Last Night's BMOP concert
Jan. 22nd, 2006 02:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariLast night, I went to the Boston Modern Orchestra "Boston Connection" concert at Jordan Hall, along with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
epilimnion, D., and a couple of her friends from NEC. The concert was uyp to the usual high standards.
Symphony for Strings, by Jonathan Sokol
The first movement was a little dull, but the piece really got going with the scherzo. The third movement, Reflection, was the best, I thought. Sokol did some great things with string harmonics and pizzicato that made the movement shine like light on water.
Concerto for Viola, by Kryzstof Penderecki
This piece was the highlight of the concert for me. Nicholas Bootiman, the soloist, was incredible. And the piece itself is marvelous. It's dark and intense, and fascinating from beginning to end. The more animated central section had a great rhythmic motif. Throughout the piece, Penderecki also maked wonderful use of percussion, particularly in the ways he combines the timbres of the gong and the xylophone with the various string instruments. I clearly need to listen to more Penderecki.
Lives of the Saints, by Lee Hyla
I really wanted to like this piece for chamber ensemble and mezzo-soprano, but it just didn't do anything for me. The second movement had some really great moments, but I just couldn't get into them. Perhaps it was that I found the first movement noisy and overstuffed, and was thus turned off by it. I don't know. I didn't think it was a bad piece, I just didn't like it.
epilimnion, D., and a couple of her friends from NEC. The concert was uyp to the usual high standards.Symphony for Strings, by Jonathan Sokol
The first movement was a little dull, but the piece really got going with the scherzo. The third movement, Reflection, was the best, I thought. Sokol did some great things with string harmonics and pizzicato that made the movement shine like light on water.
Concerto for Viola, by Kryzstof Penderecki
This piece was the highlight of the concert for me. Nicholas Bootiman, the soloist, was incredible. And the piece itself is marvelous. It's dark and intense, and fascinating from beginning to end. The more animated central section had a great rhythmic motif. Throughout the piece, Penderecki also maked wonderful use of percussion, particularly in the ways he combines the timbres of the gong and the xylophone with the various string instruments. I clearly need to listen to more Penderecki.
Lives of the Saints, by Lee Hyla
I really wanted to like this piece for chamber ensemble and mezzo-soprano, but it just didn't do anything for me. The second movement had some really great moments, but I just couldn't get into them. Perhaps it was that I found the first movement noisy and overstuffed, and was thus turned off by it. I don't know. I didn't think it was a bad piece, I just didn't like it.
