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Steve Reich said of David’s work: ” ‘Morning’. Integration of voice with string quartet beautifully done – particularly first entrance. Writing for instruments is solid and sounds very good to me. Very honest stuff”.
“The use of counterpoint in the hypnotic setting of Neruda in Morning is gripping” – Colin Clarke, Fanfare Magazine
“These recent chamber works represent the mature style of an intensely self-critical composer who acknowledges a wide diversity of enthusiasms and influences, which have been thoroughly absorbed into a personal idiom.” – recordsinternational.com
“Clear, eloquent counterpoint and an elegant purity of line characterize the works” – recordsinternational.com
Braid immediately conjures up a distinctive sound world… a lovely atmospheric dreamscape [Morning] - theclassicalreviewer.blogspot.co.uk
[A] lovely work, full of unusual charm and invention [Music for Dancers - piano trio] theclassicalreviewer.blogspot.co.uk
I am really glad to have heard these attractive works and hope to hear more from this fascinating composer - theclassicalreviewer.blogspot.co.uk
Sonata for Quartet (actually a piano trio plus clarinet) makes a progression from formless sonority to a satisfyingly structural and energetic fugue. Josie Dixon, Oxford Today
Morning, for soprano and string quartet, makes an arresting opening, with shimmering tremolando strings and the searing purity of Grace Davidson’s vocal line; the work exhibits a paradoxical combination of intensity and attenuation. Josie Dixon, Oxford Today
David Braid avoids the demanding compositional density of much contemporary music, and has instead a more direct quality, generating atmosphere with a sparse, textural clarity, while demonstrating a keen interest in form. Josie Dixon, Oxford Today
To read full reviews:
http://www.recordsinternational.com/cd.php?cd=11O089
http://theclassicalreviewer.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/attractive-chamber-and-instrumental.html
http://d3gjvvs65ernan.cloudfront.net/OT-TT-2013.pdf (page 58)
Interviews:
The Studio at St James Theatre, April 2013:
Southbank Centre July 2012:
“Getting to know David Braid“:http://bit.ly/TNck1c
The Forge, March 2013:
“Q & A with David Braid“: http://www.forgevenue.org/qa-with-david-braid/
