Last-minute venue change to the Birch Aquarium proved no obstacle to the expert performances
The 20th century was a time of musical revolutions and innovations. Composers searched for new harmonies, rhythms and forms. What doors are left to kick open this century? Precious few. With no clearly defined avant-garde, young composers seem more enamored with adapting past musical breakthroughs for their own devices. Combining wide-ranging tastes that would have seemed shameful to many 20th-century giants, 21st-century composers paradoxically forge ahead through foraging the past.
Eminently listenable yet mysterious enough to repay repeat hearings, it’s no wonder that “Entr’acte” is one of the most frequently programmed string quartets by an American composer. Smith’s “Carrot Revolution” was inspired by the visual counterpoint of the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. More than Shaw or Wulliman, Smith is an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink composer. “Carrot Revolution” packed a dizzying amount of musical references or styles into an 11-minute piece.
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