American Gifts for Marimba Duo - Fine: Music for Piano; Sessions: Sonata for Piano Nr. 1; Brackett: Simple Gifts; Tilson Thomas: Island Music. Jack van Geem, Nancy Zeltsman, Marimbaphone

"American Gifts" features composer Michael Tilson Thomas' "Island Music" (2003), a enchanting and sparkling work performed by marimba duos Jack Van Geem and Nancy Zeltsman with members of the San Francisco Symphony's percussion section. Van Geem and Zeltsman also give virtuoso readings of music by Irving Fine, Roger Sessions and Joseph Brackett- American gifts from 155 years ago

Composer(s): Michael Tilson Thomas, Irving Fine, Roger Sessions, Joseph Brackett Artist(s): Nancy Zeltsman (Marimba), Jack Van Geem, (Marimba), Raymond Froehlich (Marimba), James Lee Wyatt III (marimba), David Herbert, (percussion), Tom Hemphill (percussion)