Jon Magnussen: Music for Limón Dances
Sumner Thompson (baritone)
Members of the Juilliard Orchestra, Westminster Kantorei, baritone, Institute Festival Orchestra, David Briskin, Mark Laycock
Jon Magnussen writes attractive, well-made music. ...there is much to enjoy here, as a result of Magnussen's vigorous imagination and jazzy sense of rhythm.
Jon Magnussen: Music for Limón Dances
Sumner Thompson (baritone)
Members of the Juilliard Orchestra, Westminster Kantorei, baritone, Institute Festival Orchestra, David Briskin, Mark Laycock
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Jon Magnussen writes attractive, well-made music. ...there is much to enjoy here, as a result of Magnussen's vigorous imagination and jazzy sense of rhythm.
About
The music on this disc came to be out of a unique collaboration between three artists spanning three generations: José Limon, Jon Magnussen and Carla Maxwell, the artistic director for the Limón Dance Company. After Limón’s death, the ballet Winged was revived. There was a need for a new score and Magnussen was chosen from a pool of graduate students at Juilliard to write the music. Because that collaboration proved so successful, Carla Maxwell asked Magnussen to write a new score for Psalm when she revived the dance.
Contents and tracklist
- Sumner Thompson (soloist)
- Members of the Juilliard Orchestra, Westminster Kantorei of Westminster Choir College, Fuma Sacra
- David Briskin
- Sumner Thompson (soloist)
- Westminster Kantorei of Westminster Choir College, Fuma Sacra, Institute Festival Orchestra
- Mark Laycock
Awards and reviews
Jon Magnussen writes attractive, well-made music. ...there is much to enjoy here, as a result of Magnussen's vigorous imagination and jazzy sense of rhythm.
