Douglas Knehans (b.1957) - Concertos - Filharmonie Bohuslava Martinů, Filharmonie Brno (2015) {Ablaze ar00022 Digital Download}

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Douglas Knehans (b.1957) - Concertos - Filharmonie Bohuslava Martinů, Filharmonie Brno (2015) {Ablaze ar00022 Digital Download}
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Classical / Modern Classical / Neo-Romantic / Post-Modern

This is music of tremendous imagination. Knehans scores with a masterly hand, his sound paintbrush unerringly hitting the mark. The orchestral writing is magnificent (and beautifully realized here). All credit to the virtuosity of the Brno Philharmonic and the expert ear of their conductor, Mikel Toms, for delivering such a razor-sharp performance. A fascinating disc.

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I could see a wide, open space in my mind as the plaintive strains of oboe and strings played 'Drift'! The music has so many brilliant arrangements and movements all played so neatly to add life into it. 'Cascade-Drift echo' is one such track. I absolutely love the strong vibe on 'Torrent' and the neat orchestration too. 'Mist, memory, shadow' is in a different league altogether! Excellent!

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With a gift for extravagant color, beautiful melodic style, and engaging, soulfully dramatic work, the music of award winning composer Douglas Knehans has gained attention around the world. Knehans’ two-piano work cascade has been hailed by Fanfare Magazine as “ … effective … incisive … hauntingly beautiful … ” A disc of his early music for acoustic and electric cello was released on Ablaze Records in the fall of 2010 and was called “ … amazingly sophisticated … very beautiful … intriguing … captivating …” by Audiophile Audition.

Douglas Knehans has received awards from the American Music Center, the NEA, the Australia Council Performing Arts Board, Yale University, the MacDowell Colony, Opera Australia, The Cannes Film Festival, Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, The National Symphony Orchestra, The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Meet the Composer and a host of others. His works have been broadcast on ABC Radio and Television (Australia); NPR and PBS (USA); RAI Radio and Television (Italy); and HTKY, the National Television Broadcaster in Ukraine.

Douglas Knehans (b. 1957) received his initial music education at the Australian National University. He has received scholarships and awards from Queens College, CUNY where he gained his M.A. in composition with Distinguished Professor and renowned composer Thea Musgrave, receiving the first Luigi Dallapiccola Composition Award (1991) for outstanding achievement in music composition. In 1991 Knehans entered the Doctoral program at Yale University where he studied with Pulitzer Prize winning composer Jacob Druckman, graduating with the Woods Chandler Memorial Prize (1993) for best composition in a larger form.

Knehans has been chair of Composition at the University of Alabama School of Music; was Professor of Music and Director of the University of Tasmania Conservatorium of Music between 2000-2008; and Dean of the College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) at the University of Cincinnati from 2008-2010. He is currently the Norman Dinerstein Professor of Composition Scholar at CCM.

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