Ingram Marshall: Kingdom Come

CML call number: CD CLASSICAL Marshall
Anne Midgette wrote in the New York Times: "Sentiment is not a quality often associated with concerts of new music. So a friend of mine was struck, after a performance of new work by the American Composers Orchestra some years ago, to find two industry insiders in the audience reduced to tears, simply because they found one of the pieces so beautiful. It was 'Kingdom Come,' by Ingram Marshall. Plenty of people describe 'Kingdom Come' in terms reserved for masterworks. Steve Reich, the composer, apostrophized it as 'some of the most beautiful music I've heard.' Mark Swed, the music critic of The Los Angeles Times, called it 'downright addictive' in a review of the CD. … [I]t's odd that Mr. Marshall, at nearly 65, remains something of a musician's musician. … He has been churning out a steady stream of works that have been performed and recorded in notable places. … So why isn't he better known? Is it his relatively slow output? … Or just that Mr. Marshall, a soft-spoken and gentle man … spends more time writing music in his studio in Hamden, Conn. … than playing the game of composer hustle?" (4/13/07).