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Schwantner Joseph

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Black Anemones for flute and piano

By Schwantner Joseph

Joseph Schwantner: Black Anemones for flute and piano was written in 1980. It is an arrangement of the middle movement of his song cycle Two Poems of Agueda Pizarro (1980) and has become a landmark of late 20th-century American "New Romanticism."
The work is dedicated to the American flautist Harvey Boatright, who was the long-time flautist of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. It was premiered by Harvey Boatright and pianist Janet Hunt in 1982 in Dallas, Texas.
The piece is noted for its "shimmering" textures and use of pedal points. It utilizes octatonic scales and quartal harmonies to create a sense of suspended time. Additionally, it requires extreme dynamic control (from pppp to f) and the ability to maintain a "haunting, vocal quality" without words.
1980 was a year of deep literary exploration for Schwantner. He was captivated by the poetry of Agueda Pizarro, whose surreal and "darkly fragrant" imagery provided the perfect canvas for his harmonic language. Black Anemones captures the poem's atmosphere of nocturnal mystery and delicate melancholy. A dreamlike atmosphere reflects the child's bizarre dream about his mother: "You walk with silver lions / and wait to estrange me".
In 1980, Schwantner was at the absolute peak of his professional influence, having won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Music for Aftertones of Infinity. During this year, he was moving away from the rigid serialism of his early career toward a more sensuous, eclectic, and coloristic style often termed "New Romanticism."

Ransom Wilson

Brian Zeger (piano), 1991, Anthology of Recorded Music / Orchard

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Nataliya Sukhina (piano), 2015, MSR Classics / Orchard

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Schwantner Joseph

Joseph Schwantner (1943) is an American composer who initially studied classical guitar and played tuba in high school band. Then he studied composition with Bernard Dieter at the American Conservatory in Chicago. His earliest compositions were influenced by music of Bela Bartók, Claude Debussy and Olivier Messiaen as well as various forms or jazz. Later he gradually joined the faculty of the Eastman School of Music, Juilliard School and Yale. He is a recipient of numerous nominations, awards and prizes.

Among his most noteworthy compositions: Percussion Concerto (2012, Grammy Award);  symphonic poem Aftertones of Infinity (1978, Pulitzer Prize in music); song cycle Magabunda for orchestra (1983) as well as many chamber music compositions for flute and other instruments.