Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose, conductor / Sequitur: Erin Lesser, flute; Jacqueline LeClair, oboe; Jo-Ann Sternberg, clarinet; Philip Everall, bass clarinet; Peggy Kampmeier, piano; Matthew Gold, percussion; Andrea Schulz, violin; Miranda Cuckson, violin; Daniel Panner, viola; Gregory Hesselink, cello; Jeremy McCoy, bass; Paul Hostetter, conductor / Krista River, mezzo-soprano; Franziska Huhn, Amanda Romano, harps; Donald Berman, John McDonald, pianos; Scott Wheeler, conductor
Arthur Levering (b 1953) is a musical mosaicist, creating patterns within patterns whose meanings change with the perspective of the listener. Moments of piquant color and gesture engage us on one level, but over time, and in combination with other such ideas they spin out the broad narrative, the winsome or lacerating or warm or athletic trajectory of phrase and episode.
The works on this new collection－for orchestra, string orchestra, large mixed ensemble, small ensemble with voice, and for two pianos — cover a wide expressive and technical range, but the composer's elegant and rigorous use of patterns and their transformations is a consistent source of rich and vibrant energy.
Various influences can be felt: rock music, with its ever-present pulse and energy, but also Baroque music, minimalism, and Indonesian gamelan. Particular composers, too, might be cited — Franco Donatoni, Luciano Berio, György Ligeti. Still, Levering's work has its own distinctive sense of wit, its own pacing, and particular tendencies of instrumental color — its own voice.
Arthur Levering: Parallel Universe
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Furies
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Il Mare Dentro
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Drinking Songs: A Drinking Song
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Drinking Songs: Potatores Exquisiti
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Drinking Songs: Le Vin Perdu
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Drinking Songs: Dronken
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Partite sopra Ciaccona
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Parallel Universe
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