Jalbert’s “alternately contemplative and gritty” Canticle (String Quartet No. 6) was given its New York premiere at the Metropolitan Museum of Art by the Chiara String Quartet, for which it was written.
May 11, 2017
Press and News
Twenty-five years ago, violinist Leslie Tomkins and her pianist/conductor husband Michael Barrett took a rare vacation to Moab. Like so
“I have never heard a piece of his I haven’t admired and this one (Piano Quartet) was no exception. Jalbert is the real thing, a composer who has things to say and says them very, very, well.”
“The Seattle Symphony premiered Kernis’ Violin Concerto with Conductor Ludovic Morlot and guest soloist James Ehnes. “…The new concerto is a huge work…the concerto demonstrated Kernis’ command of the complete orchestral palette. He made imaginative and inventive use of percussion, harp and tuba and in pushed the soloist toward the frontiers of technique…”
“Talk about making a great first impression!” Aaron Kernis’ new Violin Concerto for James Ehnes led by Ludovic Morlot at the Seattle Symphony in its US premiere. “This is a concerto built to last: it’s so good and makes such an obviously satisfying contribution…”
March 16, 2017
Jalbert writes music of considerable elegance, but not even that knowledge was enough to prepare me for the breathtaking beauty, lyricism and intricacy of the chamber works on this new disc from the Copland House.
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