By: Rafael de Acha
DSL-92233 SONO LUMINUS THE KERNIS PROJECT: DEBUSSY
Producer: Dan Merceruio
Engineer: Daniel Shores
The Jasper String Quartet:
J. Freivogel, violin
Sae Chonabayashi, violin
Sam Quintal, viola
Rachel Henderson Freivogel, cello
Aaron Jay Kernis – String Quartet #3 (“River”) (2015)
1. Source
2. Flow/Surge
3. Mirrored Surface – Flux – Reflections
4. Cavatina
5. Mouth/Estuary
“This new quartet looks at change, flow and flux of musical materials and information rather than the constancy of harmony, rhythmic and formal structures that my earlier quartets embrace.” – Aaron Jay Kernis
Claude Debussy – String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 (1893)
1. Animé et très décidé
2. Assez vif et bien rythmé
3. Andantino, doucement expressif
4. Très modéré – En animant peu à peu – Très mouvementé et avec passion
“Any sounds in any combination and in any succession are henceforth free to be used in a musical continuity.” – Claude Debussy
Written one hundred and twenty-two years apart, Aaron Jay Kernis’ “The River” (String Quartet #3 ) and Claude Debussy’s G Minor quartet – his only one – bear similarities of intent.
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Like Debussy, Aaron Jay Kernis is also an iconoclast who, oblivious to expectations and shunning labels, writes music sui generis, with no seeming preconceived structure but with a visceral response to literary influences that have made an emotional and intellectual impact on him. This is music that much like the river of its title flows unceasingly, but with varying currents, now restless, now peaceful to a tranquil musical estuary at the end of the duration of the work.
Read more: https://rafaelmusicnotes.com/2019/06/02/sono-luminus-releases-a-kernis-debussy-album/