A good contemporary version of “La Folia” by Jeffery Cotton, “young” american composer from LA.
The composer says:
In my “La Folia” I continue an ongoing pursuit: to write music about music. This is an idea that came to me from Mahler by way of Henze. This work is not a standard set of variations on the Folia theme. Here, the theme itself haunts the margins of the piece, not so much in an integrated, nicely-tied-together sort of way, but rather such that this ancient idea seems to be trying to force its way into the present, into my present. This approach to composing has always made sense to me, since what I do – write orchestral and chamber music – has always seemed to me an odd, anachronistic thing, belonging more to the past than the present, and as such, a little mad.
Performed March 9, 2001 at Jordan Hall, Boston, by the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, Scott Yoo, Music Director.
ou can also see the score here (PDF).
A good contemporary version of “La Folia” by Jeffery Cotton, “young” american composer from LA. The composer says: In my “La Folia” I continue an ongoing pursuit: to write music about music. This is an idea that came to me from Mahler by way of Henze. This work is not […]
A good contemporary version of “La Folia” by Jeffery Cotton, “young” american composer from LA. The composer says: In my “La Folia” I continue an ongoing pursuit: to write music about music. This is an idea that came to me from Mahler by way of Henze. This work is not […]
A good contemporary version of “La Folia” by Jeffery Cotton, “young” american composer from LA. The composer says: In my “La Folia” I continue an ongoing pursuit: to write music about music. This is an idea that came to me from Mahler by way of Henze. This work is not […]
A good contemporary version of “La Folia” by Jeffery Cotton, “young” american composer from LA. The composer says: In my “La Folia” I continue an ongoing pursuit: to write music about music. This is an idea that came to me from Mahler by way of Henze. This work is not […]
A good contemporary version of “La Folia” by Jeffery Cotton, “young” american composer from LA. The composer says: In my “La Folia” I continue an ongoing pursuit: to write music about music. This is an idea that came to me from Mahler by way of Henze. This work is not […]
A good contemporary version of “La Folia” by Jeffery Cotton, “young” american composer from LA. The composer says: In my “La Folia” I continue an ongoing pursuit: to write music about music. This is an idea that came to me from Mahler by way of Henze. This work is not […]
A good contemporary version of “La Folia” by Jeffery Cotton, “young” american composer from LA. The composer says: In my “La Folia” I continue an ongoing pursuit: to write music about music. This is an idea that came to me from Mahler by way of Henze. This work is not […]
A good contemporary version of “La Folia” by Jeffery Cotton, “young” american composer from LA. The composer says: In my “La Folia” I continue an ongoing pursuit: to write music about music. This is an idea that came to me from Mahler by way of Henze. This work is not […]
A good contemporary version of “La Folia” by Jeffery Cotton, “young” american composer from LA. The composer says: In my “La Folia” I continue an ongoing pursuit: to write music about music. This is an idea that came to me from Mahler by way of Henze. This work is not […]
A good contemporary version of “La Folia” by Jeffery Cotton, “young” american composer from LA. The composer says: In my “La Folia” I continue an ongoing pursuit: to write music about music. This is an idea that came to me from Mahler by way of Henze. This work is not […]
non è Jeffrey, bensì Jeffery.
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