Literally “light-dark,” chiaroscuro in art is the creation of depth   through the play of light and shadow.  This artistic technique has   inspired legions of composers to try and create the same contrasts in   music through timbral shadings and instrumental colors.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters
Jacob Druckman: Chiaroscuro (excerpt)
Juilliard Orchestra/Foss
Steven Block: Shadows
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Robert Stankovsky
Colin Brumby: Chiaroscuro, III
Perihelion
Huck Hodge: Pools of Shadow from an Older Sky, II. Ave Maris Stella
Huck Hodge, piano and computer
John Corigliano: Chiaroscuro, I & II
Jerome Lowenthan & Ursula Oppens, pianos
Richard Lavenda: Chiaroscuro
Matthew Strauss, vibraphone; Leone Buyse, alto flute; Benjamin Kamins,
bassoon; Timothy Pitts, double bass
Laura Schwendinger: Chiaroscuro Azzurro, III
Madison Sinfonietta/Nicole Paiement; Curtis Macomber, v.