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RHAPSODIES, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, was commissioned by the Society for New Music on a grant from the Meet the Composer/Reader's Digest Consortium Commissioning program in conjunction with the Atlanta-based Thamyris ensemble and the Virtuosi della Rosa in Portland, Oregon.  Each of the three movements of the work is a freely evolving musical piece that grows from a single expressive idea, and the entire composition can be viewed as a suite of  these rhapsodic pieces.  The first Rhapsody is labeled "Con forza" and is indeed a forceful piece with a strong rhythmic profile.  At times, insistent repetitions of patterns drive the music on; the ending, stubbornly hammering out the B-D minor third interval, is certainly music of this type.  The second Rhapsody, marked "Lyrico," is slow and relaxed, with a languid quality to the musical flow.  The third Rhapsody is labeled "Allegretto disinvolto," is "free and easy," and is dance-like in character.  The English translation of "disinvolto" is "free and easy," and I view this final piece as music which is breezy and not too serious.  Of all three Rhapsodies, this is the one which might suggest a cultural or national theme-as rhapsodies have often done in former days-with a hint of a Scottish dance character in its triple meter rhythmic patterns.  -David Liptak

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