Also included is Equal Distribution #1 for "flute with harmonizer", and, while at first it's fun to hear the solo flute melody transformed into chords by this machine, it gets kind of old after a while (unfortunately, long before the 20 minute piece ends).
For me, the highlight of this concert is the opening track, Call, for solo alto flute (here's that wonderful rare instrument again). This serene, organic, incantory piece is mysteriously captivating, weaving a hypnotic thread of melody that has an almost Native American character.
Uncovering the long lost music of Jon Gibson reminds us that there was more to the musical revolution now labeled as "minimalism" than the higher-profile works of Glass, Reich, Riley, and John Adams, and also how far most of these composers have drifted away from the stripped-down aesthetic of the movement's early years. Jon Gibson's subtle yet remarkable music reveals a searching, unique talent that blends composition and improvisation, electric and organic, rigid structure and freedom of choice, visual and audio, mathematics and spirituality (no, not THAT kind of "spirituality"... that's the other Jon Gibson, remember?).
This is genuine, unaffected, beautiful music ripe for rediscovery... seek it out.
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