Music of the City and the Stars
Album Title: Music of the City and the Stars
Musicians:
Andrew Paul MacDonald, electric archtop guitar,
Quatuor Saguenay
Release date: 2022
Record label: Centrediscs
Catalog no.: (CMCCD 29622)
Compositions:
MacDonald, Lyra
MacDonald, Restless City
2022, Music of the City and the Stars features two new compositions by Andrew Paul MacDonald where he is the featured soloist with the Quatuor Saguenay. The opening work, Lyra, is a musical examination of the constellation Lyra set in seven movements played segue. The piece opens with Hermes’ invention of the lyre as his gift to Apollo, and follows it through the magical hands of Orpheus as he encounters the Argonauts, Eurydice, Hades, and finally the Bacchants. The work closes with Zeus placing the lyre in the heavens in memory of the great musical wizard. Exotic string writing and electronic effects applied to the guitar create an eerie and timeless atmosphere. The album’s companion work, Restless City, features both concerto-like exchanges and intimate expressive passages. Set in three substantial movements, this jazz-inspired composition pays homage to bebop legends Charlie Parker, Tadd Dameron and Thelonious Monk.
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