Western Brass Quintet - Colson - Rise (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

On RISE: MUSIC IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY, composer David Colson employs conventional and innovative chamber combinations alike to express a wide array of emotional content. Drawing upon years of experience as a performer, conductor, and composer, his command over the music and ability to adapt is present on each piece. How We Change for brass quintet pays homage to a dear friend with quick-changing tempos and unequal phrases, which represent the flood of emotions caused by sudden loss. The Wind Is Rising, the Earth let's itself be inhaled for bassoon and percussion, simultaneously primitive and cosmic, calls for respect for the earth. The micro-concerto RISE for piano and percussion quartet highlights various percussion elements to emphasize the performers' skill and versatility. Finally, Dionysian Mysteries, composed freeform with minimal methodology, allows the saxophone quartet to plumb the depths of their instruments' capabilities to render raw, emotional sound.

TRACKLIST

1. Western Brass Quintet - How We Change
2. Benjamin Kamins - The Wind Is Rising, the Earth Lets Itself Be Inhaled
3. Clare Longendyke - I. Hear the Sun's Thunder
4. Clare Longendyke - II. I Am Rain, Falling Slowly on the Leaves That Shiver and Sparkle
5. Clare Longendyke - III. We All Shine On
6. Clare Longendyke - IV. Moonlight Slips Through the Broken Glass
7. Clare Longendyke - V. Fire Is Born!
8. Capitol Quartet - I. Madness Is My Specialty
9. Capitol Quartet - II. Bacchus Found Him Beside the Lotus
10. Capitol Quartet - III. Reality Doesn't Impress Me (What Wine Goes with Cap'n Crunch?)
11. Capitol Quartet - IV. Rainbow Body
12. Capitol Quartet - V. Let's Rave! (I Feel More Like I Did When I Came in Than I Do Now)



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