Fuchs, K.: American Place (An) / Eventide / Out of the Dark
2/1/2006, 5 Tracks, 55:13
Featuring
JoAnn Falletta
Thomas Stacy
Timothy (Tim) Jones
London Symphony Orchestra
Kenneth Fuchs
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Performer Biography
The London Symphony Orchestra, featured on this album, was founded in 1904 and was Britain's first self-governing orchestra.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Out of the Dark is Kenneth Fuchs's first work to explore the relationships between music and other arts like painting, collage, and poetry, inspired by the Abstract Expressionist artist Helen Frankenthaler.
Performer Biography
Thomas Stacy, the solo English hornist on this recording, is the most recorded player of the English horn in the world.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Composer Kenneth Fuchs intends for his work An American Place to reflect the musical sounds developed in the United States over the last century, drawing inspiration from American symphonists.
Compositional Technique
The work Out of the Dark by Kenneth Fuchs integrates the twelve-tone method of composition with diatonic, minimalist, and serialised musical elements.
Recording & Production
This recording is the culmination of eighteen years of collaboration between composer Kenneth Fuchs, conductor JoAnn Falletta, and English hornist Thomas Stacy, which began when they were colleagues at the Juilliard School in 1985.
Composer Biography
Kenneth Fuchs, the composer on this album, has written for a wide range of ensembles, including orchestra, band, chorus, and jazz ensemble.
