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ARTIST
VIERK, LOIS V.
TITLE
Simoom
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
XI RECORDS
CATALOG #
XI 102CD
XI 102CD
GENRE
CLASSICAL
RELEASE DATE
4/14/2015
1990 release.
Lois V Vierk
creates music with a distinctiveness that flows from a mixture of the intense analytical disciplines of her composition teacher
Leonard Stein
, and the gentle admonitions of her Japanese Court Music teacher
Suenobu Togi
to "just do it." The influences of Vierk's long study of Gagaku (the Imperial Court Music of Japan) do not show on the surface. Rather they are heard in knowing that what has happened and what will happen are part of a sure path toward fulfillment. Gagaku unfolds with ceremonious slowness. Time seems to be suspended before the taiko drum sounds its next musical heartbeat. But the drum does sound, and when it does, it divides the music that has just passed and that which is to follow, all part of an elegant musical order. The elegance and order of Vierk's music, like Gagaku, touch the heart of the person who listens, who takes time, who is open. On
Simoom
we hear three of Vierk's works for "big instruments," that is, multiples of the same instrument, treated more like single entities than like groups of voices: "Go Guitars" for five electric guitars tuned microtonally around "E," "Cirrus" for six trumpets, and "Simoom" for eight cellos. All three works employ what Vierk describes as "Exponential Structure," which utilizes exponential relationships to control time, pitch movement and rates of change. Within this system, Vierk creates very directional compositions possessing high energy. As in Gagaku, they unfold slowly. Although clearly building on the work of minimalist composers, Vierk's music is much more concerned with constant development and climax. This disc offers virtuoso performances by
David Seidel
, electric guitar;
Gary Trosclair
, trumpet; and
Theodore Mook
, cello.
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