Ian Krouse: Nocturnes, Op. 60 & Invocation, Op. 54

Featuring

Vladimir Chernov
Guillaume Sutre
Movses Pogossian
Richard O'Neill
Antonio Lysy
Christopher Hanulik

Jessica Rivera
Maryanne Kim
Ian Krouse

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Composer's Artistic Vision

In Invocation, Krouse intentionally juxtaposes atonality and modal diatonicism to represent the dichotomy between the tangible (atonal) and the intangible (tonal).

Compositional Technique

Krouse's Invocation, a cycle of four songs for soprano and piano, explores the theme of 'intangible' love and the intangibility of love.

Compositional Technique

In Invocation, each song begins with a permutation of the pitches 'E-F-G', which are 'E'-centric modes representing the guitar.

Compositional Technique

The Nocturnes cycle, which sets poems by Armenian poets, takes the form of a psychological odyssey through the inner mind of a man at mid-life.

Performer Biography

Soprano Jessica Rivera has collaborated with many contemporary composers, several of whom, including Ian Krouse, have written works specifically for her.

Composition History

Krouse's Nocturnes, a song cycle for baritone and string quintet, was composed for Vladimir Chernov and the Dilijan Ensemble in July 2010, primarily during a two-week period in Japan.