"...Danyew's music is attractive, unabashedly tonal and, at times, startlingly
beautiful." - Miami Herald
"Danyew's music painted persuasive pictures of the remoteness of the
lamaseries at the top of the world, with imitations of bells and sounds amid the
empty spaces. The saxophones often burbled along in rapid-fire figurations in
harmony, which made their one very brief unison statement more striking.
Like the other composers on the program, Danyew made much of nervous
rhythms, lending this piece a jazzy undertow at times. That also helped enliven
the atmospherics of his challenging, interesting piece." - Palm Beach Post
"...the music is undeniably well crafted and communicative." - Miami Herald
"Danyew and Jason Kush were saxophone virtuosos par excellence, making
the instrument sing as well as shout." - South Florida Sun Sentinel
"Also heard was Danyew's Soft Wind. A concise, deeply felt work dedicated to
his late grandfather, it's a lovely, lyrical tribute, with Yunus and tenor Brandon
McReynolds providing ardent singing of Danyew's own text." - Miami Herald
"...with music that is warmly lyrical, closing...in a mood of richly elevated
transcendence." - Miami Herald
"The Danyew work, Soft Wind, is a setting for soprano, tenor and chamber
ensemble of a poem the composer wrote to commemorate the passing in
October 2003 of his grandfather. Danyew, a 23-year-old recent graduate of
the University of Miami, isn’t afraid to be lyrical, and Soft Wind is primarily a
long, supple melodic line shared by the two voices amid a general mood of
peace and quiet. The music is of a piece with the melody-based strain of
American composition exemplified by writers such as Samuel Barber and Ned
Rorem, rich with feeling, the harmonies conservative and comforting."
- Palm Beach Post
"Steve Danyew's Lhotse for two saxophones depicts the wonder of
experiencing the high mountain range in Nepal. Both players use extended
techniques such as micro tones, blowing multi pitches and tapping on the
keys. Melodic fragments try to break free but are thwarted. Danyew and Jason
Kush handled the ascent with vigor and determination." - Miami Herald
"I really enjoyed listening and playing through this work, and I especially
enjoyed the harmonic language Danyew uses....I also really love modern
music that sounds fresh in its harmonic language, yet has a universal appeal,
and is attainable from the first listening, as this work is. This was truly a very
exciting work with a powerful ending, and I very much look forward to more
viola music from this up and coming young composer!"
-Journal of the American Viola Society
beautiful." - Miami Herald
"Danyew's music painted persuasive pictures of the remoteness of the
lamaseries at the top of the world, with imitations of bells and sounds amid the
empty spaces. The saxophones often burbled along in rapid-fire figurations in
harmony, which made their one very brief unison statement more striking.
Like the other composers on the program, Danyew made much of nervous
rhythms, lending this piece a jazzy undertow at times. That also helped enliven
the atmospherics of his challenging, interesting piece." - Palm Beach Post
"...the music is undeniably well crafted and communicative." - Miami Herald
"Danyew and Jason Kush were saxophone virtuosos par excellence, making
the instrument sing as well as shout." - South Florida Sun Sentinel
"Also heard was Danyew's Soft Wind. A concise, deeply felt work dedicated to
his late grandfather, it's a lovely, lyrical tribute, with Yunus and tenor Brandon
McReynolds providing ardent singing of Danyew's own text." - Miami Herald
"...with music that is warmly lyrical, closing...in a mood of richly elevated
transcendence." - Miami Herald
"The Danyew work, Soft Wind, is a setting for soprano, tenor and chamber
ensemble of a poem the composer wrote to commemorate the passing in
October 2003 of his grandfather. Danyew, a 23-year-old recent graduate of
the University of Miami, isn’t afraid to be lyrical, and Soft Wind is primarily a
long, supple melodic line shared by the two voices amid a general mood of
peace and quiet. The music is of a piece with the melody-based strain of
American composition exemplified by writers such as Samuel Barber and Ned
Rorem, rich with feeling, the harmonies conservative and comforting."
- Palm Beach Post
"Steve Danyew's Lhotse for two saxophones depicts the wonder of
experiencing the high mountain range in Nepal. Both players use extended
techniques such as micro tones, blowing multi pitches and tapping on the
keys. Melodic fragments try to break free but are thwarted. Danyew and Jason
Kush handled the ascent with vigor and determination." - Miami Herald
"I really enjoyed listening and playing through this work, and I especially
enjoyed the harmonic language Danyew uses....I also really love modern
music that sounds fresh in its harmonic language, yet has a universal appeal,
and is attainable from the first listening, as this work is. This was truly a very
exciting work with a powerful ending, and I very much look forward to more
viola music from this up and coming young composer!"
-Journal of the American Viola Society
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"The piece that stood out most on this program was the dazzling On Green
Mountains by Steve Danyew...a seven-minute gem of sensitivity, skill and
tremendous sophistication, fully worthy to appear on a program of the best
living American choral composers." - Kansas City Independent
Mountains by Steve Danyew...a seven-minute gem of sensitivity, skill and
tremendous sophistication, fully worthy to appear on a program of the best
living American choral composers." - Kansas City Independent
"...Danyew set a simple lyric praising nature to sweeping melody."
-Delaware Arts Info
-Delaware Arts Info
"Of note, I found the layers of female voice textures in Steve Danyew's On
Green Mountain to be very effective..." - KC Metropolis.org
Green Mountain to be very effective..." - KC Metropolis.org
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"...the piece was interesting and captivating, with a lulling melody... "
- The Kansan.org
- The Kansan.org