The Chamber Music Festival of Lexington presented the world premiere of Matt Ulery’s “Become Giant” Friday night at the Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center. Jacob Hand
BY WALTER TUNIS
Contributing Music Writer
As last night’s sold out second mainstage concert of the Chamber Music Festival of Lexington got down to its main event at the Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center, two musical factions faced each other, seemingly ready for friendly fire. Seated on one side was a string quartet that included the festival’s artistic director Nathan Cole. Standing on the other was the jazz trio Triptych that included composer-in-residence Matt Ulery and artist-in-residence Zach Brock. What resulted was a summit in the form of an extended work from Ulery titled “Become Giant.” And, well, it did.
The composition’s world premiere, the centerpiece event of the festival, was indeed huge in scope — an 11-part, 40-minute assimilation of jazz flexibility and, at times, groove, with the more composed (as in structure, not temperament) design of the strings. At times, the two ensembles stayed true to their respective stylistic bases. At others, they merged almost without notice. They also took turns working as the dominant voicing and, in effect, a backup unit.
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