The Ying Quartet's "LifeMusic" project is a set of commissions for new works from top American composers, each "drawn from some aspect of life in America." The series offers a good way for a buyer to get acquainted with the styles of composers whose names may turn up in blogs or articles about awards, but whom most listeners will have heard only occasionally. Here, two works by well-established composers frame three younger figures, all women, who have made frequent inroads into concert programs in the new millennium. Ned ...
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The Ying Quartet's "LifeMusic" project is a set of commissions for new works from top American composers, each "drawn from some aspect of life in America." The series offers a good way for a buyer to get acquainted with the styles of composers whose names may turn up in blogs or articles about awards, but whom most listeners will have heard only occasionally. Here, two works by well-established composers frame three younger figures, all women, who have made frequent inroads into concert programs in the new millennium. Ned Rorem, 77 years old when United States -- Seven Viewpoints for String Quartet was composed in 2000, could afford to disregard the terms of the commission; he takes the words "united states" generically rather than introducing elements evoking America specifically, and produces a series of deliciously sharp, contrasting miniatures, each built on a single abstract idea. Augusta Read Thomas' Eagle at Sunrise, dated just after September 11, 2001, is a rich string tapestry, with a soaring...
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