After WW2, composers turned away from traditional idioms in a search for new ways of construction: ‘serialism’ soon dominated composition for the next generation. But by the early 1970’s, some younger Americans were rebelling against the serialist orthodoxy-inventing a provocative, entertaining language from a huge range of popular, classic, and contemporary styles. Their unfettered invention created art of tremendous wit, energy, surprise—and gorgeous beauty—and changed the history of music.

Leslie Bassett	Soliloquies, for Clarinet
William Bolcom	Frescoes, for Two Pianos, Harpsichord, and Harmonium
Sydney Hodkinson	The Dissolution of the Serial, for Clarinet and Piano
Curtis Curtis-Smith	Rhapsodies, for Prepared Piano
William Albright	The Seven Deadly Sins, for Winds, Strings, and Piano

With modern instruments

All perfomances are at
Duncan Recital Hall
Alice Brown Pratt Hall
Rice University

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