PASSAGE

by Evan Hause

Premiered March 6, 2009 at the Massry Center for the Arts, College of St. Rose, Albany, NY
by the Dogs of Desire, David Alan Miller, conductor

Much of Hause's text is a dialogue between [Henry] Hudson and his son (who also was abandoned in the mutiny), and the confluence of those voices, over an uneasy, Berg-ian orchestra, was a captivating effect. The piece is very dense and probably would reward repeated listening.

©2009 Metroland [B. A. Nilsson]

Evan Hause, another Dogs regular, delivered "Passage," a kind of ode to the final days of Henry Hudson. Dark, dense and reflective, it seemed to reach beyond the confines of its seven-minute length.

©2009 Albany Times-Union [Joseph Dalton]