Concert Is Minimalist, Premiere Elementary: ‘Copper Variations’
By James Bash for Classical Voice North America - January 31, 2025
(...) Written for an ensemble of 14 musicians, Copper Variations features two thematic lines, but the number of beats for each bar of changes from one bar to the next. With conductor Raúl Gómez-Rojas functioning as a human metronome, the musicians accented the music’s playful character despite its underlying motoric feel.
The piece transitioned through pizzicato segments and passages that leaned more on the melody. The one-movement composition marched to a heavily rhythmic finale that seemed to conclude the musical journey with a different pattern, as if arriving at a new location.
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