Posts tagged violin
CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (2013)

"A highly structured celebration of alliteration and assonance…the soprano’s cantillations negotiated sections of misterioso chanting, thematic folksong, and dramatic exclamation-all artfully employed by Agócs" - THE BOSTON MUSICAL INTELLIGENCER

"Draws fine imagery…wondrous ease and flow...a hypnotic Bolero-like feel" - VANCOUVERCLASSICALMUSIC.COM

"Crystallography set poet Christian Bök‘s words into ecstatic vocal incantations...instruments flowed slowly, wrapping around the central vocal line, and the percussionist laid down a robust processional rhythm" - THE BOSTON GLOBE

Read More
IMMUTABLE DREAMS (2007)

"The three movements of Kati Agócs's mesmerizing Immutable Dreams take a quintet through vast sonic terrain, from delicacy to angry density. The second movement is an homage to the late György Ligeti in which the piano plays a bold cadenza, while the finale, "Husks," evokes poetic images through floating gestures and thunderous sonorities." -THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER

"Immutable Dreams closed the concert with an indelible impression. Muscular and direct, it comprised three intense and strongly contrasted movements. This experience lingered well after the concert ended."- THE BOSTON MUSICAL INTELLIGENCER

"A restless memento mori for Pierrot ensemble with a haunting pulse. The instruments’ colors imperceptibly blended, fragments of ostinatos picking up on each other and spiraling outward."- THE BOSTON GLOBE

““Microconcerto [in Memoriam György Ligeti]” from Kati Agócs’s Immutable Dreams is a highly concentrated piano concerto…. a tribute in sound to Agócs’s Hungarian heritage and the inspiration of Ligeti, who passed away during the composition of this work."- I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

"This piece, written in the light of Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire, displayed new constellations of timbre – some raw, some effervescent, some irridescent, some incandescent, and some luminous. Composer Agócs marshals this galaxy of sound into a brilliant new composition that, metaphorically, is visually striking, and aurally gorgeous.” - THE NEW MUSIC CONNOISSEUR

“We need to hear more of this composer.” - THE SARASOTA OBSERVER

Read More