Neil Gladd received his B.A. in Music from Virginia Tech in 1978, and is currently based in the Washington, DC area. He has appeared as a mandolin soloist at Carnegie Recital Hall, Merkin Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Smithsonian Institution, at mandolin festivals in Germany, Sweden, Belgium and Japan, as well as in recital in Canada, England, France and throughout the U.S. His repertoire ranges from Bach to Vaudeville to contemporary music, and more than a dozen new works have been written for him. In addition to his work as a performer, Mr. Gladd is a composer and a leading authority on mandolin history and recordings. He has appeared on national television on the PBS American Experience series (If You Knew Sousa) and onstage as a costumed musician for the Shakespeare Theatre's productions of "The Comedy of Errors" and "Much Ado About Nothing" (with Kelly McGillis and David Selby). In 2000, he performed at the Kennedy Center with the National Symphony, the Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra, and the Choral Arts Society, in addition to playing with the Wolf Trap Opera Company and the Philadelphia Orchestra under Rostropovich.Recordings: (All are unedited concert performances.)Neil Gladd: Three Songs After Thomas Campion (2002)
1. Silly Boy, 'Tis Full Moone Yet
With Marjorie Bunday, mezzo-soprano (altodiva.com, first friend below)Padre Bernardo Arauhal (18th cent.)
Quartet in D minor [Mand, Vn, Vla, Vc]
I. Allegro
Alfred Uhl (1909-1992)
Spielmusik (1936) [Mand, Vn, Vla, Vc]
III. Zahnrader
William Bardwell (1915-1994)
Little Serenade (1953) [Picc, Xyl, Mand]
V. Vivace
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