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Wednesday, January 05, 2005
The Book of Moonlight – Violin Music by Larry Bell
Ayano Ninomiya, violinist, Larry Bell, pianist
North/South Recordings 1033

height= Larry Bell goes to Carolina in his mind for inspiration in the title piece in this recording of haunting and unabashedly romantic music for solo violin and violin and piano. The title composition is based on the theme of moonlight or, more precisely, other popular and classical compositions that refer to moonlight. Its title comes from the Wallace Stevens poem The Comedian as the Letter C where, on approaching Carolina, the comedian reflects, "The book of moonlight is not written yet nor half begun." Bell expertly weaves American 19th century hymns and other vernacular music into a harmonic crazy quilt of sounds that manage to be both engagingly tonal and structurally modern. "In Memory of Roger Sessions" for solo violin consists of three short movements that quote generously from Sessions’ own work and end in an “imaginary” musical dialogue between Bell and Sessions. “Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony” is based on a 1982 essay of the same title by the great biologist and humanist writer Lewis Thomas and uses a narrator, in this case Steve McConnell, to read from Thomas’ fearful thoughts on nuclear annihilation and loss of human experience. Bell seamlessly integrates musical quotations from Brahams and Beethoven, as well as Mahler, into the piece. "Just as I am" is based on an old Southern hymn and is dedicated to Ayano Ninomiya, a violinist whose lyrical playing and conviction brings Bell’s passionate agrarian vision of modern romanticism vividly to life. To paraphrase Forrest Gump, this is one box of chocolates where you don’t have to worry about getting the taffee.
posted by Jerry Bowles 7:56 PM


 


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