Ticheli, Frank - Backburner

This exciting offering from Frank Ticheli features chopping chords and lines that bite and snatch before one can get a handle on them. The pacy, jagged writing is tremendously exciting and charges into the middle section with wild abandon. The material then oozes and shimmers in a more relaxed condition for a short time before a treacherous rebellion instigated from the baritone hauls the ensemble back into frantic turmoil. Pyramid chords signal the final sprint to the steroid-powered ending.