Tribute To The Angels
Bridge, 2025
9/10
Listen to Tribute To The Angels
This 4th installment of Louis Karchin's ongoing Bridge series treats us to both instrumental and vocal pieces, where each selection recruits a different line up of players.
The title track opens with the Talea Ensemble’s animated winds and percussion that suits Jennifer Zetlan’s soaring soprano, and “Trio For Violin, Cello And Piano” follows with Jesse Mills’ violin, Ole Akahoshi’s cello and Rieko Aizawa’s piano interacting in frisky bouts, emotive ebbs and stirring attention to tonality and mood.
The back half brings us the animated spirit of “Incantations And Dances”, where the Da Capo Players blend their winds, strings and keys with a lush, cinematic flavor, while “Two Sacred Songs” pairs Marisa Karchin’s colorful soprano with Steven Beck’s finger acrobatics on piano for the lively and striking finish.
Karchin’s resume is tremendous, and this body of work showcases an inestimable vision of chamber and orchestral ideas that are daring, intense and eloquent.
Travels well with: Louis Karchin- Dark Mountains/Distant Lights; The Stuyvesant Quartet-The Stuyvesant Quartet In Concert At The Library Of Congress