Thiede / Messina -Soceity Of Composers -Navona CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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1: Rhapsody No. 1 (6:16)
2: Refugees (8:07)
3: L'etere Del Tempo (9:56)
4: Rejuvenated (Variations Of A Youthful Theme) (7:49)
5: Tsigill'i: Black-Capped Chickadee (from The Ancient Language Of Birds) (4:07)
6: Song Of The Avadhut (14:03)
7: When All Else Fails (Take Your Time) (6:54)
: Dreams Interrupted ()

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Navona Records proudly presents Flare, recordings by members of the Society of Composers, Inc. Now in it's 32nd installment, it offers a veritable cross-section of some of the most original voices in composition today. The album opens with 20-year-old Vaibhav Mohanty's Rhapsody No. 1 (2017), traveling through elements of Western classical composition, jazz, and Indian traditional music with such well-proportioned naturalness and ease, it bears all the telltale signs of an instant repertoire classic. Robert Strobel's Refugees, a dynamic piano composition reminiscent of Takemitsu, explores the human drama of displacement in profoundly thought-out rhythmic and melodic structures. Continuing with the musical tradition of the 20th century, Keith Kramer transcends Olivier Messiaen's harmonic heritage in his oboe/piano duo L'etere del Tempo. Rejuvenated by Matthew J. Jaskot perambulates a futuristic universe of musical expression in seven diverse piano variations, miraculously springing forth from a simple pentatonic melody. In contrast, Jonathan Graybill draws inspiration from ancient Cherokee mysticism and lends a mysterious voice to the black-capped chickadee in Tsigili'I, illustrating it's mythological association as a messenger of wisdom and truth. In Song of the Avadhut, Romanian composer Gabriel Malancioiu aims to affect human consciousness in an avant-gardesque duet between soprano and violin, influenced by the teachings of modern and ancient mystics. Jacob Thiede's When All Else Fails contrasts the sonorous texture of a tuba with the mathematical perfection of computerized sine tones. In Dreams Interrupted, Mark W. Phillips fuses jazz, blues, and classical elements into a rhapsodic tribute to the cultural heritage of Memphis TN.

Track 1 recorded at the Leonard Bernstein ?39 Reading Room, Eliot House, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. Track 2 recorded at the Opperman Music Hall, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL. Track 3 recorded November 16th, 2016 at Tapeworks, Hartford CT. Track 4 recorded September 10, 2016 at Brooks Concert Hall College of the Holy Cross in Worcester MA. Track 5 recorded May 15, 2017 at The Ware Center in Lancaster PA. Track 6 recorded on 14-15 of January, 2017 at DStudioPro in Timi?oara, Romania. Track 7 recorded April 24th, 2017 at Voertman Hall at the University of North Texas in Denton TX. Tracks 8 to 12 recorded June 10, 2005 at Recital Hall Ohio University, Athens OH.

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NVON6177.2

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