Peter Child: Reviews: Concertino Composed 2002. Excerpted from (Splendid Magazine 8/10/04)
They might be better known for their work in the sciences, but MIT also has an impressive composition department. The MIT Wind Ensemble, comprised mostly of non-music majors, here presents dedicated and well-rehearsed renderings of works by five Boston-area composers, four of whom serve on MIT's faculty. I am particularly taken by two works that incorporate a solo violin part, both elegantly performed by Young-Nam Kim. Peter Child's Concertino for Violin and Chamber Winds has an appealingly off-kilter structure; ruminative and harmonically enigmatic for much of the piece, it finishes with a post-minimal flourish.
|