jascha narveson
last updated: August 17, 2010
| “Vectors, by Jascha Narveson, turns Dither into a live-wire gamelan.” |
| - Steve Smith, New York Times, June 15th, 2010 |
| “Vectors by Jascha Narveson is built on relentless pitch bending, spare and spring loaded until this wind-up toy of a piece finally begins to tire out.” |
| - Molly Sheridan, NewMusicBox, June 8, 2010 |
| “NOW began their effectively paced performance of five recent compositions with Jascha Narveson’s Nice Boots (2008), a work that feels like an invigorating etude, although it is not an exploration of an isolated technical difficulty. It investigates how much can be made out of a relatively straightforward musical idea — its quiet repetitions become breathtaking as if a sheet of paper folded into a complex geometric shape. It does much with little: rhythmic excitement doubled and bent into driving energy that is all the more startling because it seems remembered from child’s play.” |
| - Jeff Edelstein, MusicWeb International, April 4th, 2009 |