“Birds have been a frequent inspiration for composers,” wrote Michael Anthony (Minneapolis Star Tribune) after the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s recent performance of Derek Bermel’s Murmurations.
Anthony continues, “While living in Rome not long ago, Bermel…composer, conductor and virtuoso clarinetist from New York City…found himself enchanted by the movements of starlings…The result, structured in three movements and running about 20 minutes, is clever and imaginative…Bermel, who conducted the piece, writes sensitively for strings….Beauty in motion is perhaps what ‘Murmurations’ is all about…” Read the complete review here.