Irving Fine (1914-1962)
Music for piano (trans. pour duo de marimbas)

Roger Sessions (1896-1985)
Sonate pour piano n° 1 (trans. pour duo de marimbas)

Joseph Brackett (1797-1882)
Simple Gifts

Michael Tilson Thomas (1944-)
Island Music

Jack Van Geem, marimba
Nancy Zetlsman, marimba

"American Gifts" features composer Michael Tilson Thomas's "Island Music" (2003), a charming and effervescent work performed by duo marimbists, Jack Van Geem and Nancy Zeltsman with members of the San Francisco Symphony percussion section. Van Geem and Zeltsman also give virtuosic readings of music by Irving Fine, Roger Sessions, and Joseph Brackett- American gifts spanning 155 years.