Chamber Symphony (1)
Autumn Song (2)
Cool Fire (3)
Marya Martin (flute) 1, 2, 3
Jeewon Park (piano) 1, 2, 3
Stephen Williamson (clarinet) 1
Erik Ralske, (horn) 1
Ayano Kataoka (marimba/vibraphone) 1 (Marimba I, III, IV/ Vibraphone II)
Ayano Ninomiya (violin) 1, 3
Jessica Lee (violin) 3
Cynthia Phelps (viola) 3
Edward Arron (cello) 1, 3
Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2004, the prolific American composer Paul Moravec writes in a musical idiom that offers an underlying romanticism tempered by distinctively modern discipline, qualities evident in the three works collected here.
Chamber Symphony was commissioned for the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival’s twentieth-anniversary season in 2003 and is dedicated, writes the composer, ‘with admiration to its wonderful artists’. Autumn Song is a gentle song without words while Cool Fire, also commissioned by Marya Martin and the Bridgehampton Festival, is a chamber concerto unusually scored for flute and piano quintet.
“Moravec manages the rare feat of writing music that sounds up-to-date and individual, but is also pleasingly accessible. I suspect that he will prove to be one of the most important American composers of his generation.” Fanfare on 8.559267
