An assertive flurry of strident notes and shimmering fanfare gives the audience a clue that something is underway. The musical language here is fluid, with several high-register lines shifting shapes and floating in amorphous clouds.
In the second piece, twinkling bell tones cradle steely strings. While these are cautious unfurling, they are visited by a glitchy rhythmic motif orbiting these austere, spacey reaches.
Of the show overall, Robert observes in his diary, “ A focused, contained and gentle performance as part of the day’s NST presentation. An audience of perhaps 300 with no sense of fighting the audience, as is usually the case. And no photography.”
In the second piece, twinkling bell tones cradle steely strings. While these are cautious unfurling, they are visited by a glitchy rhythmic motif orbiting these austere, spacey reaches.
Of the show overall, Robert observes in his diary, “ A focused, contained and gentle performance as part of the day’s NST presentation. An audience of perhaps 300 with no sense of fighting the audience, as is usually the case. And no photography.”
