PRISM Quartet: "Young Guns: World Premieres"
New works by Ross Feller, Shawn Crouch, Loretta Notareschi, Renee Favand, Nick DeMaison, and Michael Rosen
[REVIEW: John Adams leads Cleveland Orchestra in riveting program] “The three-movement quasi-concerto featuring saxophone soloist Timothy McAllister conjures the dark and mysterious Los Angeles of the 1940s and 50s…McAllister soared beautifully against strings, vibraphone, and solo horn.”
“Soloist Timothy McAllister proved brilliantly up to the enormous demands — vast spreads of pitches, disjunct lines that wanted to be as lyrical as possible and some dazzling scurries.”
“the main attraction of this enjoyable St. Louis Symphony album, conducted by David Robertson, is Adams’ Saxophone Concerto, composed for the virtuosic Timothy McAllister, who plays it here. Stacked with swing-era allusions, moody 4am interludes and cartwheeling acrobatics, it is unpretentious fun from start to finish”
“(John) Adams goes for more than stylizations with [City Noir’s] wily jazz spine. Keeping a sweaty, smoky after-hours jam percolating were Timothy McAllister’s volcanic sax…”
“brilliant solos were in abundance, especially by Timothy McAllister…”
“John Adams said he wouldn’t wish [that alto saxophone solo] on anyone, but Timothy McAllister dispatching it with wonderful grace on this world premiere evening.”
New works by Ross Feller, Shawn Crouch, Loretta Notareschi, Renee Favand, Nick DeMaison, and Michael Rosen
New works by Matthew Levy, Stratis Minakakis, Ming-Hsiu Yen, Alex Christie, Paolo Prestini, Caroline Malonee and Samuel Pluta
New works by Matthew Levy, Stratis Minakakis, Ming-Hsiu Yen, Alex Christie, Paolo Prestini, Caroline Malonee and Samuel Pluta
Works by Bach, Scelsi, Messaien, Donatoni and Lukas Ligeti
March 27 – Abilene
March 28 – Temple
March 29 – Killeen
March 30 – Gatesville; Copperas Cove
March 31 – Robinson; Waco
April 1 – CBDNA Southwest Conference at Baylor University