert Franz Doppler
Title: Fantaisie pastorale hongroise, Op. 26
Performance Date: April 12, 2008
Venue: Graduate Recital, Georgia State University
Daniel Solberg, piano
Duration: 4:53
#3
Composer: Albert Franz Doppler
Title: Fantaisie pastorale hongroise, Op. 26 (continued)
Performance Date: April 12, 2008
Venue: Graduate Recital, Georgia State University
Daniel Solberg, piano
Duration: 7:50
#4
Composer: Olivier Messiaen
Title: Le Merle Noir (The Black Bird)
Performance Date: April 12, 2008
Venue: Graduate Recital, Georgia State University
Daniel Solberg, piano
Duration: 7:26
#5
Composer: Georg Frideric Handel
Title: Nell dolce dell' oblio
Performance Date: March 13, 2008
Venue: Vocal Recital, Georgia State University
Zorica Povlovoc, vocalist
Dr. Peter Marshall, harpsichord
Jean Gay, cello
Duration: 7:31
#6
Composer: Francois Devienne
Title: Trio No. 2 in G minor pour flute, violin et violoncelle,
Op. 66
Allegro poco agitato
Performance Date: April 15, 2007
Venue: Graduate Chamber Recital, Georgia State University
Benedikt Loesch, violin
Jean Gay, cello
Duration: 7:36
#7
Composer: Louise Farrenc
Title: Trio in E Minor for flute, cello and piano, Op. 45
Allegro deciso
Performance Date: April 15, 2007
Venue: Graduate Chamber Recital, Georgia State University
Kristi Helfen, piano
Jessica Kornhoff, cello
Duration: 11:27
#8
Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
Title: Sonata in B minor, Allegro
Performance Date: October 2, 2004
Venue: Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library Recital Series
Jacquelin Spears, cello
Duration: 2:26
#9
Composer: Philippe Gaubert
Title: Madrigal
Performance Date: April 29, 2000
Venue: Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library Recital Series
Laura Candler-White, piano
Duration: 4:15
#10 Jazz Trio
Composer: Sergio Mihanovich
Title: Sometime Ago
Performance Date: Spring, 2001
Venue: Recording session
Lee Covington, piano
Rusty Farmer, double bass
Duration: 2:32
"Deb Saidel makes you question why flutists are still on the fringes of jazz. This straight-ahead acoustic trio sets a perfect spare setting for the flute, allowing an open sound so the audience can appreciate each lushly whispered note"
– Richmond Music Journal by Walter Boelt
