“Paul Moravec’s Amorisms… is ethereal and complements the texts beautifully. I can’t comment on how this works with the ballet, but it works well as music and is given a fine sendoff by these excellent singers. The brilliant Tempest Fantasy (2003) is … freely tonal and spectacularly virtuosic, it deservedly won the Pulitzer in 2004.…
“In writing Amorisms, which was jointly commissioned by ALIAS Chamber Ensemble, vocal ensemble Portara and the Nashville Ballet, [Paul] Moravec speaks of the challenges of writing engaging music for both, whilst not detracting from the dance performance. The resultant music, with recurring, carefully pruned texts, provides a gorgeous and evocative palette to enhance the stage…
Portara Ensemble and ALIAS Chamber Ensemble’s new release, Amorisms: Music of Paul Moravec, gets a rave review in the May issue of Gramophone Magazine in their Sounds of America section: Buy from Delos “Paul Moravec won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his Tempest Fantasy, which takes up the middle portion of this new…
A roundup of Delos artist posts on social media! #TBT to 2012. Who knew kettles could be so much fun? http://t.co/BbLwdGnQAo — ALIAS (@AliasEnsemble) August 27, 2015 Hanging out with maestro Esa Pekka Salonen A post shared by Lawrence Brownlee (@brownleetenor) on Aug 24, 2015 at 8:33pm PDT Don Ruy and Don Carlo ready for…
“Twangy slides and pluckings recall “Appalachian Waltz” or Edgar Meyer, but Bunch has a more muscular and varied voice…Welcome to chamber music for the 21st century.”
Boiling Point — Chamber Music of Kenji Bunch Premiere Recordings of genre-defying chamber works by one of America’s most respected up-and-coming composers New CD by GRAMMY-nominated ALIAS Chamber Ensemble “I believe it takes extraordinary bravery to speak from the heart, to shed unnecessary complexity and avoid opportunistic adherence to current trend. Kenji Bunch is one…
It’s Alias Chamber Ensemble Week, and to kick it off, here is some feedback from some iTunes customers: Can’t describe it- you just have to listen! by El Grillo The playing is superb and expertly recorded (no easy task given some of the instrument combinations) and the music is like nothing I’ve ever heard,…
State Senator Thelma Harper declared September 23-29, ALIAS Chamber Ensemble Week, on behalf of the Tennessee General Assembly, and Metro Nashville Mayor Karl Dean has declared Tuesday, September 25 as ALIAS Chamber Ensemble Day
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