Pangaea Chamber Players: Three Perspectives Pangaea Chamber Players

• Ned Rorem (b. 1923): Trio:
• 1 Rorem: Trio: I. Largo Misterioso - Allegro 05:08
• 2 Rorem: Trio: Ii. Largo 03:33
• 3 Rorem: Trio: Iii. Andante 03:05
• 4 Rorem: Trio: Iv. Allegro Molto 04:31
• Dan Locklair (b. 1949): Reynolda Reflections:
• 5 Locklair: Reynolda Reflections: I. Fantasy in the Woods 06:57
• 6 Locklair: Reynolda Reflections: Ii. Grounded in Machines 03:24
• 7 Locklair: Reynolda Reflections: Iii. Arias to a Flower 05:49
• 8 Locklair: Reynolda Reflections: Iv. Dances Before the Barn 03:58
• 9 Locklair: Reynolda Reflections: V. Songs to the Wind 04:10
• Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962): American Canvas:
• 10 Higdon: American Canvas: O'Keeffe 06:00
• 11 Higdon: American Canvas: Pollock 04:32
• 12 Higdon: American Canvas: Wyeth 04:05
• Total Runtime 55:12

Info for Pangaea Chamber Players: Three Perspectives

The piano trio Pangaea Chamber Players explores the fickle nexus between music and visual art in their Navona release THREE PERSPECTIVES. While the ensemble's flute-cello-piano setup might evoke ideas of Baroque music, there are no such reminiscences to be found. Instead, the young trio presents three new compositions by contemporary composers. Although recent works, all pieces on THREE PERSPECTIVES are tonal – perhaps owing to their descriptive, illustrative purpose. The album's title, after all, hints at the connections between musical and visual artistic expressions: music inspired by art, music inspired by artists, and art inspired by music.

There's the beautiful cycle Reynolda Reflections by Dan Locklair, motivated by five artworks housed in the Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Jennifer Higdon's American Canvas, inspired by three American visual artists like Jackson Pollock, and Ned Rorem's Trio which reverses the process: several visual representations of this piece were drawn by artists during performances and rehearsals – one of them can be admired on the album's cover.

It is a challenging project, to be sure; but the Pangaea Chamber Players are more than up to the task. With great clarity, care and precision, these new compositions are brought to life not only as black-and-white sketches, but as colorful, refined masterpieces, truly representative of the visual artworks to which they are so intimately wedded.

Virginia Broffitt Kunzer, flute
Meredith Blecha-Wells, cello
Jeffrey Brown, piano

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