Breanndán Begley, Mick O’Brien, ConTempo Quartet, IMO Quartet – Dave Flynn: Irish Minimalism (2021) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Breanndán Begley, Mick O’Brien, ConTempo Quartet, IMO Quartet – Dave Flynn: Irish Minimalism (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:10:24 minutes | 718 MB | Genre: Classical
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With the title Irish Minimalism, composer Dave Flynn has laid down a marker. Minimalism is associated with America, and specifically with composers like Steve Reich and Philip Glass (both of whom have spent a good portion of their careers disavowing the term) however, the hallmarks of the style (repetition, gradual incremental changes that accrue over time, steady rhythms which are often drawn from popular or traditional music, and a restrained sense of harmonic movement) are all compatible with Irish traditional music.

After years spent as both a composer and performer working in the dual worlds of contemporary classical music and traditional song, Flynn has fashioned a personal musical language by recognising that the differences between those two styles are not nearly as great, and certainly not as useful, as the similarities.

Tracklist:

01. Breanndán Begley, Mick O’Brien, ConTempo Quartet, IMO Quartet – Flynn: String Quartet No. 2 “The Cranning”: I. Slip (05:38)
02. Breanndán Begley, Mick O’Brien, ConTempo Quartet, IMO Quartet – Flynn: String Quartet No. 2 “The Cranning”: II. Slide (01:30)
03. Breanndán Begley, Mick O’Brien, ConTempo Quartet, IMO Quartet – Flynn: String Quartet No. 2 “The Cranning”: III. The Bamako Highland (01:37)
04. Breanndán Begley, Mick O’Brien, ConTempo Quartet, IMO Quartet – Flynn: String Quartet No. 2 “The Cranning”: IV. Cran (04:28)
05. Breanndán Begley, Mick O’Brien, ConTempo Quartet, IMO Quartet – Flynn: Quintet No. 1 “The Cutting”: I. Cutting and Rolling (03:25)
06. Breanndán Begley, Mick O’Brien, ConTempo Quartet, IMO Quartet – Flynn: Quintet No. 1 “The Cutting”: II. Churning and Sliding (07:46)
07. Breanndán Begley, Mick O’Brien, ConTempo Quartet, IMO Quartet – Flynn: Quintet No. 1 “The Cutting”: III. Lilting and Reeling (04:02)
08. Breanndán Begley, Mick O’Brien, ConTempo Quartet, IMO Quartet – Flynn: String Quartet No. 3 “The Keening”: I. Murmuring (07:19)
09. Breanndán Begley, Mick O’Brien, ConTempo Quartet, IMO Quartet – Flynn: String Quartet No. 3 “The Keening”: II. Dirge (07:19)
10. Breanndán Begley, Mick O’Brien, ConTempo Quartet, IMO Quartet – Flynn: String Quartet No. 3 “The Keening”: III. Cry (04:28)
11. Breanndán Begley, Mick O’Brien, ConTempo Quartet, IMO Quartet – Flynn: Stories from the Old World: I. The Poet and the Spirit (05:56)
12. Breanndán Begley, Mick O’Brien, ConTempo Quartet, IMO Quartet – Flynn: Stories from the Old World: II. If It Was With a Fart I Won Her (04:09)
13. Breanndán Begley, Mick O’Brien, ConTempo Quartet, IMO Quartet – Flynn: Stories from the Old World: III. The Piper and the Woman of the Tavern (04:44)
14. Breanndán Begley, Mick O’Brien, ConTempo Quartet, IMO Quartet – Flynn: Stories from the Old World: IV. The Old Hags (07:55)

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