| The echo begins with the first sound, and shadows it. Music became an essential part of life when man realized sound as an idea, and not an accident. Ideas are echoes that ricochet without regard for time, space, or place. They are transcendental, transportational, transformational. Echoes haunt this program, this music—four contemporary compositions separated by three transmissions from the past. — Art Lange This program features saxophone quartet or trio, and alternates very contemporary compositions explicitly for such an ensemble with the Ars Subtilior pieces by Senleches. The Senleches pieces are only about 10 minutes of the program, but feature some interesting sonorities on the saxophones.
The contemporary works offer some variety, and definitely have some enjoyable moments, even if they are very different in style from the medieval pieces for which this disc is listed here. |