IMO Quartet, ConTempo Quartet, Mick O'Brien, Breanndán Begley - Dave Flynn: Irish Minimalism (2021) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. String Quartet No. 2 "The Cranning": I. Slip
02. String Quartet No. 2 "The Cranning": II. Slide
03. String Quartet No. 2 "The Cranning": III. The Bamako Highland
04. String Quartet No. 2 "The Cranning": IV. Cran
05. Quintet No. 1 "The Cutting": I. Cutting and Rolling
06. Quintet No. 1 "The Cutting": II. Churning and Sliding
07. Quintet No. 1 "The Cutting": III. Lilting and Reeling
08. String Quartet No. 3 "The Keening": I. Murmuring
09. String Quartet No. 3 "The Keening": II. Dirge
10. String Quartet No. 3 "The Keening": III. Cry
11. Stories from the Old World: I. The Poet and the Spirit
12. Stories from the Old World: II. If It Was With a Fart I Won Her
13. Stories from the Old World: III. The Piper and the Woman of the Tavern
14. Stories from the Old World: IV. The Old Hags



With the title "Irish Minimalism", composer Dave Flynn has laid down a marker. Minimalism is associated with America, and specifically with composers like Steve Reich and Philip Glass (both of whom have spent a good portion of their careers disavowing the term). But the hallmarks of the style – repetition; gradual, incremental changes that accrue over time; steady rhythms, often drawn from popular or traditional music; and a restrained sense of harmonic movement – are all compatible with Irish traditional music. And after years spent as both a composer and performer working in the dual worlds of contemporary classical music and traditional song, Flynn has fashioned a personal musical language by recognizing that the differences between those two styles are not nearly as great, and certainly not as useful, as the similarities.

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