Wave by Jeremy Beck

When George Bush Sr. delivered the 1992 State of the Union address, Jeremy Beck didn’t buy it. He wrote an impassioned orchestra piece to express his rage. The work is as relevant today as it was twelve years ago and March of the Politicians could serve as the new jingle of Congress.

In a wholly different asylum long ago, Camille Claudel wrote of her life as apprentice to sculptor Auguste Rodin. The dramatic letters and journals she wrote after their break up as lovers form the basis for this operatic soliloquy.

Jeremy Beck (b. 1960) has an approachable knack for the orchestra that is more sirloin than meatloaf. With the intensity of international diva Rayanne Dupuis and the Slovak Radio Orchestra’s committed playing, Beck’s tragic themes come to life with a rich patina.

Jeremy Beck “knows the importance of embracing the past while also going his own way. … [In] Beck’s forceful and expressive sound world … the writing is concise in structure and generous in tonal language, savouring both the dramatic and the poetic.” (Gramophone Magazine).

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