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		Composer | Musician | Educator

Visitors (since 8/13/05)

About The Three Ages of Woman: "A musical portrayal of the Klimt painting of the same name, The Three Ages of Woman – here in its first recording – is in three movements – "Reminiscences of the Old Woman", "The Mother, Awake", and "Child". Mark Fish cleverly and effectively depicts each of these in music that is deeply descriptive. . . . A strong Romantic influence pervades the work, which is also infused with more recent techniques and a hint of blues in the harmonic template."
--Adam Binks, MusicWeb-International.com, February 2006

"Fish's orchestration is wonderfully transparent and his melodic outlines often very French. But he also includes more hard-edged material as he responds to some of Miro¹s more dramatic canvases. All the movements are quite short, mixing whimsy and lyricism with intensity and humour."
--Robert Hugill, Classical Reviews, MusicWeb-International,
December 2005

"I very much enjoyed your piece [Womanwork]. Lyrical and dramatic, it makes its points beautifully and simply."
-- John Corigliano in a letter to Mark Fish. July 9, 2004

"Mark Fish has done a wonderful thing. He has given Ferdinand the Bull a whole new exciting, intimate and satisfying life by giving it music. We have a new work to stand with Tubby the Tuba and Peter and the Wolf'; a brand new composition to entertain and absorb the young listener with a story that has been a favorite over several generations. It is inventive, tuneful and respectful of the story and its' setting while enhancing the clarity and humor of the tale. Thank you Mark. This work is always a pleasure to perform."
-- David Ogden Stiers, actor

"The premiere . . . merited particular attention. A fine piece."
Premier of Sonata Latina for Violin and Piano
-- Mark Alburger, Editor, 21st Century Music

"Ferdinand the Bull was sheer fun from top to bottom. Fun to play. Fun to listen to. Fun to work on.... Mark hit the whole range from delicate sweetness to quite the joyful noise. It's destined to become a classic, next to the likes of Carnival of the Animals and Peter and the Wolf."
Premier of Ferdinand the Bull
--Durwynne Hsieh, cellist and composer

The most substantial work on the disc is [Mark Fish's] Pictures of Miro. . . . I particularly enjoyed the graphic instrumental realisations of "Dog, Barking at the Moon", and the angular rhythmic flexibilities of "Girl Practicing Gymnastics".
-- Peter Mechen, Review of Glass Sky in Music Matters,
June-July 2005

"Paintings by the playful Catalan modernist Joan Miró (1893-1993) . . . are also the muse behind Mark Fish's more intimate 2004 Pictures of Miró scored for flute and string trio. . . . In the fourth movement, "Girl Practicing Gymnastics", the flute convincingly imitates a slide whistle before the trio launches a groove reminiscent of a Viennese waltz over which the flute cheekily intones a hook-filled melody."
--Frank Oteri, New Music Box

"Images of Three Centuries includes Mark Fish's lovely The Three Ages of Woman.
--Georgia Rowe, Contra Costa Times "Time Out" section, 10/7/05