Book of Brass Lyrebird Brass

• Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962): Book of Brass:
• 1 Higdon: Book of Brass: I. Ramp Up 02:29
• 2 Higdon: Book of Brass: II. Acrostic 03:26
• 3 Higdon: Book of Brass: III. Glide and Fade 05:07
• 4 Higdon: Book of Brass: IV. Punch It Up 02:47
• Grace-Evangeline Mason (b. 1994): As Bronze:
• 5 Mason: As Bronze 03:09
• Kate Neal (b. 1972): Fanfare:
• 6 Neal: Fanfare 03:31
• Alice Humphries: Uncertain Meditations:
• 7 Humphries: Uncertain Meditations: I. Suspended Animation 02:04
• 8 Humphries: Uncertain Meditations: II. Vorticity 02:39
• 9 Humphries: Uncertain Meditations: III. Animated Suspensions 01:44
• 10 Humphries: Uncertain Meditations: IV. Drift (back to you) 03:39
• Alan Holley (b. 1954): Goodchild Canzonas:
• 11 Holley: Goodchild Canzonas: I. Lyrebird 04:24
• 12 Holley: Goodchild Canzonas: II. Dulwich Ayre 04:35
• 13 Holley: Goodchild Canzonas: III. Atrium 02:06
• 14 Holley: Goodchild Canzonas: IV. Arcadia 05:32
• Total Runtime 47:12

Info zu Book of Brass

Lyrebird Brass presents the world premieres of five contemporary brass quintets in BOOK OF BRASS, an album shaking up the scene with an assortment of boundary-pushing works by highly lauded and awarded composers.

Opening with three time GRAMMY® award winner Jennifer Higdon’s Book of Brass, this titular composition can be played and listened to in any order one pleases. From the intense energy of “Ramp Up” to the puzzling, slowly unfolding maze of “Acrostic,” Higdon certainly knows how to sell a story. Alice Humphries is no stranger to puzzlings in Uncertain Meditations, which considers ideas in isolation, reflecting on their vast possibilities. Reflection is at the core of Grace-Evangeline Mason’s poetic As Bronze, too, and found even in Kate Neal’s Fanfare, which, composed during the 2020 lockdown period, challenges what a fanfare represents.

Alan Holley rounds out the recording with The Goodchild Canzonas, a four movement work exploring atriums, cathedrals, and the heavens above, but perhaps most appropriately: the Lyrebird. BOOK OF BRASS is a winning installment in Lyrebird Brass’s already impressive oeuvre, pulling out all the stops with spirited fanfares and contemplative odes.

Lyrebird Brass:
Joel Brennan, trumpet
Rosie Turner, trumpet
Carla Blackwood, horn
Don Immel, trombone
Tim Buzbee, tuba

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