Robert Erickson (1917-1997): Night Music, per tromba solista ed ensemble (1978). Dedicato a David Buckhart.
David Burkhart, tromba
The Arch Ensemble.
Night Music (1978) is for solo trumpet and ensemble. If I had to choose a single work to demonstrate the persistence of beauty in contemporary music, it might well be this haunting evocation, with the solo trumpet weaving an audible garland around a single obsessive note and the other instruments moving in and out of range like moonbeams. 'Time flows free and unmetered," Erickson writes, "or in a kind of rhythmic polyphony that has worked its way into my music in recent years. The composition stems neither from the 18th-century Nachtmusik nor from the Mahlerian evocation of it. Rather, it evokes the kind of night that belongs to dreaming, an oceanic night."
Alan Rich (Music critic, Newsweek/ fonte: web).
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Wow. Sets me in the mood just right, in the right time of night. Such a gentle and positive piece!
WannabeGadd 1 month ago