Galina Ustvolskaya – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA

Program includes works by Nicholas Mendonsa, Morton Feldman, Arshia Ashari, Galina Ustvolskaya, Katherine Balch, John Cage, Melissa Wang, Taylor James Bellamy, and Earle Brown.

Three composers of the Soviet era chart opposing paths during and after the Cold War. A classic score by Rabinovitch-Barakovsky embraces mystical minimalism, while the octet of Galina Ustvolskaya is alternately fascinating and alarming.