The Dallas Symphony Orchestra performances were part of the American Composers Orchestra's national EarShot initiative.
Review: Music director Fabio Luisi leads a rare pairing of Carl Orff's 'Carmina Burana' and its sequel, 'Catulli Carmina.'Banks was largely self taught until he began undergraduate study in 2019 at the Lynn University Conservatory of Music in Boca Raton, Fla. He has also received private lessons and attended master classes with leading contemporary composers. as “a symphonic poem about the contemplation of and eventual commitment of a suicide.
Ferro is a Venezuelan-Canadian composer, conductor and pianist pursuing a master’s degree at the Juilliard School., he writes, is “a vignette of an unfocused sonic world. … Its sound is sparse and expansive, coming in and out of focus progressively, though always veiled with a whisper-like secretive quality.” As with Banks’ piece, it employs aleatory effects — vaguely prescribed musical gestures — plus deliberately blurred pitches.
Hushed purrs, rumbles, flutters and muted slides are interrupted by explosions of brass and percussion. Low slides for double basses and trombone are contrasted with high trumpet assertions and chatters . Other effects include the whine of a mouth organ and slaps of piano and harp strings.
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