Gyre - - - Tone
Multi-Track Bass Trombone & Film
Kurt Rohde
Centennial Commission
About
Created for the Curtis Institute of Music’s 100th Anniversary celebration, gyre – – – tone is quiet, simple, expansive, inexorable, deliberate; there’s nothing flashy about either the music or its affect. As a viola/composition student at Curtis, I was ridiculously young and naïve; everything seemed flashy and impressive to me. All these years later, I consider how this piece could not have written by me back then; I wouldn’t even have known how. Here, “gyre” is that long, slow current carrying us through life, inside which the “tones” circle – faster, compact movements mapping each chapter of the voyage. In the end, the “currents” of piece form a large loop.
Performance
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Duration
06:45 |
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Commissioning Year
2024 |
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Premiere
January 31, 2025 Philadelphia, PA |
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Recording
January 1, 2023 Philadelphia, PA |
Artists
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Kurt Rohde Composition
Musician Kurt Rohde is Artistic Director of the Composers Conference and teaches Music Composition at the University of California Davis. Recipient of the Rome Prize, Berlin Prize, fellowships from the Radcliffe-Harvard Institute and Guggenheim Foundation, awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Barlow, Koussevitzky and Fromm Foundations, Rohde has spearheaded initiatives to create opportunities for gifted composers who do not have access to traditional paths to success.
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Blair Bollinger Bass Trombone
Blair is the bass trombone of the Philadelphia Orchestra, which he joined in 1986. He has made solo appearances with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, and National Symphony of Taiwan, as well as at many international and domestic trombone conferences.
Mr. Bollinger has given recitals and master classes in Brazil, Chile, China, Holland, Israel, Japan, Poland, Taiwan, and throughout the United States. His recordings include a solo CD (Fancy Free), two discs with Four of a Kind trombone quartet, and a disc with the Canadian Brass. His trombone is the Bollinger Model bass trombone by the S.E. Shires Company of Hopedale, MA; a trombone he helped design.
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Marie Lorenz Film
100 for 100
100 for 100 celebrates contemporary music with a showcase of bold, original compositions and fresh perspectives.
