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Kingdom Come; Hymnodic Delays; Fog Tropes II. (More Jazz Than Not).
Ingram Marshall: Kingdom Come; Hymnodic Delays; Fog Tropes II The American Composers Orchestra/Paul Lustig Dunkel, cond.; The Theater of Voices/Paul Hillier, director; Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch 79613-2)
It is still hard for me to realize that it has been nearly two decades since I have listened to the music of Ingrain Marshall (b. 1942). He is a composer whose music I had found interesting back when I was in graduate school (I wrote a review many years ago of an LP that contained the first Fog Tropes, which was arranged for brass and tape), but then I just simply lost track of him. When I ran across this new release recently, my curiosity was piqued, and I just had to purchase this CD and give it a listen as soon as I got home. After a few minutes of listening, it was as though I had rediscovered a long-lost friend.
The opening notes of Kingdom Come bring to mind Sibelius's The Swan of Tuonela, but in the sense of homage, not imitation. Marshall likes to integrate "found" sounds into his music, and in Kingdom Come we get choirs, a priest intoning, and other sounds worked into the composition. It might sound like a mess, but it works. This is a moving piece, a comforting piece, one that seems ...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service July 31, 2001 700+ words
...conductor Paul Lustig Dunkel HYMNODIC DELAYS Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier, director FOG TROPES II FOR STRING QUARTET...better known for his "Fog Tropes," originally written...quartet and tape. "Fog Tropes II" is a wonderfully...
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- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) September 17, 2006 700+ words
...create a new version of Hymnodic Delays. "I think in a lot...be an "unplugged" Hymnodic Delays, with all the complex...monophonic hymns Hymnodic Delays was born when singer...s Kingdom Come and Fog Tropes II. The Theatre of...
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- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) September 27, 2006 700+ words
...edge of audibility. Quigley and company presented a world premiere with a new "unplugged" version of Ingram Marshall's Hymnodic Delays. Originally cast for vocal quartet, the piece utilizes electronic manipulation to tweak the vocal lines of four early...
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- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) May 13, 2006 700+ words
...Victoria's Officium Defunctorum with the world premiere of a choral version of Ingram Marshall's electronically influenced Hymnodic Delays. In November, Quigley's singers will mount a program devoted to vocal music of Scarlatti. A typically unorthodox seasonal...
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- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London ROBERT MAYCOCK July 23, 1994 700+ words
...foreign" element usually ends up submitting to the dominant tradition, like a colonial conquest. With Ingram Marshall's Fog Tropes II for quartet and tape, the crucial thing was atmosphere. Distant booms like Tibetan trumpets, or maybe fanciful underwater...
Source: HighBeam Research, Kingdom Come; Hymnodic Delays; Fog Tropes II. (More Jazz Than Not).