Description

Michael Daugherty: UFO / Motown Metal / Niagara Falls / Desi / Red Cape Tango (CD)
For solo percussion and wind ensemble

Michael Daugherty is one of the most performed American composer of concert music of his generation. The London Times has described him as a ‘master icon-maker’ and hailed his ‘maverick imagination, fearless structural sense and meticulous ear’. Written for Evelyn Glennie, UFO is inspired by unidentified flying objects and sounds. The final movement, Objects, features virtuosic drumming by the percussion soloist at warp speed to suggest the outer trappings and inner machinery of a fine-tuned alien aircraft.

Track Listing

UFO (2000) (41:55)

1. UFO: Travelling Music
2. UFO: Unidentified
3. UFO: Flying
4. UFO: ??? (Kathleen Reynolds, contra-bassoon)
5. UFO: Objects
6. Motown Metal (1994)
7. Niagara Falls (1997)
8. Desi (1991)
9. Red Cape Tango (1993)

Total Time: 77:41

Artists

Solo Percussion: Evelyn Glennie
Conductor: Eugene Migliaro Corporon
North Texas Wind Symphony

Label

Klavier K 11121

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