William Bolcom, who deserves the title of dean of American composers, seems not to have lost a step as he enters his ninth decade. The two works offered here do not reflect a new Bolcom language, but they do deepen the neoclassic and vernacular-tinged style the composer has long cultivated. The Trio for horn, violin, and piano was commissioned by the present horn player, Steven Gross, who asked for a piece with the same forces as Brahms' Horn Trio in E flat major, Op. 40. Bolcom delivered that, but the piece otherwise doesn ...
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William Bolcom, who deserves the title of dean of American composers, seems not to have lost a step as he enters his ninth decade. The two works offered here do not reflect a new Bolcom language, but they do deepen the neoclassic and vernacular-tinged style the composer has long cultivated. The Trio for horn, violin, and piano was commissioned by the present horn player, Steven Gross, who asked for a piece with the same forces as Brahms' Horn Trio in E flat major, Op. 40. Bolcom delivered that, but the piece otherwise doesn't have much to do with Brahms. The four movements have unique designations: "Plodding, implacably controlled"; Headlong, brutal"; "As if from far away, misterioso"; and "Quick March, very controlled and resolute." Bolcom has said the work reflects his mood during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, and indeed, his use of tonality here is of a uniquely restless kind. The entire work has an astringent, Stravinskian quality. Suite No. 2 for solo violin (2011) will be more familiar in...
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