Concerto for Pedal Steel Guitar and Orchestra

The Concerto for Pedal Steel Guitar and Orchestra is the first documented concerto written for the solo pedal steel guitar,[1] composed by Michael A. Levine. It was premiered[2] on April 16, 2005 by the Nashville Chamber Orchestra,[3] with Gary Morse (of Dierks Bentley's and Dwight Yoakam's bands) as soloist and Paul Gambill conducting.[4] Other performances include play on Radio New Zealand[5] and performance in the North Carolina Symphony's New Year's Eve Concert in 2005:[6]

Sections

Section 1 (7:29)[7]
Section 2 (4:21)
Section 3 (5:41)

Sources

  1. "How Pedal Steel Guitar works". Making Music. September 27, 2010.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-22. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
  3. Nashville Scene, Jan. 6, 2005
  4. Cry of the Pedal Steel Guitar by Pete Bax (2012)
  5. Radio New Zealand, Jan. 22, 2011.
  6. CVNC Review by Roy C. Dicks (Dec. 31, 2005).
  7. Recordings


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