![]() ![]() In its opening section, Liquid, Fragile for clarinet and string trio presents lyrical, Americana fragments separated by extended rests. Watery piano chords support interwoven melodic figures that form momentary harmonic areas. In the video, the process is counter-intuitively depicted with graceful sensuality, mirrored in Epstein’s flowing score, despite the resultant chemical destruction that the oil wreaks on the sugar. ![]() In the video, motor oil is poured over large blocks of sugar cubes. The recording opens with Oil & Sugar, an impressionistic quartet for clarinet, flute, violin, and piano that is inspired by a video by French conceptual artist Kader Attia. Nebraska Impromptu features Boston based Winsor Music and their clarinetist Rane Moore. This collection of music highlights instrumentations that include clarinet, and also shines light on Epstein’s penchant for expansive textures that are shaped by her childhood in the Great Plains. Influenced but not at all restricted by alternate approaches to structure in the music of Morton Feldman, Toru Takemitsu, and Anton Webern, Epstein patiently examines musical ideas, deconstructing them as a way to consider them from all angles. ![]() Marti Epstein’s music makes space for contemplation - of gestures, components of the musical fabric, harmonies, and timbres. Epstein's music is shaped in equal measure by modern icons Webern, Feldman, and Takemitsu, as it is by the expansive landscape of the American plains and her upbringing in Nebraska. Boston based composer Marti Epstein releases a collection of her chamber music including clarinet, featuring Rane Moore and the Winsor Music ensemble. ![]()
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