In memoriam: Ingram Marshall.
The New York Times recently referred to him as a composer of mystical sounds. On 31 May of this year, the American composer Ingram Marshall died at the age of 80 from the effects of Parkinson’s disease. He leaves behind a rich oeuvre in which melancholy, dreamy vistas and electronic experimentation compete for the limelight. One moment, he wrote a sparkling, melodious piano quartet; the next, he plunged deep into electronics and tape music. His meditative sounds combine influences from Indonesian gamelan music, minimalism, early music and late romanticism. One of his great heroes was Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, but he also admires pioneers of minimal music such as Charlemagne Palestine, John Adams and La Monte Young. Ingram Marshall’s music has a great cinematic narrative power and fully envelops its listeners. His work also appears on soundtracks by Martin Scorsese (‘Shutter Island’) and Werner Herzog (‘Schrei Aus Stein’), among others. This broadcast is dedicated to Ingram Marshall and features well-known and lesser-known works by his hand, performed by the Kronos Quartet, Theatre of Voices and Dunsmuir Piano Quartet, among others.
Playlist:
Ingram Marshall:
1. ‘Fog Tropes II’ (1993), for string quartet and tape, Ingram Marshall – Kingdom Come. Kronos Quartet. Nonesuch 7559-79613-2 CD
2. ‘Hidden Voices’ (1989), for tape, digital delay and soprano, Ingram Marshall – Three Penitential Visions. Cheryl Bensman Rowe (soprano) + Ingram Marshall (electronics). Elektra Nonesuch 9 79227-2 CD
3. ‘Woodstone’ (1981), for gamelan, Ingram Marshall – September Canons. The Berkeley Gamelan led by Daniel Schmidt. New World Records 80704-2
4-5. ’In My Beginning Is My End’ (1995) for piano quartet, Ingram Marshall – Evensongs. The Dunsmuir Piano Quartet. New Albion NA 092 CD
6-9. ‘Hymnodic Delays’ (1997), for choir, Ingram Marshall – Kingdom Come. Theatre of Voices led by Paul Hillier. Nonesuch 7559-79613-2 CD
10. ‘Sibelius in his radiocorner’ (1991), for tape, Ingram Marshall – Ikon and other early works. Ingram Marshall (tape) New World Records 80577-2 CD
11. ‘Dark Waters’ (1995) for English horn and tape, Ingram Marshall – Dark Waters. Libby van Cleve (English horn). New Albion NA112 CD
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