...Gale Force," collects works by five North American composers: Samuel Barber, Vincent Persichetti, Aaron Copland, John Harbison and Jacques Hétu. Their second work, which they hope to record this summer, will have an Eastern European theme...

...quintessentially American theme, F. Scott Fitzgerald's book, "The Great Gatsby." Written in 1986 by Boston composer John Harbison, the piece is a musical interpretation of the novel. It features soprano saxophonist Todd Hunt, who has conducted...