Love the insistent, ostinati layers that open up (and recur throughout) this Symphony. In movement I, the music is energetic, colorfully orchestrated, and virtuosic. The post-tonal harmonic language is very accessible; at times, it reminds me (a bit) of Lutowslawski's. The second movement is pensive, yearning, melancholic. The finale is a tocatta-like, jazz-infused tour de force. What a great, beautiful work !!!
So glad to have dicovered McTee. Circuits and Timepiece and other shorter musics . Now I'm hearing thisit's rhythms ,minimalist repetitive grooves are definitely her thing .with a definite lively almost discorock feel The third movements new timbres and combinations held me first to last stopped french horn harmonics or just high notes? !
I'd like to know what's making those cool bird-like sounds in the waltz. A horn maybe played severely closed? Almost sounds like the squeak you get from washing a window. I like the rhythmic qualities...very dynamic in places. It has an element of minimalism in the way the ostinato's repeat and linger. But for me the music eddies in one place a lot and then has little bursts of forward movement. The middle 4 minutes of the slow movement are like this...it feels like the music gets stuck and is being held back from really exploding or going off in a fuller exploration of the ideas. The way the adagio avoids a real climax. Certainly a choice. A kind of realism I expect, but not necessarily satisfying.
So good to hear female composers.
Love the insistent, ostinati layers that open up (and recur throughout) this Symphony. In movement I, the music is energetic, colorfully orchestrated, and virtuosic. The post-tonal harmonic language is very accessible; at times, it reminds me (a bit) of Lutowslawski's. The second movement is pensive, yearning, melancholic. The finale is a tocatta-like, jazz-infused tour de force. What a great, beautiful work !!!
So glad to have dicovered McTee. Circuits and Timepiece and other shorter musics . Now I'm hearing thisit's rhythms ,minimalist repetitive grooves are definitely her thing .with a definite lively almost discorock feel The third movements new timbres and combinations held me first to last stopped french horn harmonics or just high notes? !
Preciosa composición deudora de , bien escogidos, grandes maestros!
wonderful!
very cool...thank you!!!
Reminds me of Stravinsky's "Firebird," my favorite piece, and Jackson Pollack's paintings.
cool and very "Bernstein like"
Interesante partitura, bastante Pendereckiana en muchas secciones......casi literalmente en algunos casos
Barberian style first symphonie, but less brilliant than Samuels. Brodway Bernstein spirit. Interest last movement.
Nice
I'd like to know what's making those cool bird-like sounds in the waltz. A horn maybe played severely closed? Almost sounds like the squeak you get from washing a window.
I like the rhythmic qualities...very dynamic in places. It has an element of minimalism in the way the ostinato's repeat and linger. But for me the music eddies in one place a lot and then has little bursts of forward movement. The middle 4 minutes of the slow movement are like this...it feels like the music gets stuck and is being held back from really exploding or going off in a fuller exploration of the ideas. The way the adagio avoids a real climax. Certainly a choice. A kind of realism I expect, but not necessarily satisfying.
Barberian style symphonie but less brilliant. Interesting final movement.
Nice