NPR MUSIC: Music And Mayhem: A Diary Of Classical Albums For A Troubled 2020
NPR MUSIC: Music And Mayhem: A Diary Of Classical Albums For A Troubled 2020
BY TOM HUIZENGA
“This year, time has tricked me, clicking back on itself like a broken record. So I generally avoided listening to music busy with repetitions. But I did lean in, wholeheartedly, to Tristan Perich's mesmerizing orchestral work Drift Multiply. Scored for 50 violins and the composer's trademark single-bit electronics, the minimalist oscillations and slow motion shifts of texture provide musical fuel to get through the day — which of course unfolds just like the day before.”