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Empty Chariots is reviewed by Bruce Hodges.

...Not everyone can count the Arditti Quartet among her advocates, but composer Suzanne Farrin is building an impressive list of credits like these. In opening remarks, she mentioned being influenced by Brahms’ Piano Quintet, and musing, “What do you say after that?” (Fortunately she and others haven’t been too intimidated to try to answer the question.)  The title, Empty Chariots, refers to an image from the Oresteia, in which Clytemnestra decides to leave the safety of her carriage for a much darker choice.  The opening movement forms an image of desolation, using close chords sighing and leaning into each other.  A more agitated middle section follows, with the strings against stern, slicing chords in the piano.  Ultimately, the work ends with a hushed, sorrowful tone, acknowledging the story’s tragic outcome.  The Parker String Quartet and pianist Tanya Bannister deployed velvety tones and passion to transmit Farrin’s vision with a touching emotional urgency.

--Bruce Hodges, Seen and Heard International Review [Naxos New Releases]

This Is the Story She Began was reviewed in the Washington Post.

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