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Gramophone's Review of the CD
"Czech Inspired" is one of the latest in a series of distinguished CDs that Red Cedar Chamber Music has produced on the Fleur de Son Classics label. This CD contains a number of new works for flute, viola, and guitar, all of which have been written in tribute to Czech culture.
Among these new works is "Spillville Variations on a Theme by Dvořák," for which Red Cedar Chamber Music commissioned a group of fifteen composers to contribute individual variations, all based on the main theme from the Scherzo movement of Dvořák's "American" Quartet, Opus 96. My contribution to this piece is Variation no. 10 — a lively fugue based on the original theme.
To learn more about the "Spillville Variations" and my other collaborations with Red Cedar Chamber Music, click here.
"Spillville Variations on a Theme by Dvořák" can be heard in its entirety on Red Cedar's "Czech Inspired" CD. You can order this CD from Amazon.com or from Fleur de Son Classics. (A complete track listing can be found here.)
PLEASE NOTE: These sound clips are being presented for demo purposes only, and all music on this website is copyright by Peter Bloesch, with all rights reserved. Any unauthorized use or duplication of this music is prohibited.
"Spillville Variations on a Theme by Dvořák"
(The following sound clips were performed by the Red Cedar Trio.)
- Dvořák's original theme (transcribed by Jan Boland)
- Variation No. 10 (a fugue by Peter Bloesch, based on the main theme)
"[The 'Spillville Variations' piece] has obviously struck a rich compositional vein. The composers gathered here rise to the occasion and do justice to both their honoree and their performers.
"From the respective canon and fugue of Peter Hamlin and Peter Bloesch to the dance inspirations of Lyle Dockendorff's 'Spillville Waltz,'... these miniatures balance distinctive gravitas with a certain lightness of touch.
"From beginning to end, this collection teases the ear but delivers the kind of musical pay-off that all light music should strive for."
— Ken Smith
Gramophone Magazine, September 2006
