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Aaron Jay Kernis : New Era Dance


Commissioned jointly by the New York Philharmonic for its 150th Anniversary and by the Baltimore Symphony
Publisher Associated Music Publishers Inc
Category
Orchestra
Year Composed 1992
Duration
6 Minutes
Orchestration 2+pic.22(Ebcl,bcl).2(opt police whistles)/432+btbn.1/timp.4perc/pf(police whistle)/str; audio effects
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Programme Note

Digital perusal score available from SchirmerOnDemand
Composer's note:

New Era Dance is dedicated and written in celebration of a new era of leadership at the New York Philharmonic, in anticipation of the new millennium to come in the Year 2000, in hope for a time of imperative political and social change in this country.

-- Aaron Jay Kernis

Reviews

  • ...a six-minute explosion of New York exuberance.
    Richard Morrison, The Times, 07/08/2007
  • The starter was a small recent work of real substance in the shape of Aaron Jay Kernis's brilliant New Era Dance. It made a tumultuous opening.
    George Hall, The Guardian, 06/08/2007
  • ...audiences respond with enthusiasm to his music, which combines the passion of neo-Romanticism, the rhythmic pulsation of Minimalism and the exuberance of American popular culture.
    K. Robert Schwarz, The New York Times
  • ...New Era Dance... brilliantly evokes the pulsing, rhythmic street music of Washington Heights (police sirens and whistles notwithstanding).
    Annette Morreau, Music Magazine
  • ..there's Aaron jay Kernis's street-smart power-mix circa 1992. Latin salsa and crackmobile rap meets 1950s jazz.
    Edward Seckerson, Independent

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