Filigree Textures
Contemporary music
for orchestra -
heard by
PATRIC STANDFORD'The orchestration is neatly balanced by an expert hand ...'
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Karen A Tarlow was formerly a member of the music faculty of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and is a prolific composer predominantly of choral music. The short orchestral piece presented here, Kavanah (Remembrance), was written in 1995 and is sub-titled 'Quasi-Quodlibet', the melodies superimposed on the background being reminiscent of a Klezmer style, one of which is a traditional Yiddish song. Knowing the St Petersburg orchestra would play the piece induced the 'remembrance' of its title, though the appearance of the Dies irae is interesting. The piece is divided (like the artwork) into four linked sections representing the dragon, blossoms, the immortals, and the phoenix's call...
Copyright © 28 August 2013
Patric Standford,
Suffolk UK
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