Notes and Editorial Reviews
Rolv Yttrehus is a Minnesota-born composer who taught at Rutgers University for many years, achieving the title of Professor Emeritus upon his retirement in 1996. He studied with an all-star cast of 20th-century composers' mentors, including Roger Sessions, Aaron Copland and Nadia Boulanger, and lists Sessions and Arnold Schoenberg as his primary influences. Accordingly, his music is somewhat tough in outlook, atonal and rigorously organized.
The Symphony No. 1 is a late work, divided into ten parts and wearing its form on the outside with movements given titles such as "Parallel Ninths Cantus Firmus" and "Transition Leading to Coda." 'Gradus Ad Parnassum' is a work for soprano and orchestra that grapples with Nietzschean concepts of the
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chaotic forces within, while the brief text of 'Angstwagen' is treated as an abstract sound source for timbral interplay with the percussion ensemble. Most amusingly, in 'Music for Winds, Percussion, Cello and Voices,' which has no live but rather taped voices, the principal motive is the same eight-note figure that begin Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm." Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Symphony no 1 by Rolv Yttrehus
Conductor:
Joel Eric Suben
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1997/1998; USA
Date of Recording: 02/1999
Venue: Katowice, Poland
Length: 21 Minutes 33 Secs.
2.
Gradus Ad Parnassum by Rolv Yttrehus
Performer:
Catherine Rowe (Soprano)
Conductor:
Peter Leonard
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Louisville Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1979; USA
Date of Recording: 05/23/1981
Venue: Louisville, Kentucky
Length: 30 Minutes 10 Secs.
Language: Latin
Notes: This selection is an ADD recording.
3.
Music for Winds, Percussion, Cello and Voices by Rolv Yttrehus
Performer:
Margaret Parkins (Cello),
Tara Helen O'Connor (Piccolo),
Wade Weast (Trumpet),
Michael Manly (French Horn),
George Hoyt (Trombone),
Barbara Hegner (Celesta),
Ted Sturm (Xylophone),
Daniel Kennedy (Marimba),
John Ferrari (Percussion),
Bronwen Jones (Bass Clarinet),
Tara Helen O'Connor (Flute)
Conductor:
Peter Jarvis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Composers Guild of New Jersey Performance Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1969; USA
Date of Recording: 1990
Venue: Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey
Length: 12 Minutes 15 Secs.
4.
Angstwagen by Rolv Yttrehus
Performer:
Daniel Druckman (Percussion),
Janet Wheeler (Soprano),
Gordon Gottlieb (Percussion)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1971; USA
Date of Recording: 1986
Venue: New York City
Length: 5 Minutes 6 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is an ADD recording.
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