Description
Recording sample from “Vibrant Colors: Brass Music of Douglas Hedwig” (MSR1811)
for brass octet (3 trumpets, trombone / 3 flugelhorns, horn)
Written in a “Neo-Renaissance” style, this double-quartet draws inspiration from the antiphonal music of the Italian Renaissance. In this style, composers created music for performers placed in two or more separate locations in a church, with musical passages often passed back and forth between the groups. da Lontano explores the concept of “music from a distance”; both spatial and temporal: Spatial in the sense of acoustic separation of the two sub-groups, and temporal because the musical style makes reference to the past.
– Douglas Hedwig
Douglas Hedwig:
The music of Douglas Hedwig (born 1951) has been performed throughout the U.S., Italy, Germany, England, Scotland, Belgium, South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia. Praised for the “coherent, yet adventurous character of his compositions” [Opus Klassiek, Netherlands), his music embraces “a wide range of musical styles…and showcases the eloquent sincerity of a contemporary American voice” [International Center for American Music].
Winner of both the Gaetano Amadeo Prize (Italy) and The American Prize in composition, Hedwig is recipient of awards and honors from the Siena Art Institute (Italy), Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Prior to turning his full creative attention to composition in 2012, he was a trumpet player with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for 27 years.
Dr. Hedwig is Professor Emeritus at the Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, and was formerly on the faculty of The Juilliard School (NYC).
https://www.douglashedwig.com/
