Acclaim
Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
His music gives unadulterated aural satisfaction to unprejudiced ears.
Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
His music gives unadulterated aural satisfaction to unprejudiced ears.
His musical style is characterized by melodiousness, lyricism, tonal clarity, wit and humour, free from any specific compositional school.
His musical style is characterized by melodiousness, lyricism, tonal clarity, wit and humour, free from any specific compositional school.
I tend to prefer "avant-grade," atonal opera, but Kirke Mechem is one of the few tonal, even neo-romantic composers (certainly the best of them in my opinion) who can still write tonal music and have it sound fresh, original, even powerful.
I tend to prefer "avant-grade," atonal opera, but Kirke Mechem is one of the few tonal, even neo-romantic composers (certainly the best of them in my opinion) who can still write tonal music and have it sound fresh, original, even powerful.
. . . extraordinary craftsmanship, invention and construction. . . the work of a master.
. . . extraordinary craftsmanship, invention and construction. . . the work of a master.
. . . self-assured in its craft [with] a beauty that has strength and freshness and a sensitivity that pervades each work. . . [his music] transports the performer and listener from the mundane to the spiritual.
. . . self-assured in its craft [with] a beauty that has strength and freshness and a sensitivity that pervades each work. . . [his music] transports the performer and listener from the mundane to the spiritual.
Few works by living composers radiate such joy and bright musical sunshine!
Few works by living composers radiate such joy and bright musical sunshine!
Fresh, imaginative and altogether captivating . . . The choral profession owes an enormous debt to this much-beloved composer.
Fresh, imaginative and altogether captivating . . . The choral profession owes an enormous debt to this much-beloved composer.
. . . great music in which one can recognize the individual, his character and his spirit.
. . . great music in which one can recognize the individual, his character and his spirit.
For decades, Kirke Mechem’s beautiful, important work has been a cornerstone in the musical experience and education of countless young singers, conductors, and composers, myself included.
For decades, Kirke Mechem’s beautiful, important work has been a cornerstone in the musical experience and education of countless young singers, conductors, and composers, myself included.