Reviews

• Written for two solo marimba players against
  a small four-player ensemble, ISLAND MUSIC
  was begun as a "diversion" while working on
  other, larger pieces. Bali has long been an
  escape for the conductor-composer, and the
  inspiration comes from his happy, relaxed
  feelings when vacationing there. The work is
  cast in a large three-part Rondo form, with
  alternating episodes of more anxious and
  darker moments interrupting the bucolic
  island idyll.
  
  Dedicated to the late Lou Harrison, ISLAND
  MUSIC reflects some of the older composer's
  influence in its pentatonic writing and
  gamelan style. The Balinese influence comes
  through vividly...The two marimba soloists
  exchange a buoyant main theme that returns in
  various guises, and there is much ingenious
  rhythmic writing and an exhilarating finale.
  Lawrence A. Johnson, Sun-Sentinel (Florida)