Eric Moe: Kick & Ride

BMOP/sound 1021
November 2011
55:29
  • Boston Modern Orchestra Project
  • Gil Rose, conductor

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Track Listing

Disc 1
  •  Superhero (2006)
  • 1.I. learning to fly

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  • 2.II. early loss
  • 3.III. rescuing a planet in distress
  • 4.IV. existential crisis (what's it all for?)
  • 5.V. showdown with evil twin
  • 6.Eight Point Turn (2001)

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  •  Kick & Ride (2008)
  • 7.I. The Cracked Tune That Chronos Sings
  • 8.II. Slipstream

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News & Press

MusicWeb International Reviews Eric Moe: Kick & Ride
May 10, 2012 — It is a tried-and-trusted technique for critics who find themselves out of sympathy with the contents of the work they are reviewing to pick holes in the publisher’s blurb. In the case of this disc it is impossible to avoid doing so. Five pages of the booklet which comes with this issue are taken up with an article by "award-winning writer" Andrew Druckenbrod, who writes for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Eric Moe, the composer featured on this disc, lives and works in Pittsburgh.
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Sounds Heard: Eric Moe: Kick and Ride
March 20, 2012 — Kick & Ride proves an apt title for composer Eric Moe's recent BMOP Sound release, highlighting his use of drum set and percussion throughout the three compositions represented. The high energy works, characterized by Moe in the liner notes as "cantankerous sisters," indeed deliver shots of dramatic flair and suspenseful anxiety that could nearly persuade a listener to skip that all-important morning cup of coffee.
NewMusicBox Full review
Q2 Music Album of the Week - Eric Moe: Kick & Ride
February 11, 2012 — Warning: Consuming Kick & Ride (the Boston Modern Orchestra Project's newest recording that features three drum-heavy works by Eric Moe) while in anything even hinting at a bad mood could lead to broken mugs at Starbucks, holes in apartment walls or shoving matches on a downtown 6 train platform.
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CD Releases from the Department of Music
January 13, 2012 — 2011 was a very fruitful year for recording projects by members of the Department of Music. Eric Moe, Nathan Davis, Bryan Wright, Donna Amato, and IonSound Project all released new CDs. Boston Modern Orchestra Project released a CD of music by composition professor Eric Moe on the new BMOP Sound label. Kick and Ride takes its title from the Moe's concerto for Drum Set and Orchestra with Robert Schulz as soloist. The CD also contains earlier Moe works Superhero and Eight Point Turn.
University of Pittsburgh Full coverage
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