Ever since Ezra Pound’s famous advice to young artists, “make it new!” there has been a renewed and relentless interest in breaking new ground in art and music. But what about composers who are genuinely inspired by older forms like fugues, rondos, capriccios, even rags? We’ll feature music by these “composers out of time”.
Out of Time
Playlist
Fantasia No. 5, by Lawrence Axelrod
Ensemble Nouvelle Epoque; Lawrence Axelrod, conductor
Bagatelles: VI Misty Fugue and XII Kleine Toccata, by Paul Chihara
Jerome Lowenthal, piano
Suite for Viola and Orchestra mvt. II Passacaglia, by Michael McLean
Roger Myers, viola; London Symphony Orchestra
Fantasia No. 2, by Lawrence Axelrod
Ensemble Nouvelle Epoque; Lawrence Axelrod, conductor
Past Recollections mvt. I Piazzolla in Paris, by Carl Vollrath
Michael Norsworthy, clarinet; Yoko Hagino, piano
Piano Concerto No. 26 mvt. II, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, completed by Timo Andres
Timo Andres, piano; Metropolis Ensemble
Classic Suite, by George Perle
Michael Brown, piano
Man Out of Time, by Reginald R. Robinson
Reginald R. Robinson, piano
Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra mvt. III, by Maria Newman
Malibu Coast Chamber Orchestra
