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The Other Side
Innova Recordings

The Other Side

$17.99

Details

Composer
ALARCON CLARKE TURNBULL
Artist
George
Format
CD
Discs
1
Label
Innova Recordings
Released
Mar 08, 2019
Catalog #
INN007
UPC
726708600723

About

With a tally of more than ninety commissioned works for band, Matthew George and the Minnesota-based University of St. Thomas Symphonic Wind Ensemble are blazing the trail in spurring new works for the medium. The Other Side is the seventh installment on their ongoing UST Symphonic Wind Ensemble Commissioning Series. This golden volume has something for everyone: symphonic Romanticism, allusions to Surrealism and Abstract Art, and virtuosic solos performance, not to mention the unlikely pairing of a rock group with wind band. The music of Spanish composer Luis Serrano Alarcon bookends the album, starting with his B-Side Concerto. A rock/jazz fusion band and the symphonic wind ensemble tackle and support each other over the course of three sections in a concerto that Vivaldi could never have imagined. Nigel Clarke's Mysteries of the Horizon was inspired by the artwork of Rene Magritte, and the four movements are named after some of his most popular paintings. The performance features the virtuosic cornet soloist, also from Belgium, Harmen Vanhoorne, whom the composer had in mind while writing this dazzling work. Another British composer and another work inspired by art follow; this time Kit Turnbull and Wassily Kandinsky respectively. The title, Everything starts from a dot, is a direct quote from Kandinsky when answering a question about how he goes about starting a painting. Staying with Russia for the final work on the album, Serrano Alarcon's Second Symphony for Wind Orchestra pays tribute to the era of Russian Romantic symphonic composers. The emotional content of the music matches the powerful forces of the symphonic wind ensemble.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 B-Side Concerto 16:34
    Track
    1
    Title
    B-Side Concerto
    Duration
    16:34
    Composer
    Luis Serrano Alarcón
    Ensemble
    Foreign Motion, University of St. Thomas Symphonic Wind Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew George
  2. 2 I. The Menaced Assassin 06:36
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. The Menaced Assassin
    Duration
    06:36
    Composer
    Nigel Clarke
    Performer
    Harmen Vanhoorne
    Ensemble
    University of St. Thomas Symphonic Wind Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew George
  3. 3 II. The Dominion of Light 02:26
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. The Dominion of Light
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Nigel Clarke
    Performer
    Harmen Vanhoorne
    Ensemble
    University of St. Thomas Symphonic Wind Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew George
  4. 4 III. The Flavour of Tears 06:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. The Flavour of Tears
    Duration
    06:54
    Composer
    Nigel Clarke
    Performer
    Harmen Vanhoorne
    Ensemble
    University of St. Thomas Symphonic Wind Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew George
  5. 5 IV. The Discovery of Fire 05:19
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. The Discovery of Fire
    Duration
    05:19
    Composer
    Nigel Clarke
    Performer
    Harmen Vanhoorne
    Ensemble
    University of St. Thomas Symphonic Wind Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew George
  6. 6 I. Staccato Dances 03:24
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Staccato Dances
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    Kit Turnbull
    Ensemble
    University of St. Thomas Symphonic Wind Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew George
  7. 7 II. Lighter-than-air 04:24
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Lighter-than-air
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Kit Turnbull
    Ensemble
    University of St. Thomas Symphonic Wind Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew George
  8. 8 III. Capricious 03:47
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Capricious
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Kit Turnbull
    Ensemble
    University of St. Thomas Symphonic Wind Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew George
  9. 9 I. Maestoso 08:28
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Maestoso
    Duration
    08:28
    Composer
    Luis Serrano Alarcón
    Ensemble
    University of St. Thomas Symphonic Wind Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew George
  10. 10 II. Con vivacitá 06:40
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Con vivacitá
    Duration
    06:40
    Composer
    Luis Serrano Alarcón
    Ensemble
    University of St. Thomas Symphonic Wind Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew George
  11. 11 III. Lento 07:56
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Lento
    Duration
    07:56
    Composer
    Luis Serrano Alarcón
    Ensemble
    University of St. Thomas Symphonic Wind Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew George
  12. 12 IV. Presto 06:24
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Presto
    Duration
    06:24
    Composer
    Luis Serrano Alarcón
    Ensemble
    University of St. Thomas Symphonic Wind Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew George