Rush Hour #7: Impressions

A slash of a paintbrush becomes a stroke of a bow. Three boundary-pushing composers take on the visual arts through sound. Hear Judith Weir’s Heroic Strokes of the Bow, inspired by a work of the same name by Paul Klee, take the score-like composition of Klee’s painting literally, carving out thick passages of song from restless strings and clamorous woodwind. Then, experience Farrenc’s Symphony No. 1, shockingly neglected at time of release, exh...