Modality. Tonality. Chromaticism. Lyricism. Grace. Charm. Do any of these sound like appropriate descriptors for music written in the middle of the twentieth century, the most brutal, chaotic, tortured, and violent centuries in the history of humanity? Doesn't a century like that deserve the howling of Shostakovich, the screaming of Schoenberg, the ferocity of Stravinsky, or the timidity of Webern? Whether it's appropriate or not, the Symphony No. 3 of David Diamond is modal, tonal, chromatic, lyric, graceful, charming, ...
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Modality. Tonality. Chromaticism. Lyricism. Grace. Charm. Do any of these sound like appropriate descriptors for music written in the middle of the twentieth century, the most brutal, chaotic, tortured, and violent centuries in the history of humanity? Doesn't a century like that deserve the howling of Shostakovich, the screaming of Schoenberg, the ferocity of Stravinsky, or the timidity of Webern? Whether it's appropriate or not, the Symphony No. 3 of David Diamond is modal, tonal, chromatic, lyric, graceful, charming, deeply expressive, brilliantly scored, and even profoundly moving. And whether it's appropriate or not, listeners can only be grateful for its existence, just as they can only be grateful for this 1991 recording by Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony. Clearly, Schwarz and the Seattle love Diamond's music and they perform it with dedication, enthusiasm, and conviction, as well as power, precision, and no small degree of persuasion. The rest of the works on the disc are almost as...
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