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Patrick
Burke's "Hypno-germ" is a driving and dramatic little
gem that contrasts Alex Sopp's impressive virtuosity on the
flute with TV Action Jazz type rhythms, and his "All
Together Now" has nothing to do with The Beatles, but
artfully emphasizes the sense of balance and discipline shared
among theplayers in the Now Ensemble.
~Dave
Lewis, All
Music
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Machine-like
minimalist rhythms rub up against pop-song melodies and a lot of
fluttering flute. The playing has a charming lightness, and
Burke's balletic "All Together Now" and Greenstein's
pensive, lovely "Sing-Along" are memorable
compositions. ~Bradley Bambarger, Star-Ledger
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Patrick Burke
is one of the most exciting young composers I have heard recently.
His music is bold and invigorating, intellectually stimulating,
and always fresh and original. ~Kevin
Puts, composer |
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The
formal elegance of chamber music with a pop-honed concision and
rhythmic vitality. ~Steve
Smith, Time
Out New York, [review of NOW Ensemble's debut CD] |
| NOW
Ensemble's first album, NOW, was
rated one of the best classical recordings of 2008 in The
New Yorker by Alex Ross. |
| Similar
groups might play a work once or twice and move on, but NOW can
play a piece many times, like a rock band, internalizing its
physicality. Burke's "All Together Now" is a prime
example of why that succeeds. "It starts off in minimalist
tradition but turns into an explicit 'rock' song -- sometimes
everyone is playing the same line, and sometimes it's staggered or
slowly transforming into everyone having their own part and
function." ~Manny Theiner, Pittsburgh City Paper |
| Patrick
Burke’s Hypno-germ (2006) seduces with a sinuous flute
solo abruptly interrupted by clipped, engagingly repetitive
ensemble; it is Debussy’s faun awaking to an absurdist animated
television cartoon.
~Seen
and Heard International Concert Review |
| [Steve]
Reich changed music, and he also changed how music relates to
society. In the face of early incomprehension he took a
do-it-yourself approach to getting his work before the
public....With his namesake ensemble, Reich performed in
galleries, clubs, and wherever else he felt welcome. The
effects of this paradigm shift can be seen on any day of the
week in New York, as composer-led ensembles proliferate. Bang on a Can
is the longtime leader, and the NOW Ensemble is a deft young group
gaining attention....Post-Reich, composers are evolving into
a more mobile, adaptable species.
~Alex Ross, The New
Yorker, "Celebrating Steve Reich", 11- 13- 2006 |
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