Flute player Marina Piccinini performed my “Wild Riot of the Shaman’s Dream” in Boston on Sunday, inspiring these words from Jeremy Eichler in the Boston Globe:
Piccinini’s remarkable solo turn came via Michael Colgrass’s “Wild Riot of the Shaman’s Dream,’’ a long flood of expressionistic gestures calling for the flute (as Colgrass puts it) to “pant, growl, cry, and mutter.’’ I might add gasp, purr, and scream. Piccinini’s account was a tour de force of modern flute playing.
Piccinini shared the stage with violist Kim Kashkashian and harpist Sivan Magen in what Eichler called “a transfixing recital.” This fine trio also played music by Rameau (“Pièces de clavecin en concert’’), Gubaidulina (“The Garden of Joy and Sorrow’’) and Debussy (his late L.137 sonata).
Eichler says “the night as a whole had the charm and resonance of one of those Kurtag miniatures: a small vessel with a secret cargo.” See his entire review here.