Music Review: Robert Paterson and American Modern Ensemble - The Four Seasons
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Jon Sobel, BLOGCRITICS.ORG
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As one of the most celebrated present-day American composers, Robert Paterson does not fear the shadow of a luminous predecessor like Antonio Vivaldi. Paterson s new album
The Four Seasons is the culmination of a 20-year project comprising four song cycles, one for each of our earthly seasons. The prolific composer set texts by well-known poets - Edna St. Vincent Millay, William Carlos Williams, Rita Dove, Billy Collins and others - all on seasonal themes.
A different voice gives life to each cycle, accompanied by the musicians of the composer s own American Modern Ensemble on flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion. Paterson is a master at composing and arranging for this lineup. Known as a Pierrot ensemble, it gives a composer a wide range of colors in a compact and economical form
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