MICHAEL DAUGHERTY (b.1954)

 

Fire & Blood

 

Fire and Blood (2003) for Violin and Orchestra

Volcano

River Rouge

Assembly Line

 

MotorCity Triptych (2000) for Orchestra

Motown Mondays

Pedal to the Metal

Rosa Park Boulevard

 

Raise the Roof (2003) for Timpani and Orchestra

 

Ramon Parcells – trumpet

Kenneth Thompkins, Michael Becker, Randall Hawes – trombones

Brian Jones – timpani

 

Ida Kavafian - violin

Detroit Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi

 

This recording celebrates three exciting works commissioned and premiered by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during Michael Daugherty’s four years as Composer-in Residence. Inspired by Diego Rivera’s monumental fresco and Frida Kahlo’s paintings created in Detroit, Michigan, Fire and Blood “rivets the ear with a bold palette of colours and the skilful elaboration of vibrant themes.” Detroit News

 

MotorCity Triptych, “striking both in its brilliance an din its technical rigor,” is a road trip through the sounds of Detroit: the 1960’s pulse of Motown, the motor rhythms of Michigan Avenue, and the legend of civil rights icon Rosa Parks. Raise the Roof, composed for the opening of Detroit’s Max M. Fisher Music Centre, is a grand acoustic construction featuring the timpani in a tour de force of urban polyrhythms.

 

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