Remembrances- Chamber Music Of Trevor Weston
New Focus, 2025
9/10
Listen to Remembrances- Chamber Music Of Trevor Weston
The Massachusetts outfit ECCE Ensemble illuminate the work of Trevor Weston and are under the direction of John Aylward, as the 7 involved pieces radiate tremendous grace.
“A.N.S.” opens with Emi Ferguson’s animated flute and Geoffrey Burleson’s piano interacting with much playfulness, and “Images” follows with 2 chapters, where Natalie Boberg’s flowing violin and Robbie Bui’s dense cello are complemented by the mature keys.
“Eurythmy Variations” and “Remembrance” land in the middle. The former is a solo piano outing that showcases Burleson’s colorful techniques, while the latter pairs Joe Eller’s dreamy clarinet with the lively piano for the album’s best.
Near the end, “Verve Music” recruits Ferguson’s flute, Hassan Anderson’s oboe and Bui’s cello via the 3 rich, chamber chapters, and “Legacy Works” exits with Boberg’s violin, Sam Kelder’s viola, Eller’s clarinet and Bui’s cello working together with intimacy and friskiness.
A really well done effort where each track takes on a life of its own, Weston’s affinity for impressionism and modernist techniques is preserved, as the ensemble bring rhythm, harmonics and jazz nods to the creative chamber template.
Travels well with: Ciompi Quartet- A Duke Moment; Load Bang- A Garden Adorned