Cindy McTee: Symphony No. 1 "Ballet for Orchestra" (2002)
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Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by / Orquesta Sinfónica de Detroit dirigida por Leonard Slatkin.
I. Intro: On with the Dance / ¡Bailemos! (0:00)
II. Adagio: Till a Silence fell / Al caer del silencio (8:10)
III. Waltz: Light Fantastic / Ligero y fantástico (20:04)
IV. Finale: Where Time plays the fiddle / Donde el Tiempo toca su violín (23:25)
Cindy McTee belongs to a generation where composing is no longer a barrier for women musicians. A contemporary to Jennifer Higdon and Alla Pavlova, McTee has also tackled large symphonic forms with style and enormous confidence. Her First Symphony of 2002 was born from a commission from USA’s National Symphony and it was conceived in a form of a ballet, since according to McTee “music is said to have come from dance”. Its four movements certainly reflect dance gestures which are inspired by symphonic and dance works from former masters such as Beethoven, Ravel and Stravinsky.
Cindy McTee pertenece a una generación donde componer ya no es un impedimento para las mujeres que se dedican a la música. Contemporánea de Jennifer Higdon y Alla Pavlova, McTee también se ha dedicado a las grandes formas sinfónicas con gran estilo y confianza. Su primera sinfonía de 2002 nació de una comisión de la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de EUA y su concepción ocurre en forma de un ballet, ya que según McTee “la música se originó a través de la danza”. Sus cuatro movimientos reflejan sin duda gestos de baile que se inspiraron de obras sinfónicas y dancísticas de grandes maestros como Beethoven, Ravel y Stravinsky.
Image/imagen: A satirical cartoon: Berlioz conducting his works / Caricatura satírica: Berlioz dirige sus obras. 1846. 
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Love the insistent, ostinati layers that open up (and recur throughout) this Symphony. In movement I, the music is energetic, colorfully orchestrated, and virtuosic. The post-tonal harmonic language is very accessible; at times, it reminds me (a bit) of Lutowslawski's. The second movement is pensive, yearning, melancholic. The finale is a tocatta-like, jazz-infused tour de force. What a great, beautiful work !!!
So good to hear female composers.
So glad to have dicovered McTee. Circuits and Timepiece and other shorter musics . Now I'm hearing thisit's rhythms ,minimalist repetitive grooves are definitely her thing .with a definite lively almost discorock feel The third movements new timbres and combinations held me first to last stopped french horn harmonics or just high notes? !
Preciosa composición deudora de , bien escogidos, grandes maestros!
very cool...thank you!!!
wonderful!
cool and very "Bernstein like"
Reminds me of Stravinsky's "Firebird," my favorite piece, and Jackson Pollack's paintings.
Interesante partitura, bastante Pendereckiana en muchas secciones......casi literalmente en algunos casos
Barberian style first symphonie, but less brilliant than Samuels. Brodway Bernstein spirit. Interest last movement.
Nice
I'd like to know what's making those cool bird-like sounds in the waltz. A horn maybe played severely closed? Almost sounds like the squeak you get from washing a window.
I like the rhythmic qualities...very dynamic in places. It has an element of minimalism in the way the ostinato's repeat and linger. But for me the music eddies in one place a lot and then has little bursts of forward movement. The middle 4 minutes of the slow movement are like this...it feels like the music gets stuck and is being held back from really exploding or going off in a fuller exploration of the ideas. The way the adagio avoids a real climax. Certainly a choice. A kind of realism I expect, but not necessarily satisfying.
Barberian style symphonie but less brilliant. Interesting final movement.
Nice