An Opportunity for Mischief
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Noted new music performers give outstanding performances of chamber music by Allen Anderson.

Composer Allen Anderson, a member of the faculty at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, has been the recipient of numerous awards, honors, and commissions, including the Goddard Lieberson Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2005. The five works of his music on this recording were written between 1996 and 2008 and display Anderson’s preoccupation with discursive line, counterpoint and their dramatic entanglement in the enactment of abstract narrative. Works for string trio, for solo piano, and for solo cello are joined by a work for saxophone quartet and one for a large chamber ensemble. The music is performed by noted performers of contemporary music including Curtis Macomber, Charles Curtis, Aleck Karis, David Russell, Thomas Warburton, the Rasa Saxophone Quartet, and the Empyrean Ensemble.
Contents:
Allen Anderson, composer
Held in the Weave
Curtis Macomber, violin; Charles Curtis, cello; Aleck Karis, piano

Allen Anderson, composer
Collected Letters
David Russell, cello

Allen Anderson, composer
All These are Scenes of Life In and Around the Rectangle With An Opportunity for Mischief
Rasa Saxophone Quartet

Allen Anderson, composer
Some Ragged Spots
Thomas Warburton, piano

Allen Anderson, composer
Cloud Collar
Empyrean Ensemble; Ross Bauer, conductor

Review:
"Anderson composes thoughtful, literate music that supplies its own logic; it makes an impact and is worth returning to for a point of view that suggests meaningful identities, relationships and associations." (Fanfare)

“I enjoyed Anderson’s record and will hold onto it for future listening.” (American Record Guide)