Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Steven Mackey wrote about his percussion concerto "Time Release":
"When struck, a marimba note pretty much has its life mapped out for it. Call it destiny; the note will bloom, decay and die relatively quickly in a pre-determined time line. Notes played by the rest of the instruments in the orchestra have much more self-determination about how and when the sound is released. This puts the marimba at a disadvantage as a melodic voice which is a shame because, its tone, although short-lived, is distinctive and soulful. Like the marimba, Colin Currie himself might be regarded as a melodic underdog simply because he is a drummer. However, I learned from a previous little piece I wrote for him that he has a beautiful sense of line. In the absence of the variety of articulations available to a string player to connect and release notes into melodic associations, Colin uses subtle nuances of time to shape and characterize melodies he coaxes vivid personalities from the bars with a sensitive and precise touch."
COMPOSER: Steven Mackey
CONDUCTOR: Gil Rose
PERCUSSION: Colin Currie
ORCHESTRA: Boston Modern Orchestra Project
TRACKLIST:
0:00 - I. Stately - Short/Long
10:01 - II. Playful Turbulence - Slow/Fast
20:34 - IIIa. Strolling Melody - Smooth/Bumpy
27:39 - IIIb. Alleluia
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Steven Mackey wrote about his percussion concerto "Time Release":
"When struck, a marimba note pretty much has its life mapped out for it. Call it destiny; the note will bloom, decay and die relatively quickly in a pre-determined time line. Notes played by the rest of the instruments in the orchestra have much more self-determination about how and when the sound is released. This puts the marimba at a disadvantage as a melodic voice which is a shame because, its tone, although short-lived, is distinctive and soulful. Like the marimba, Colin Currie himself might be regarded as a melodic underdog simply because he is a drummer. However, I learned from a previous little piece I wrote for him that he has a beautiful sense of line. In the absence of the variety of articulations available to a string player to connect and release notes into melodic associations, Colin uses subtle nuances of time to shape and characterize melodies he coaxes vivid personalities from the bars with a sensitive and precise touch."
COMPOSER: Steven Mackey
CONDUCTOR: Gil Rose
PERCUSSION: Colin Currie
ORCHESTRA: Boston Modern Orchestra Project
TRACKLIST:
0:00 - I. Stately - Short/Long
10:01 - II. Playful Turbulence - Slow/Fast
20:34 - IIIa. Strolling Melody - Smooth/Bumpy
27:39 - IIIb. Alleluia
Please be aware that all of the music (and images) featured in this video belong to their respective owners, and I or this channel does not claim any right over them. I upload these solely for archiving purposes, and for the sharing and enjoyment of great music. Monetization is not enabled. If you are the rightful owner of copyrighted material used and would like the video removed from YouTube, please, instead of reporting/striking my channel, leave a comment below with your statement and I will take the video down effective immediately.
![Nick Bentz — Glimpse (2019) [w/ score]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cGnjp68t0lk/mqdefault.jpg "Nick Bentz — Glimpse (2019) [w/ score]
Nick Bentz wrote about his chamber piece, Glimpse:
Glimpse is a piece that I wrote as I found myself fascinated at the way and speed at which our brains catalog information. The human brain is a complex machine that often works in ways that we’re unable to readily perceive – one of these subliminal processes being facial recognition. The brain constantly perceives and creates patterns among the faces that we encounter, even in passing, using information from all around us to infer how we might interact with one another. It’s through the repeating of similar stimuli that we’re able to quickly read emotions and situations in order to best ascertain how to act, or to unlock our own empathy towards each other. However, these same processes can yield implicit biases, shortchanging the very people we see. Glimpse is structured and derived from a five-pitch set which is constantly run through various processes. As these processes repeat, the material begins to ‘learn’ from bar-to-bar and gesture-to-gesture, playing with and sometimes against the very rules that it finds itself entrapped within.
COMPOSER: Nick Bentz
ENSEMBLE:
Melissa Lander, clarinet
Lauren Rausch, violin
Ismar Gomes, cello
Wan-Chi Su, piano
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![Andrew Rindfleisch — In the Zone (2009) [w/ score]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cHgp_TPMzUk/mqdefault.jpg "Andrew Rindfleisch — In the Zone (2009) [w/ score]
Andrew Rindfleisch writes in the program notes for his wonderful brass quintet, In the Zone:
In the Zone is a reverent nod to the popular instrumental form of the late Renaissance and early Baroque, the canzone. Often associated with the early precursors of modern brass instruments, the instrumental canzone was a form often dominated by contrapuntal and imitative textures. In The Zone is a two-movement work exploring those aspects of counterpoint, imitation, and polyphony so often found in those late-Renaissance forms — here intensified, transformed, and woven into a virtuoso vehicle for brass quintet. In The Zone is dedicated to the Meridian Arts Ensemble.
COMPOSER: Andrew Rindfleisch
BRASS QUINTET: Meridian Arts Ensemble
TRACKLIST:
0:00 - Introduction
0:12 - I. Introitus
2:24 - II. Canons
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