Juventas Concert
Mar. 1st, 2009 03:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariI've been going to as many of the Juventas concerts as I can, because I usually know at least one of the people involved. unfortunately, I was really tired when I went to this concert, so my comments are shorter and less incisive than usual.
Cerulean Soliloquy - Anthony Lanman
I know Anthony Lanman from the 2005 Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium. I remember being extremely impressed with his music then, and this piece for flute and piano only maintained that opinion. The music had glitter and drive and, especially in the beginning, happily reminded me of Steve Reich's "Eight Lines".
Un-Now - Vera Ivanova
This piece for solo soprano was jagged and surreal. The singer, Chelsea Beatty, was amazing and I think her performance resulted in my liking the piece more than I otherwise might have.
Dayspring - Delvyn Case
For clarinet and piano, this sonorous piece flirted with Romanticism. I thought it was strongest in its stillest sections.
Introduction and Barrage - Marcus Maroney
The introduction movmenet of this trio was very refined and a little bit dull. The barrage, however, was great. It was driving and dance-like in a way that reminded me a lot of Bartok.
Amazing Effort Crystallized - Christian Gentry
This piece for soprano, violin, cello, and piano, was the kind of noisy, dense modernism that I was just too tired to properly appreciate. I did like the ending a lot because it was very scaled back, almost serrene.
Illuminated by the Light of Two Ships Passing in the Night - Oliver Caplan
This trio had a lovely open and warm sound, and was very melodic. Perhaps it wasn't the most innovative ot edgy piece on the program, but it was attractive and tuneful.
L'image Reconstitutee - Mei-fang Lin
This piece for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano followed the aesthetic of old-fashioned modernism, the kind that has an active rhythm that borders on busyness. However, this piece also had a terrific sensiibility for timbre and texture.
Cerulean Soliloquy - Anthony Lanman
I know Anthony Lanman from the 2005 Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium. I remember being extremely impressed with his music then, and this piece for flute and piano only maintained that opinion. The music had glitter and drive and, especially in the beginning, happily reminded me of Steve Reich's "Eight Lines".
Un-Now - Vera Ivanova
This piece for solo soprano was jagged and surreal. The singer, Chelsea Beatty, was amazing and I think her performance resulted in my liking the piece more than I otherwise might have.
Dayspring - Delvyn Case
For clarinet and piano, this sonorous piece flirted with Romanticism. I thought it was strongest in its stillest sections.
Introduction and Barrage - Marcus Maroney
The introduction movmenet of this trio was very refined and a little bit dull. The barrage, however, was great. It was driving and dance-like in a way that reminded me a lot of Bartok.
Amazing Effort Crystallized - Christian Gentry
This piece for soprano, violin, cello, and piano, was the kind of noisy, dense modernism that I was just too tired to properly appreciate. I did like the ending a lot because it was very scaled back, almost serrene.
Illuminated by the Light of Two Ships Passing in the Night - Oliver Caplan
This trio had a lovely open and warm sound, and was very melodic. Perhaps it wasn't the most innovative ot edgy piece on the program, but it was attractive and tuneful.
L'image Reconstitutee - Mei-fang Lin
This piece for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano followed the aesthetic of old-fashioned modernism, the kind that has an active rhythm that borders on busyness. However, this piece also had a terrific sensiibility for timbre and texture.
