
Moravec: Tempest Fantasy / Mood Swings / B.A.S.S. Variations
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1/7Composer's Artistic Vision
Paul Moravec's music is rooted in triadically based harmony, the tonal language of Western music, which he uses with freshness and individuality.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Paul Moravec states that the irony in his music is not glibly postmodern, but rather the essence of making audible the human experience of ambiguity.
Performer Biography
David Krakauer, the clarinetist, is known for his mastery of various styles including classical chamber music, Eastern European Jewish Klezmer music, and avant-garde improvisation.
Performer Biography
Trio Solisti, comprised of Maria Bachmann (violin), Alexis Pia Gerlach (cello), and Jon Klibonoff (piano), has performed at venues like the Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center.
Composition History
Tempest Fantasy is a musical meditation on characters, moods, situations, and lines of text from Shakespeare's play, The Tempest.
Composer Biography
Paul Moravec, the composer, won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2004 for his work Tempest Fantasy.
Composition History
Mood Swings, a single-movement piano trio, was composed in 1999 and aims to make musically audible the workings of the central nervous system.
















