Recorded live on December 3rd, 2017 at the 23rd Street Armory, Philadelphia
credits
from Symphony For Broken Instruments,
released April 22, 2019
Composed by David Lang
Engineered & Mixed by Devin Greenwood & Arun Pandian
Mastered by Dave McNair
Symphony for a Broken Orchestra was commissioned by Temple Contemporary at The Tyler School of Art. Major support is provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, with additional support from the Barra Foundation.
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"Eastman lived his life veering between irreconcilable extremes." Pitchfork has a great article that provides context: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17803-jace-clayton-the-julius-eastman-memory-depot/ Joe Holt
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What a remarkable album this is. Elements of Glass and Reich with deftly disturbing elements of Penderecki, but with the sonority of the saxophone taking these elements into startling new places.
The quality of the playing is astounding, in that the connection between the players is so intuitive it is as though it's the work of one mind. Beauty, hope, fear and chaos endlessly revolving.
This swirling, heady brew is definitely one of my albums of year. Michael Mueller
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Spectacular. A tremendous sonic adventure that chases the duality of organic lifeblood and chilled artifice; ersatz synth notes mingle with bowed and plucked strings, wading through the ever-present current of choral voices, marrying biotic verve with the mechanical. Truly excellent craftsmanship, I'm blown away. Lovdahl, Ian