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The slashing up-and-down motto of the first movement had the rough finish of a Bartók ostinato.
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Still, the implacably sorrowing three-note ostinato of the symphony’s second movement hints at Ukrainian suffering not only under Nazi occupation but also under Soviet rule, and that implicit defiance is all the more evident when the Kyiv Symphony plays the piece today.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
An interlude of golden horns introduced the concerto’s bracing finish, a little ostinato passed between the percussion and the strings, a triumphant theme mounting across the brass, a heroic rumble of timpani.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
Although there are sonic glimpses of Britell’s signature ostinato here, they’re too often drowned out by choirs that are meant to be heavenly but just sound pretentious and grandiose.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 1 May 2023
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Still, the implacably sorrowing three-note ostinato of the symphony’s second movement hints at Ukrainian suffering not only under Nazi occupation but also under Soviet rule, and that implicit defiance is all the more evident when the Kyiv Symphony plays the piece today.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
An interlude of golden horns introduced the concerto’s bracing finish, a little ostinato passed between the percussion and the strings, a triumphant theme mounting across the brass, a heroic rumble of timpani.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
Although there are sonic glimpses of Britell’s signature ostinato here, they’re too often drowned out by choirs that are meant to be heavenly but just sound pretentious and grandiose.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 1 May 2023
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“Ostinato.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ostinato. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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