Rea Beaumont: Shattered Ice
Rea Beaumont
Rea Beaumont's Shattered Ice (2013) virtuoso avant-garde composition cautions against ecological destruction in the Canadian Arctic.
Rea Beaumont: Shattered ice (2013)
Rea Beaumont performs her work “Shattered Ice” at Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, Canada.
Rea Beaumont wrote composition “Shattered Ice” as a protest against ecological destruction in the Canadian Arctic. The piece evokes the pristine natural environment and the thunderous intrusion of humankind's arrival.
"Shattered Ice" is also available on her third album “A Conversation Piece” (2014), recorded at the Glenn Gould Studio, Canadian Broadcasting Centre, Toronto, and also as a single. © ℗ 2019 Rea Beaumont
“Of particular interest to me is the first track (A Conversation Piece), Beaumont’s own Shattered Ice, which combines compositional prowess with her concern for the environment in an ominous work depicting the fragile ecosystem of the Canadian Arctic”
- David Olds, Editor, DISCoveries, The WholeNote, Toronto
SHATTERED ICE (2013)
“Of particular interest to me is the first track, Beaumont’s own Shattered Ice, which combines compositional prowess with her concern for the environment in an ominous work depicting the fragile ecosystem of the Canadian Arctic"
- David Olds, The WholeNote, Toronto
Shattered Ice is also available on Rea's third CD A Conversation Piece, recorded at the Glenn Gould Studio, Canadian Broadcasting Centre, Toronto.
Philip Glass: Mad Rush
Philip Glass minimalist piece ‘Mad Rush ’is available on Rea Beaumont's fourth album Timeless, featuring works by Srul Irving Glick (premiere), Jordan Pal (commission, premiere), John Adams, Philip Glass, Jordan Nobles (premiere), and Rea Beaumont (The Goodbye and Aldeburgh - By the Sea; premiere). The album addresses the complex issue of the ephemerality of life.
Video © 2018 Rea Beaumont
Videographer: Rosa Park
With permission from Dunvagen Publishers (Philip Glass)
