Patrick Neas of the Kansas City Star previews Kansas City Symphony’s premiere of Avner Dorman’s Frozen in Time on April 30, 2011.
The Symphony also will perform the U.S. premiere of Avner Dorman’s percussion concerto Frozen in Time. According to Dorman, the work was inspired by Earth’s geology. “It’s divided into three movements: Indoafrica, Eurasia, and The Americas,” he said. “The percussionist Martin Grubinger asked me to write a concerto for him. He knew my music well and felt that my style was very global, and he thought that reflected our generation’s view of the world. So he asked me to write a truly global concerto.” Indeed, Dorman’s work encompasses the entire planet and its very beginnings.