Kim Diehnelt - Yarmouth Time
Kim Diehnelt - Yarmouth Time
Yarmouth Time is an example of 'lite' twenty-first century classical music.
Yarmouth Time, composed by Kim Diehnelt, is a simple, yet elegant duo for violin and violoncello. The piece was composed during her time wintering in Yarmouth, Maine, where she wished to capture the town's "natural beauty." The duo was released on the recent album, Moto Finale, featuring Trio Casals on the Navona label. Diehnelt's piece is brought to life by two members of the trio, Alexandr Kislitsyn on violin and Ovidiu Marinescu on cello.
Yarmouth Time is an example of 'lite' twenty-first century classical music. The harmonic soundworld aims to pacify the general, non-musically literate public. The overarching form is also approachable: a slow, open introduction gives way to a fun and quirky groove in the form of running sixteenth notes. Diehnelt then contrasts the jittery opening with an icy glacier of static harmonics, before returning to an anaesthetized rendition of the beginning material. In general, the piece is at least entertaining enough upon a first listen, but is far too long for its own good. There is not enough material to create the interest required for a ten-minute long piece. It is quite clear that the composer extended the slower sections of Yarmouth Time to be longer than necessary in order to comply with PARMA's requirement that submitted pieces be at least ten minutes in length.
Listen to the recording of Yarmouth Time on YouTube here.
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