Jeu de Tarot
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Ross Feller, 2022
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David Felder: Les Quatre Temps Cardinaux BMOP/Sound
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2020
Les Quatre Temps Cardinaux
There are a few works that announce their stature in their opening bars, such as Beethoven’s Third and Fifth Symphonies, or Haydn’s “Lord Nelson” Mass. After a brief, mumbled introduction (an actor reading poet René Daumal’s words), David Felder’s Les quatre temps cardinaux (“The Four Cardinal Times”: dawn/spring, noon/summer, sunset/fall, night/winter) becomes one of them.
Fanfare Magazine
James H. North, 2020
Les Quatre Temps Cardinaux, Fanfare review 2
From the very outset, it strikes as music on fire. The Prelude begins with a recorded track of the narrated poem, quickly overtaken by music that is clearly based on gestures taken from the overtone series. The next movement (using the same text) builds to an enormous climax of overlapping, slowly ascending lines. It’s as though a great space is being opened up for exploration.
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Robert Carl, 2020
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Christian Carey, 2020
Les Quatre Temps Cardinaux
[Felder's] vocal writing is ambitious, operatic in scope and compass. The piece opens with a series of spectral chords, over which Aiken’s voice soars, effortlessly managing pianissimo dynamics and altissimo high notes.
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Christian Carey, 2020
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American Record Guide
Haskins, 2020
Les Quatre Temps Cardinaux
The vocal-orchestral-electronic mix has a glorious complexity and an ambitious foregrounding one hears less frequently nowadays but is no less the welcome for its rarity. The combination of the various iterations of the poetry combined with the highly voluble syntactical whole of words and sound-color lucidity-abundance makes for exceptional listening.
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