On RISE: MUSIC IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY, composer David Colson employs conventional and innovative chamber combinations alike to express a wide array of emotional content. Drawing upon years of experience as a performer, conductor, and composer, his command over the music and ability to adapt is present on each piece. How We Change for brass quintet pays homage to a dear friend with quick-changing tempos and unequal phrases, which represent the flood of emotions caused by sudden loss. The Wind Is Rising, the Earth let's itself be inhaled for bassoon and percussion, simultaneously primitive and cosmic, calls for respect for the earth. The micro-concerto RISE for piano and percussion quartet highlights various percussion elements to emphasize the performers' skill and versatility. Finally, Dionysian Mysteries, composed freeform with minimal methodology, allows the saxophone quartet to plumb the depths of their instruments' capabilities to render raw, emotional sound.

Tracklist:

How We Change
The Wind Is Rising, The Earth Lets Itself Be Inhaled
Rise: I. Hear The Sun's Thunder
Rise: II. I Am Rain, Falling Slowly On The Leaves That Shiver And Sparkle
Rise: III. We All Shine On
Rise: IV. Moonlight Slips Through The Broken Glass
Rise: V. Fire Is Born!
Dionysian Mysteries: I. Madness Is My Specialty
Dionysian Mysteries: II. Bacchus Found Him Beside The Lotus
Dionysian Mysteries: III. Reality Doesn't Impress Me (What Wine Goes With Cap'n Crunch?)
Dionysian Mysteries: IV. Rainbow Body
Dionysian Mysteries: V. Let's Rave! (I Feel More Like I Did When I Came In Than I Do Now)

UPC: 896931007160
Label: Navona
Release Date: 4.22.22
Format: CD

Colson / Western Brass Quintet - Rise (CD)