Yehudi Wyner: On This Most Voluptuous Night

Lydian String Quartet; Dominique Labelle, soprano; Christopher Krueger, flute; Jean Rife, horn; Daniel Stepner, violin; Yehudi Wyner, piano The music of Yehudi Wyner (b 1929) represents a fusion and reconciliation of opposites－of coherence and surprise; of formal ingenuity and informal, spontaneous ease; of clarity and elusiveness. The repeated allusions to pop music of the Swing era never appear in quotation marks, but as part of a texture where everything is always turning into something else, and you never know what's going to lie around the corner. Much of Wyner’s music was written for specific occasions and purposes as well as for specific people. However, the pieces transcend those original occasions and purposes. 3 Informal Pieces and Brandeis Sunday are excellent examples of this dimension of his work. Dances of Atonement reflects Wyner’'s Jewish heritage, his practicality, and the way his music takes on a life of its own. The String Quartet, written for his friends in the L