I often think about how great political speeches are just like this - a story that people connect with immediately, but with a metaphor that shows a sophisticated understanding of philosophy and history. "This is how I feel about the great masters, and it's what I try to do: simple on the surface, complex in design.
"My philosophy about music is that I want to write music that makes sense and is beautiful on a first hearing, but has something deeper that makes one go back to it," she explained. The name refers to the shimmering texture that is created through bowing, trilling and ornamentation." "I wanted to write a piece that called forth the history of string orchestras, and was inspired by the idea of Vivaldi traveling through time," Ruehr said of "Shimmer." "It's built in a very modern way, so it isn't a copy, but instead a modern reinvention of an older thing, with the energy of something young and new. It was also used in a condensed version by the Rebecca Rice Dance troupe, a video of which appears on YouTube. Her work "Shimmer" was commissioned by the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra and was the title piece on its 1996 album. Ruehr is a composer on the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He said the piece instead refers to the warmth engendered by different world musical genres coming together. was one of the first works by a black composer to be performed by the National Symphony of South Africa after President Mandela was elected."ĭespite its title, Addison said "Global Warming" has nothing to do with climate change.
Tod Addison, director of the Army Strings, emphasized that all the pieces in the Sunday program are tuneful, easy-listening and accessible works, with some blending popular musical idioms into the mix.Īddison described Ruehr's composition as being in the minimalist vein, with Abels working snatches of folk, bluegrass and blues into his work, and Sowash using the traditional song "Shenandoah" as a touchstone in his piece.Īccording to a biography of Abels on the Kennedy Center website, the composer "gained widespread recognition for his orchestral pieces, 'Global Warming' and 'Frederick's Fables,' a piece he narrated at the Kennedy Center for the National Symphony Orchestra." Additionally, " 'Global Warming'. 1," Howard Hanson's "Summer Seascape II," and Russell Peck's "Signs of Life."ĭispelling the notion that some modern classical music can be thorny or challenging listening, Maj. In addition, the 20-member Army Strings will perform Ernest Bloch's "Concerto Grosso No. Three living composers on the program will travel from across the country to attend the performance, including: California's Michael Abels, who wrote "Delights and Dances " Ohio's Rick Sowash, composer of "Fantasia on 'Shendandoah' " and Massachusetts' Elena Ruehr, the author of "Shimmer." in a concert at the Vienna Presbyterian Church in Vienna, Va.
Army Band, will perform the works of six contemporary classical composers April 14 at 4 p.m. The Army Strings, an element of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall's The U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 3 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 2 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – The concert will feature contemporary Amer. Army Strings will perform at Vienna Presbyterian Church in Vienna, Va., on April 14. Army Strings rehearses for a show in Brucker Hall on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., April 9, 2013.
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