The Signum label has issued several albums of music by British composer Jonathan Dove, and it has generally been crowd-pleasing. That might be the wrong word for the grim subject matter of the vocal work, In Damascus, that concludes this program. The text by Syrian poet Ali Safar, translated into English, takes Syria's contemporary civil war for its subject matter. Yet the style is consistent with that of Dove's main body of work. The nearest comparison would be the post-minimalist music of John Adams, but there is a ...
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The Signum label has issued several albums of music by British composer Jonathan Dove, and it has generally been crowd-pleasing. That might be the wrong word for the grim subject matter of the vocal work, In Damascus, that concludes this program. The text by Syrian poet Ali Safar, translated into English, takes Syria's contemporary civil war for its subject matter. Yet the style is consistent with that of Dove's main body of work. The nearest comparison would be the post-minimalist music of John Adams, but there is a certain British connection with classical forms that sets these pieces apart from Adams. Dove is best known for opera, and In Damascus may get title billing, but two instrumental chamber works, the Piano Quintet (sample its finale, "Lively") and the string quartet Out of Time take up the bulk of the program. The Piano Quintet is effective partly because of the multiple roles of the piano in the discourse, and the string quartet is also handled very flexibly in In Damascus; it does not take...
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