This collection of Tod Machover’s music focuses on chamber and orchestral music composed during the last decade, both with and without electronic enhancement. Machover’s music is a fascinating blend of expressive and lyrical melody combined with a sophisticated ear for textural complexity. The resulting music is always a treat for the ears- colorful, vibrant, and rhythmically propulsive. The largest composition on this disc is the piano concerto Jeux Deux, scored for large orchestra, with the soloist performing on a “hyperpiano”- a concert grand piano which interacts with sensors and computer programs in order to expand its technical possibilities. Machover produces cutting-edge music with a heart!
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UPC: 090404934629
BRIDGE 9346
Upcoming Tod Machover events:
• Currently writing music for new theater work called Remembering H.M., on the meaning – and loss – of memory. Will receive over 40 performances in April and May 2012 at the Central Square Theater in Cambridge, MA.
• Death and the Powers will be performed in San Francisco in July, marking the next leg of its U.S. and European tour.
• Mr. Machover is at work on a new piece for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra which will be premiered at their New Creations Festival in March 2012, along with performances of Sparkler and Jeux Deux.
Sparkler (2001) for orchestra and live electronics
Odense Symphony Orchestra
Paul Mann, conductor
Interlude 1 (2006; rev. 2011) – “After Bach”
Hyper-Dim-Sums (2004) for string quartet
iO Quartet
Interlude 2 (2011) – “After Byrd”
…but not simpler… (2005) for string quartet
iO Quartet
Jeux Deux (2005) for hyperpiano and orchestra
Michael Chertock, hyperpiano
Odense Symphony Orchestra
Paul Mann, conductor
