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Barney Childs - Heaven to clear when day did close | New World Records NW80779

Barney Childs - Heaven to clear when day did close

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Label: New World Records

Cat No: NW80779

Barcode: 0093228077923

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 10th March 2017

Contents

Artists

David Ward-Steinman (piano)
Nancy Turetzky (flute, piccolo)
Bert Turetzky (double bass)
Phillip Rehfeldt (clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon)
Scott Vance (clarinet)
Ron George (percussion)
Chris Corman (bass drum)
Blake Van Vliet (bass drum)

Works

Childs, Barney

37 Songs
Any Five
Heaven to clear when day did close
Music for Bass Drum
Music for Contrabass and Friend
Real Music
Sonata for solo clarinet
Stances for flute and silence

Artists

David Ward-Steinman (piano)
Nancy Turetzky (flute, piccolo)
Bert Turetzky (double bass)
Phillip Rehfeldt (clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon)
Scott Vance (clarinet)
Ron George (percussion)
Chris Corman (bass drum)
Blake Van Vliet (bass drum)

About

Barney Childs (1926-2000) is perhaps best known for his innovative scores that weave indeterminacy and improvisation with traditional musical structures and notations. Eclectic in nature, Childs's compositions freely explored diverse avenues of musical thought and drew inspiration from many sources, including traditional western concert music (especially that of such composers as Hindemith, Ives, Ruggles, and Copland), the open form works of John Cage, and jazz of all periods and styles.

Childs's compositions usually have wonderfully idiosyncratic aspects to them, rather than following the dictates of either a system or an established style. He said that "to make music I make choices, as we all do, but I'm unable to presume that music must prove a doctrine, and I cannot accept music merely as process made audible. I choose what will happen simply because it seems to be the right thing to have happen, and in no other way." Thus, the pieces cannot be easily analyzed, and in fact, he dismisses the idea that the value of a work can be or should be determined by whether or not the resulting work is capable of a brilliant analysis.

His pieces consciously play with the listener's expectations, constantly balancing the familiar with the unexpected, so that the listener is "anticipating what is about to happen: the future is defined and qualified, as far as we can define it, by expectation and anticipation, and this is continually being fulfilled or surprised." This is exactly what makes a Childs piece work: the interplay between what is expected and what is not. This recording is a tribute to Childs by some of his close friends, performed and produced as a labour of love.

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