arlene elizabeth sierra
composer of orchestral, chamber, and vocal music
 
 
 
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NEW YORK: New Commission from The New York Philharmonic: Game of Attrition
 
LONDON: September 4th, performance of Truel I at the National Portrait Gallery by The Fidelio Trio
 
 
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This is high-energy music, turbulent and vivacious; but Sierra is attentive to variations of pace and volume, relatively serene passages juxtaposed with more tumultuous writing, quieter moments with climaxes. It got a performance of precision and clarity of texture, which brought out the piece’s pleasing sense of structural completeness."
 
- Seen and Heard International, 2008
 
 
 
[With] darting, coloristic fragments... The music ebbed and flowed in intensity, reaching a peak... The marchlike rhythms of the first section are followed by a vivacious dialogue between instruments and an almost jazzy finale.
 
- The New York Times, 2009
 
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