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CONTENTS

PUSHING THE ENVELOPE:
THE PROGRAM , 3

The New Music Champion Award, 4
The Envelope, Please, 4

THE HONOREES, 5

ALL ON BOARD, 6

LIVE EVENTS
(March 4 to May 27, 2003)

Clothed in a Redemptive Tale (Paulk on Heggie), 10
When Everyone Benefits (BLC on the Cassatt, Larsen), 10
Nightstallions? (Kroll on Rorem, et al), 11
 Featuring a “No-nonsense” Violinist (Patella on Greg Harrington), 12
More Thoughts on War and Peace (BLC on Hoover, et al), 12
Fresh to the Ear (BLC), 13
“Willie” or Won’t He (Pehrson pm Joshura Fried), 13
Separating Wheat from Chaff (Kra on), 13
Tribute to a Polymath (Pehrson on Kupferman), 14
Serious Fund at Carnegie Hall (Kroll), 15
Quite a Concert in Store for Us (Pehrson on Carter) , 16
A New Kind of Recital (O'Neal), 16
An Eclectic Retrospective (Snellgrove), 17

DOTTED NOTES from …

Kroll, Pehrson, BLC, 17

LEGATO NOTES:

More on Board, 19
NMYE at the Ripe Age of 30 (BLC), 19
George Crumb and Black Angels (Burwasser), 20
On the History of Composers Concordance (Pehrson), 21

THE SCOREBOARD:
Occidental Accidentals (Drogin), 22

THE CINEMA;
The Story of the Weeping Camel (BLC), 23

RECORDINGS:

Mixing History and Mystery Electronically (BLC on Martin Gotfrit), 24
Using Vibrato Effectively (Auerbach-Brown on Krenek), 24
A “Bridge” to Grechaninov (Calabrese on Neva Pilgrim), 25
Hark, Some Glorious Quotes (Calabrese on John Rutter), 25

RECENT RELEASES, 25

COMPOSER INDEX, 25

SPEAKING OUT!, 27

BRAVI TO …, 27

RECENTLY DEPARTED, 27

THE PUZZLE PAGE:
The Diagramless Takes Stage, 30

Music for Voices by Allen Brings

Review by Dr. Helmut Christoferus Calabrese (2004)

This review is based on the CD entitled Music for Voices by Allen Brings on the CAPSTONE label-catalogue number CPS-8731. The recording features various ensembles, orchestras, and the soprano Mara Bonde accompanied by the composer himself on the piano.

The CD is a very good anthology of the vocal compositions of Allen Brings. The Three Holy Sonnets (1988) for chorus and orchestra, The Lament of Rachel (1997) for chamber choir & piano, four-hands, and Three Holy Sonnets and From Psalterium Davidicum (1994) for chorus & orchestra and manifest a polyphonic texture for the voices and the instruments. These compositions are dramatic in their use of dynamics, contrasting textures, and dissonant harmonic language.

The other recordings, A Herrick Suite (1977) for chorus & piano, Three Songs of Blake & Donne for soprano & piano, and Mountain Song (1992) of soprano & piano contain beautiful melodies that fit most eloquently the content of the words. These works manifest a more consonant harmonic language. The piano accompaniments are rich in counterpoint and create a thematic unity through variation.

The quality and the performance of the recording are excellent!
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