The October 26, 2023 Salon Concert Premiere on the Montage YouTube Channel
A Montage Music Society Commission
Music by Niles Luther, Inspired by Artist April Gornik
“Transforming Forest” by Nell Shaw Cohen
inspired by Andy Goldsworthy’s Presidio Installations
commissioned by Montage Music Society
photography and video by Nell Shaw Cohen
“Creating Music Inspired by Visual Art” Documentaries
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Ofer Ben-Amots’ “Montage Music”
Bruce Wolosoff’s “The Astronomer’s Key”
*In the lower right corner of the video screen choose 720p for the sharpest image.
“The entire disc is like a modern "Pictures at an Exhibition": a wonderful, unforgettable journey…Technically and emotionally, the performance is perfect…”
—MusicWeb International
“At last! A program devoted intentionally and exclusively to the relationship between music and art…some of the finest chamber music of recent vintage I know…” —Fanfare
“Richly colored music inspired by some equally colorful art… illuminating (Starry Night)…absolutely delicious (Seurat)… sumptuously lyrical (O’Keeffe) …purely joyous and exuberant (Gauguin)..” —Gramophone
“At last! A program devoted intentionally and exclusively to the relationship between music and art…some of the finest chamber music of recent vintage I know…” —Fanfare
“Richly colored music inspired by some equally colorful art… illuminating (Starry Night)…absolutely delicious (Seurat)… sumptuously lyrical (O’Keeffe) …purely joyous and exuberant (Gauguin)..” —Gramophone
“this whole program has a feeling of quiet grandeur about it that is quite moving…this is beautifully played and recorded”
—American Record Guide
“unusual and highly recommended disc”—Santa Fe New Mexican
“Stylish…(the) playing is elegant…well conceived and presented…. recommended for lovers of new chamber music who don’t necessarily prefer the avant-garde, and who like some programmatic spice.” —Fanfare
Purchase the full CD. Purchase the full album or individual tracks as mp3 downloads.
“unusual and highly recommended disc”—Santa Fe New Mexican
“Stylish…(the) playing is elegant…well conceived and presented…. recommended for lovers of new chamber music who don’t necessarily prefer the avant-garde, and who like some programmatic spice.” —Fanfare
Purchase the full CD. Purchase the full album or individual tracks as mp3 downloads.
