The Austrian-American composer Gernot Wolfgang, trained in both countries, has kept a foot in both the commercial and academic spheres to good effect. This collection of chamber music, which elegantly fuses classical structures with popular rhythms and textures, is a worthwhile introduction to his style. Consider String Theory, which is doubtless a good name for a string quartet. The finale, "Nashville," sounds less like contemporary country music than Copland's Western evocations. It rounds off and resolves a pleasingly ...
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The Austrian-American composer Gernot Wolfgang, trained in both countries, has kept a foot in both the commercial and academic spheres to good effect. This collection of chamber music, which elegantly fuses classical structures with popular rhythms and textures, is a worthwhile introduction to his style. Consider String Theory, which is doubtless a good name for a string quartet. The finale, "Nashville," sounds less like contemporary country music than Copland's Western evocations. It rounds off and resolves a pleasingly diverse set of movements that begins with a Bartókian idiom. You could sample the opening "Vineyard Reggae" movement of the New England Travelogue, which delivers just what the title promises and introduces a set of convincing New England scenes. The smaller pieces, two of them featuring oboist Jennifer Johnson, are more abstract, but no less accessible. This is not "crossover" music so much as concert music that takes popular music as a basis, and it's a welcome release from the often...
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