Redbird (For Agnes Martin)

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Composed specifically as a musical tribute to the highly austere, abstract expressionist painter Agnes Martin, 'Redbird' reveals a completely unexpected facet of John Zorn's typically frantic compositional style. The album features a quartet utilizing harps, percussion, and strings to create incredibly sparse, deeply tranquil minimalist chamber music. It stands as a masterful, highly focused exercise in restraint and subtle acoustic resonance.