Begley O?Brien Contempo Quartet Imo Quartet: Irish Minimalism - COMPACT DISCS

Begley O?Brien Contempo Quartet Imo Quartet: Irish Minimalism - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Irish Minimalism

Artist:

Begley O?Brien Contempo Quartet Imo Quartet

Label:

First Hand

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

5060216345116

Genre:

Classical

Release Date:

2021-10-01

Number of Discs:

1

With the title Irish Minimalism, composer Dave Flynn has laid down a marker. Minimalism is associated with America, and specifically with composers like Steve Reich and Philip Glass (both of whom have spent a good portion of their careers disavowing the term). But the hallmarks of the style - repetition; gradual, incremental changes that accrue over time; steady rhythms, often drawn from popular or traditional music; and a restrained sense of harmonic movement - are all compatible with Irish traditional music. And after years spent as both a composer and performer working in the dual worlds of contemporary classical music and traditional song, Flynn has fashioned a personal musical language by recognizing that the differences between those two styles are not nearly as great, and certainly not as useful, as the similarities.

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