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James
Dashow
MUSIC
FOR SMALL ENSEMBLES
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Photo: Barry Mansell
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| A Sheaf of Times, septet | ||||
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Part I (10:29) | |||
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| 3. | Part III (5:25) | |||
| HELIX! New Music Ensemble (Rutgers University) | ||||
| Paul Hoffmann, conductor | ||||
| Michael Locati, violin | ||||
| Jeanne Jaubert, cello | ||||
| Christine Hansen, flutes | ||||
| Christopher Sumner, clarinets | ||||
| Gregg Giannascoli, percussion | ||||
| Fran Snyder, harp | ||||
| Lynn Raley, piano | ||||
| 4. | Oro, Argento & Legno, for flute and computer (17:15) | |||
| Manuel Zurria, flute, alto flute, piccolo | ||||
| 5. | Ashbery Setting (26:20) | |||
| Lisa Pierce, soprano | ||||
| Jayn Rosenfeld, flute | ||||
| James Winn, piano |
Reviews
21st Century Music - June 2002 - by Mark Alburger
Three owls stare out from the cover of James Dashow's Music for Small Ensembles, and sure enough, within, the music is wise and mysterious. This post-serialist is about color and contrast, and the demands made on the listener are akin to those made by Boulez and Stockhausen. If there are few stylistic surprises there are many performance rewards in these committed readings by Helix! in the septet A Sheaf of Times, and flutist Manuel Zurria (with computer accompaniment) in Oro, Argento, & Legno. The latter refers to a soloist's gold flute, silver alto flute, and wooden piccolo. The work is in the tradition of Mario Davidovsky's Synchronisms in its interrelationships between acoustic and electronic sounds.
The New York New Music Ensemble is heard as the fine trio of flutist Jayn Rosenfeld, soprano Lisa Pierce, and pianist James Winn for Ashbery Settings.
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