Kitzke - The Redness of Blood
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Label: New World Records
Cat No: NW80834
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 4th February 2022
Contents
Artists
Lisa MooreMargaret Lancaster
Michael Lowenstern
Sara Schoenbeck
Dorothy Lawson
Wil Smith
Jay Johnson
Sarah Cahill
Margaret Kampmeier
Jude Traxler
Mike Perdue
Lisa Karrer
Peter Brown
Matthew Hensrud
Conductor
Nicholas DeMaisonWorks
Bringing Roses With Her WordsFor Pte Tokahewin Ska
The Redness of Blood
There Is a Field
Artists
Lisa MooreMargaret Lancaster
Michael Lowenstern
Sara Schoenbeck
Dorothy Lawson
Wil Smith
Jay Johnson
Sarah Cahill
Margaret Kampmeier
Jude Traxler
Mike Perdue
Lisa Karrer
Peter Brown
Matthew Hensrud
Conductor
Nicholas DeMaisonAbout
Throughout his music there is a strong dramatic, narrative, theatrical component. Performers shout, sing, move and dance, often as though possessed by the music. An obvious ancestor here is Harry Partch, and though Kitzke’s music does not use just intonation, it projects that “corporeal” quality that this predecessor valued as essential.The pieces on this disc make for intersecting pairings. There are two works for a pianist who vocalises and produces sound beyond the keyboard (Bringing Roses With Her Words [2009] and There Is a Field [2008]). There are two works that are portraits of individuals. There are two ensemble pieces that are idiosyncratically theatrical (For Pte Tokahewin Ska [2015] and The Redness of Blood [1994–95]). Listening to them in sequence, they begin to feel like a multi-movement work about life that culminates in The Redness of Blood, the longest and most substantial piece of the programme.
On a first hearing, for some more accustomed to the complexities of modernist practice, Kitzke’s music may sound somewhat simple. Conversely, those more used to the open spaces of minimalism, or the grand gestures of neoromanticism, may find the music too mutable as it morphs, quicksilver-like, through an invigorating stream of consciousness. The fact that this music does not fall easily into any “-ism” is a tribute to its individuality, and its strength. Ultimately, the music has the quality of a crazy kaleidoscope, tumbling from one moment to another, the sonic palette constantly refreshed.
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