Description
Title: Works for Violin & Percussion Orch
Artist: Nicholas Kitchen
Label: Naxos
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 747313421275
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2022-10-28
Number of Discs: 1
The unique instrumentation of the three works in this album was pioneered by the innovative Lou Harrison, whose 1959 concerto encapsulates his culturally wide-ranging aesthetic. More conventional instruments work alongside calibrated extras such as wash tubs and flowerpots in a work of color, languorous elegance and kinetic energy. The companion works were composed in it”s honor: Robert Xavier Rodríguez”s Xochiquetzal evokes the ancient Mayan world in imaginary folk music to form a synthesis of time periods and cultures, while the economical serenity of Kati Agócs”s concerto also includes bitonal effects and zesty syncopation.
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