PATRICK HIGGINS: TOCSIN

Patrick Higgins' new album TOCSIN is full of thrilling opposites. It is a masterclass of visceral genre-bending sounds that are physical and delicate at the same time. Over the course of three large compositions, the listener is brought on a journey of constant surprise, as when the sound of violins dissolves into a halo of pure noise, more at home in an underground electronics show than anything that appears on a concert stage. The performers include the Wet Ink Ensemble, hailed as the 'Best Classical Ensemble of 2018'; acclaimed pianist Vicky Chow, 'one of our era's most brilliant pianists,; and the Mivos Quartet, 'one of America's most daring and ferocious new-music ensembles. ?1. Aletheia? 2. Encomium? 3. Passagio? 4. Fugue (Burial)? 5. Tocsin 1? 6. Tocsin 2? 6. Contrapunctus XIV