September Canons, by Ingram Marshall

September Canons

by Ingram Marshall

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Nico Verwer I heard Fragility Cycles during a concert in 1978 or 1979, and was struck by its beauty. I could not find it on record, and stopped looking for it. Earlier this year I read that Ingram Marshall had died, which reminded me of that special concert more than 40 years ago. To my surprise, I found this album on Bandcamp. Fragility Cycles is as stunning as it was back then.

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1.	September Canons 13:13	buy track
2.	Peaceable Kingdom 17:53	buy track
3.	Woodstone 17:27	buy track
4.	Fragility Cycles ("Gambuh") 14:57	buy track

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The pieces on this recording span almost three decades and represent the principal threads that have run through Ingram Marshall's (b 1942) work: his remarkable skill in using electronics to create expressive and voluptuously beautiful pieces; the influence of Indonesian music, particularly in the slowed-down sense of time and melodic repetition; a thorough knowledge of some of the most stirring and poignant compositions of the Western tradition, especially Sibelius and Bach; and the hovering presence of Charles Ives, particularly his use of quotation and juxtaposition of seemingly unrelated elements.

This program can be thought of as an archeological dig, flowing in reverse chronological order from a recent work to one of the composer's earliest. They range from the dramatic and gripping 2002 work relating to a horrible event in New York City to a timeless ethereal 1976 piece relating to an idyllic period in Indonesia.

Along with these dynamic contrasts, there's surprising consistency: Marshall's lifelong efforts to combine electronics with instruments and to render them with warmth and expressivity; but moreover, his extraordinary ability to capture profound human feeling and create works of poignancy and depth.

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released January 1, 2009

Todd Reynolds, violin, with electronic processing; Members of the Yale Philharmonia, Julian Pellicano, conductor; The Berkeley Gamelan, Daniel Schmidt, director; Ingram Marshall, gambuh (Balinese flute), Serge synthesizer, live electronic processing

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