Lane / Modular Ensemble: New Cartography
Lane / Modular Ensemble: New Cartography
Format: CD
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Artist: Lane / Modular Ensemble
Label: Innova Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 726708601720
Genre: Classical
Sonar pulses. Inventing the chronometer. Rotating gears. Vibrating machines. These are the inspirations behind the chamber works on Peter Van Zandt Lane's New Cartography. Boasting an illustrious roster of decorated performers, Lane's second album with Innova highlights what the American Academy of Arts and Letters describes as "driving rhythms, bold harmonic gestures, and whimsical melo-dies... Lane's music is as inviting as it is sophisticated." The opening track begins with a frenetic burst of energy, with electronic pulses entwined with the unique instrumentation of Mod[ular] Ensemble in a musical exploration of the title, /ping/: an IP network utility; a sonar pulse; and the onomatopoeia. Weaving lyrical patterns give way to angular, rocking outbursts. The quintet hits call-bells to signal virtuosic solos interspersed throughout the piece until they find connectivity, culminating in a lush texture of oscillating harmonies and fluttering electronics. Reaching further into the technological past, Piano Quartet: The Longitude Problem finds it's inspiration in 18th century maritime navigation. Before John Har-rison's invention of the marine chronometer, navigation and maps were all over the place. The device opened up a new way to determine longitude: clockwork-precision making sense of the incalculable sea. The album's title track, New Cartography, Lane relishes just such opposing pathways, pitting rigid clockwork against free lyricism in a surprising finale to Piano Quartet that both celebrates the Age of Discovery and mourns colonialism. Composed while in-residence at Aaron Copland's house historic home, this piece sets Lane's fascination with rhythmic process to a more sentimental sound world, brought to life by the exquisite musicianship of the Atlanta Chamber Players. Peter Van Zandt Lane is a composer with a particular focus on music for wind ensemble, chamber ensembles, electroacoustic music and music for dance. Recipient of the 2018 Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Lane is on the composition faculty of the University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music where he also acts as Director of the Roger and Phyllis Dancz Center for New Music.
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