
Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular
June 29, 2022
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in ClassicalThe 2022 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, under the direction of Keith Lockhart, will showcase performances…
elena roussanova (lucas) · Elena Roussanova: MOMENTS OF ARRIVAL
Russian-American composer Elena Roussanova, Associate Professor in Composition at the Berklee College of Music, has a notable symphonic work in her three-movement Moments of Arrival, a celebration of those inspiring impulses that arise spontaneously, either through Nature or through human interactions. The musical syntax, tonal and highly suggestive of the American influences of Copland and Creston, achieves an appealing melos as well as rhythmic engagement. The first movement, “Moving Forward,” opens with raindrops and proceeds to bucolic musings on landscape. “Reflections” pays likely homage to Thoreau, a lakeside scene upon which the moon casts images upon the willows and the water. Set as an Adagio – Espessivo, the music enjoys a glossy patina, somewhat of Hollywood, somewhat of Howard Hanson. “Moment of Arrival” takes up the spirited-journey motif, Allegro Energico, rife with brass and wind colors, optimistic, the writing reminiscent of good wind-band music on a sunny Sunday afternoon. This is the music perhaps heard in James Agee’s imagination of a family outing.
June 29, 2022
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in ClassicalThe 2022 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, under the direction of Keith Lockhart, will showcase performances…
June 26, 2022
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ebentgen
in JazzState of Jazz Composition at Berklee with Eric Gould , Terrance Blanchard, Billy childs, Julius…
June 26, 2022
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in ClassicalThree American Symphony Conductors Julius Williams, Tom Wilkins , Isaiah Jackson