Derek Bermel, Christopher Otto, Wiek Hijmans, JACK Quartet - Bermel: Intonations (2022) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Intonations: I. Harmonica
02. Intonations: II. Hymn/Homily
03. Intonations: III. Hustle
04. Ritornello (Version for Electric Guitar & String Quartet)
05. Thracian Sketches
06. Violin Etudes: No. 1, Twenty Questions
07. Violin Etudes: No. 2, Gravity
08. Violin Etudes: No. 3, Figure and Ground
09. Violin Etudes: No. 4, Multiverse/Sketch
10. Violin Etudes: No. 5, Chôros
11. A Short History of the Universe (As Related by Nima Arkani-Hamed): I. Multiverse
12. A Short History of the Universe (As Related by Nima Arkani-Hamed): II. Heart of Space
13. A Short History of the Universe (As Related by Nima Arkani-Hamed): III. Twistor Scattering



Composer and performer Derek Bermel studied with Henri Dutilleux, Dutch avant-gardist Louis Andriessen, and ragtime revivalist William Bolcom. In his music, seemingly antithetical qualities – classical and vernacular, comic and serious – merge and transform each other unpredictably, their inspiration ranging from theatre (Ritornello), to gestalt psychology (Figure and Ground), to meditations on cosmology (A Short History of the Universe). Thracian Sketches explores and reimagines Bulgarian folk music, while the Violin Etudes distill Bermel’s intellectual creativity into its purest form.

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