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June 30, 2009
In Performance: Wolf Trap Opera opens, NOI concludes
In today's Washington Post: "New Così, Fresh Troubles," by Anne Midgette. Web-only review: Adès Piece Shows NOI Players' Strength by Joan Reinthaler Watching one of the string bass players bowing and plucking away while deep into the body language of ecstasy, you might think that Thomas Adès's "Asyla" was just another poundingly loud contemporary extravaganza. You'd be wrong. This 25-minute, four-movement work, which anchored the last program of this year's National Orchestral Institute Festival at the Clarice Smith Center on Saturday, may paint a vast aural landscape that ranges from powerful emotions to sublime serenity, but it does so with astonishing subtlety. (read more after the jump)Originally from The Classical Beat – Classical Music Forum – washingtonpost.com, ReBlogged by newmusicrebloggers on Jun 30, 2009 at 11:32 AM