Tenney: Changes

Tenney: Changes
64 Studies for 6 Harps
Bjorkedal, Choate, Huston, Litaker, Shulman, Terada - Nicholas Deyoe
New World Records 80810 [CDx2]

Contents:

  1. Study #1
  2. Study #2
  3. Study #3
  4. Study #4
  5. Study #5
  6. Study #6
  7. Study #7
  8. Study #8
  9. Study #9
  10. Study #10
  11. Study #11
  12. Study #12
  13. Study #13
  14. Study #14
  15. Study #15
  16. Study #16
  17. Study #17
  18. Study #18
  19. Study #19
  20. Study #20
  21. Study #21
  22. Study #22
  23. Study #23
  24. Study #24
  25. Study #25
  26. Study #26
  27. Study #27
  28. Study #28
  29. Study #29
  30. Study #30
  31. Study #31
  32. Study #32
  1. Study #33
  2. Study #34
  3. Study #35
  4. Study #36
  5. Study #37
  6. Study #38
  7. Study #39
  8. Study #40
  9. Study #41
  10. Study #42
  11. Study #43
  12. Study #44
  13. Study #45
  14. Study #46
  15. Study #47
  16. Study #48
  17. Study #49
  18. Study #50
  19. Study #51
  20. Study #52
  21. Study #53
  22. Study #54
  23. Study #55
  24. Study #56
  25. Study #57
  26. Study #58
  27. Study #59
  28. Study #60
  29. Study #61
  30. Study #62
  31. Study #63
  32. Study #64

Performers: Alison Bjorkedal, Ellie Choate, Elizabeth Huston, Catherine Litaker, Amy Shulman, Ruriko Terada (harps); Nicholas Devoe (conductor)

Playing time: 71' + 71' = 142'

Recording date: November 2017 (CalArts); released: 2018

Changes is perhaps Tenney's most singular cycle, and certainly his longest. The present production required considerable preparation, but ends up being executed with incredible precision & elegance. (It ended up being recorded over 3 consecutive days.)

This strange, but generally pleasant, music can function as a sort of ambient background music (akin to that of e.g. Feldman), but also rewards more concentrated listening. It basically explores a melodic-harmonic world of 72 notes to an octave, arranged in a series of studies.

And besides Spectrum Pieces (as also featured on the main page), some previous important recordings from New World Records devoted to Tenney:

Tenney: Selected Works 1961-1969
Psychoacoustic, Electroacoustic, Stochastic, Algorithmic
New World Records 80570 [CD]
Tenney: Postal Pieces
The Barton Workshop - James Fulkerson
New World Records 80612 [CDx2]
Tenney: Harmonium
Scordatura Ensemble
New World Records 80803 [CD]

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Todd M. McComb