The composers on this album, Robert Palmer, Steven Stucky, Jesse Jones, and Tonia Ko, represent three generations of a musical family tree, with Palmer teaching Stucky, and Stucky teaching Jones and Ko at Cornell University.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Steven Stucky, a composer featured on this album, described his approach to composition as "ancestor worship," embracing connections to past musical traditions rather than denying them.
Recording & Production
This album is dedicated to the memory of Steven Stucky, a composer who endorsed and supported the project and introduced the performers to the music of Robert Palmer.
Performer Biography
Violinist Nicholas DiEugenio and pianist Mimi Solomon, the performers on this album, are married and also collaborate on a project called 'Unraveling Beethoven', which includes new response works to Beethoven's violin sonatas.
Critical Reception
Composer Robert Palmer was once praised by Paul Rosenfeld in 1935 as one of the composers "uncompromisingly battling on behalf of civilized values."
Composition History
Robert Palmer's monumental Violin Sonata, featured on this album, had never been recorded until now, despite the composer considering it one of his 'best chamber works'.
Composer Biography
Robert Palmer, a composer on this album, founded the doctoral program in music composition at Cornell University, which was the first in the United States.
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