Klassik heute

The Suite for Chamber Orchestra begins
with a suitably nasty recitation of a Dada-
ist poem, with various political side-swipes,
to get sd in the mood. The sociocultural
context is thus really established right
at the beginning of the CD. Then follow
six contemporary dances (which would
no doubt have pleased Leonard Bernstein
greatly) - “Kunstjazz” or “Artjazz” – all
brilliantly formed, with allusions to pieces
such as Bolero (in Tr. 4), and incisively
drawn contemporary portraits (1921).