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Press... ...on O (Circle of Life)... "...riveted my attention, mainly because at the heart of the works were real ideas, whole ideas that became a kind of discourse with the artist." "...carefully constructed to not just represent an idea, but to allow the viewer to 'enter' the idea through the artist's imagination." ...on Deploration... "...a refusal to accept death willingly, the musical equivalent of Dylan Thomas' 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.' The piece was full of jagged fragments, wild slides, busy tremolo-like passages and electronic effects and distortion. In places the viola seemed to sigh and cry; at no point did it suggest a sense of resignation." "...Brakel's amplified acoustic writing was immediate and moving..." "...a searching performance, and it won for the composer some well-deserved applause." (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) ...on Meta-Tango... "...Brakel's music is forceful, lively and engaging..." ...a rapprochement between post-tonality and more direct gestural rhythms..." (Splendid e-zine) ...on Free Line... "...Christopher Brakel did the music for 'Free Line' which was so organic to the piece, that it was impossible to think of the image and the sound as being created separately..." (Distortion Music Magazine) |