5.0 out of 5 stars
Modern chamber music for the heart and mind, November 12, 2000
This review is from: Tapestries / Trionometry / String Quartet (Audio CD)
Alright, you do have to like modern classical chamber music, but, if you do, this is great stuff. Well played and recorded recent works by this 52 year-old California based composer. Fully chromatic with a nice variety of forces, the music is both thoughtful and fun, not gimmicky or obscure. The Trionometry for flute, clarinet, and piano uses a particularly lovely combination of reflective voices. The quartet's rhythms and syncopations reflect Festinger's youth as a jazz performer. Impressive on first listening but revealing subtle fantasy, joy, and mystery on repeated exposure.
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