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BY BRETT CAMPBELL
Sunny Day Sounds
Outstanding classical music albums for summer listening
C
lassical music takes a holiday
through most of this month, as
many of us seek transcendent expe-
riences at the coast, in the mountains, or
along the rivers rather than in concert halls.
So it’s a perfect time to recommend some
new CDs by Oregon musicians.
Portland ensemble FearNoMusic in a solo
percussion showcase. This promising disc
affirms Miksch’s ascension to the top rank
of Oregon composers.
evocative original compositions, which
often use Middle Eastern-sounding scales.
Hurst’s plangent melodies make melancholy
mood music, but closer attention reveals
more than mere background sounds.
Chamber Music Northwest
David Shifrin & Friends
Bonnie Miksch
Every Tendril a Wish
The Portland State University professor
has rapidly risen to become one of the
state’s most accomplished composers. Her
radiant disc of mostly electro-acoustic
music conjures some attractive digital
soundscapes, but unlike so many products
of electronica, it doesn’t stop with achieving
a cool sonic effect.
“I believe that the power of music comes
from its ability to connect the physical
world of vibrations with the internal worlds
of the mind and of emotions,” Miksch
writes in her liner notes. This is music that
“moves beyond abstract relationships into
the boundless realm of emotions and
dreams.” Drawing on real life inspirations
like her husband and infant son, Miksch
leavens her electronic textures with acoustic
instruments (flute, alto sax), that much-used
staple of outdoor gatherings and festivals,
the didgeridoo, her own voice, and fellow
PSU professor Joel Bluestone from the
Adam Hurst
Obscura
This Portland-based cellist believes in
practicing in public, so he’s frequently
sighted with cello and portable amp at
farmers markets, festivals, solo concerts
and even airports, along with his concert
appearances. Hurst’s atmospheric album
marks an advance beyond his earlier solo
and piano-accompanied songs, thanks to the
inclusion of tanpura and frame drum, which
respectively provide a haunting drone and
rhythmic pulse to his gradually evolving,
The venerable Oregon institution has
been presenting its relaxed summer festival
at Portland’s Reed College for 42 years
now, boasting many of the same players
over the decades. Yet Chamber Music
Northwest (CMNW) is also looking
forward, with its Protege Project devoted to
performances by some of the nation’s top
rising young classical music stars, its recent
foray into year-round programming and
now this excellent new disc of music by
contemporary and 20th century composers.
Except for the annual summer sojourn, most
of CMNW’s musicians, Shifrin included,
reside in New York or otherwise outside
Oregon. They are some of America’s busiest
classical musicians, most from the Chamber
Music Society of Lincoln Center. David
Shifrin & Friends includes veteran cellist
and music advocate Fred Sherry, pianist
Anne-Marie McDermott, violinists Daniel
Philips (from the Orion Quartet), Ani and
Ida Kavafian, oboist Allan Vogel (familiar
to Oregon Bach Festival fans) and many
other names. But the star is the affable
Shifrin, whose lithe tone shifts effortlessly
across the spectrum — creamy, penetrating,
rich and focused.
Also on the album are Stephen Hartke’s
playful “The Horse with the Lavender Eye”
(inspired by, among other influences, a
Looney Tune and R. Crumb), and Florida
composer Ellen Taafe Zwilich’s “Clarinet
Concerto.” Both of these pieces were
recorded at CMNW’s main home, Reed
College’s Kaul Auditorium. The latter’s
composition was interrupted by the
September 11 terrorist attacks, reflected in
the second movement lament that follows the
busy opener. But the third movement swiftly
returns to vitality, expressed in a blistering
tempo and a few wild Shifrin riffs, before
settling in to pensive finale. This isn’t merely
one of the most exciting discs of Oregon
music in years but also one of the finest
collections of recent American chamber
music and a must for clarinet fans.
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