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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz

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Large Ensemble

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Autumn Dig / for student orchestra / 5 minutes

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Robert Blais, conductor of the Green Mountain Youth Symphony, commissioned Autumn Dig for his young players so they might learn the sound of minimalism. They worked hard on learning how to fade parts in and out and repeat them effectively, and did a brilliant job! Orchestration 3120-1211-timp-perc-strings. Available from Frog Peak Music

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Autumn Dig / for large student orchestra / 6 minutes

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Robert Blais, conductor of the Green Mountain Youth Symphony, commissioned this new version of Autumn Dig for his full roster of players because the original 'sound of minimalism' had been so successful, and he wanted a new piece for the orchestra's 10th anniversary. Orchestration 2222-4221-timp-5perc-strings. Available from Frog Peak Music

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The Blowout / march for band / 3 minutes

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One of a set of "generic" marches, The Blowout was written for a local band of amateur musicians out of retirement for this piece only. In traditional form, but with melodic quirks and chuckles. Available from Frog Peak Music

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Chelsea Moods / for bass clarinet & band / 8 minutes

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The Johnson State College band is a hard-working college/community group, but it's the bass clarinet that made this piece happen -- my own first instrument. The piece is written for bass clarinettist Chelsea Rood (hence the name). This is available is several versions, depending on ensemble size. Available from Frog Peak Music

Concerto for Piano, Winds, and Electric Bass / 20 minutes

Word file The Concerto was an enormous virtuoso piece, particularly for the brass, written as two choirs of instruments and two soloists. The first movement is through-composed, the second with sections chosen at random. Score and parts currently available in manuscript only. Please use the contact form for copies.

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Crosscut / piano and large wind band / 24 minutes

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Three-movement quasi-minimal composition for piano (difficult) and Spanish wind band, commissioned by Telmo Gadea for the Banda Sinfónica de Grau Gandía. Available from Frog Peak Music

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Csárdás / string orchestra / 6 minutes

This Csárdás is derived from both the 1989 piano version and the 2010 opera version, reset with new material for string orchestra in 8 parts, specifically for Vermont's Eleva Ensemble. Available from Frog Peak Music

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Dance of the Fénix / chamber orchestra / 6 minutes

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Commissioned by the Alexey Kurkdjian for the Sphaera Rock Orchestra, this quarter-tone composition is dramatic and intense, and has a blasting electric violin solo. Available from Frog Peak Music

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Dualis Extensualis / orchestra / 1 minute

One of the joys and challenges of short forms is fitting a complete idea into it -- especially with such huge forces. This piece was composed for the 60x60 Orchestra Project, and may one day be heard. Available from Frog Peak Music

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Exequy on the Death of Igor Stravinsky / wind ensemble / 7 minutes [OK for broadcast]

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One of my compositional masters (along with Cage and Zappa), Igor died on the day I wrote this piece. It lay 21 years before being premiered by the Vermont Composers Wind Ensemble. For adventurous and skilled amateurs with a good conductor. Available from Frog Peak Music

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Fanfare:Heat / for orchestra / 6 minutes (VYO version left PDF; Windham Version right PDF) [OK for broadcast VYO version]

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Fanfare:Heat is a dramatic and energetic irregular dance and fanfare. It was commissioned by the Vermont Youth Orchestra for their annual spring concert. Two versions. VYO Version: 3333.4331 timp perc harp piano strings. Windham Version: 2222.4231 timp perc strings. Available from Frog Peak Music

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Five Hungarian Folksongs / brass quintet / 20 minutes

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These five folksongs were commissioned by Charles Mayhood for the Green Mountain Brass Quintet, and were re-arranged for string orchestra. The five songs above are "Katika Csárdás", "Nyári este furulyázom sokáig", "Bihari Hatarszélén - Megy A Gözöslefelé - Csárdás", "Megugrattak Hortobágyon A Káramból Egy Csikót" and "Decreczeni Csárdás Friss". Only three of the five above are in the performance link. Available from Frog Peak Music

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The Galley / march for band / 3 minutes

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The second of the "generic" marches, The Galley was composed for a performed by the Vermont Governor's Institute Band during the July 4th parade. Drunken sailor music -- for good players. Available from Frog Peak Music

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God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr.) / school band / 3 minutes

As simple as it gets for a junior high school band ... except the fact that it's in 5/4. Fun to do. Please use the contact form for copies of the parts.

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Hang Time / timpani & orchestra / 11 minutes

Hang Time is a virtuosic timpani concerto written for Allie Vest, who was unable to premiere it due to the onset of carpal tunnel syndrome. It exists in three versions for the timpanist, from a two-drum version to a choreographed six-timp score. The one you see is the hard one. All versions are for professional players. Please use the contact form for copies. Available from Frog Peak Music

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Icecut / for orchestra / 10 minutes

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Word file Icecut is an high-energy dance written on a Vermont concept. It was commissioned by the Vermont Symphony Orchestra for their annual "Made in Vermont" concert series. The right-hand set of PDF and ETF links is a VSO-revised performance version. Available from Frog Peak Music
Icecut Bow
The composer takes a bow and nearly launches off the stage at the tour performance of "Icecut".

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The Isle of the Dead / orchestra / 15 minutes

The Isle of the Dead is a personal reflection on the painting that has been the topic of other compositions. Of course, deep and dark. 2222, 4221, timp, 2 perc, harp, strings. Parts available on request. Available from Frog Peak Music

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Jameo y el Delfin Mareado / for orchestra / 17 minutes

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Jameo y el Delfin Mareado is a multi-movement suite to accompany a film and narration about ecological issues in the Canary Islands. It is especially suitable for younger audiences and can be performed as an instrumental suite without a story. The music itself is for a large professional orchestra. It was commissioned by the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra. Available from Frog Peak Music

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The Lily and the Thorn: A Fanfare for Peace / orchestra / 4 minutes

Word file Using the early American tune as its reference, A Fanfare for Peace was written at the advent of the Gulf War. Its brief cry ends in an exultation. It was commissioned by the Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra. Score and parts currently available in manuscript only. Please use the contact form for copies.

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The Lithuanian Liniment March / band / 4 minutes [OK for broadcast]

The Liniment was written for La Vendetta, a play by David Gunn. Its bitonal jolliness incorporates snippets of Bolero and lots of loud brass tunes & percussion. Score and parts currently available in manuscript only. Please use the contact form for copies.

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Mantra Canon / chorus, chamber orchestra, percussion, 2 pianos, descant soprano / 30 minutes

Word file Mantra Canon is a massive high-minimalist work full of surprises (including definitely non-minimalist fugues and bitonality). Its non-stop pulsing and solfège chorus drive ceaselessly for a half hour. One performer at the premiere called it "Shogun in music". This is a demanding work for all. Score and parts currently available in manuscript only. Note the PDF above is the manuscript and is very large. Please use the contact form for copies. Here is the premiere performance, one on a part.
Mantra Canon in Burlington
T. L. Read conducts "Mantra Canon" with the UVM Symphony, 1988.

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Mirrored Birds / flute concerto for chamber orchestra / 29 minutes

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Mirrored Birds is a concerto written as an homage to flautist and composer Louis Moyse on the occasion of a special concert of the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra Society. It was commissioned by the Society for an all-French concert. Mirrored Birds is the third of the 'birds' series that began with LowBirds for chamber ensemble (2000) and continued with HighBirds (Prime) in Memoriam Iannis Xenakis for two guitars and electronics (2001). Note: New score and parts created in 2012. Horn 1, Horn 2, Horn Low, and Violin 2B are older parts. Available from Frog Peak Music

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Missingen March / band / 3 minutes

This march was created for my absence during two consecutive Kalvos & Damian shows in March of 1996 -- hence the title. It's a tricky piece that's a lot of fun -- like all my marches, for who could write a serious march these days? Please use the contact form for copies of the parts.

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Mountain Dawn Fanfare / chamber orchestra / 7 minutes

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Word file Commissioned by the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra Society. A brief, gaudy, and delightful fanfare with call-and-response aleatory section. Note: The Midi file is not crafted to include the glissandi and slides, and instrumentation presently doesn't match General Midi. Best to use the audio version for a serious audition. Available from Frog Peak Music

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Mountain Millennium Dawn / middle- to high-school band / 5 minutes

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Commissioned by the Stratham (New Hampshire) Middle School, this intense, brief, and rhythmic work has a rhythmically aleatoric middle section that calls on the imagination of director and players. Two notes: The Midi file is not crafted to include the glissandi and slides. Available from Frog Peak Music

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Northern Lights / orchestra / 8 minutes

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A complex score for the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, which they were unable to play. It is an homage to the third of my heroes, Frank Zappa, and uses tricky rhythms and substantial transparent layering. Not for the faint of heart. Available from Frog Peak Music

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Softening Cries / orchestra / 20 minutes

Word file Commissioned and premiered by the Sage City Symphony (and applauded by its players), this exquisite composition threads melodies and textures into an evocative and time-suspended cloth. Each instrumental part is uniquely rewarding, but the work requires a sensitive directorial hand. Please use the contact form for copies of the parts. Available from Frog Peak Music

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Sourian Slide / string orchestra / 8 minutes

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Word file Commissioned by the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra Society, this powerfully expressive composition is at heart a canon with an extended melody, weaving a self-similar feel without the fugue-like artifice being audible. Available from Frog Peak Music

Stores / film score for chamber orchestra / 17 minutes (9 cues)

Set of parts in Finale ETF format.
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Created for the Vermont Alliance of Independent Country Stores, a very traditional, tonal film underscore that can be played as a suite. A tight ensemble of 2 horns, trumpet, English horn, percussion, strings, guitar, and banjo. Please use the contact form for copies of the parts.

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Thread Count / string orchestra / 8 minutes

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Written for the Chicago Modern Orchestra Project and conductor Renée Baker, it is a semi-improvisational conduction work with open areas and others tightly interwoven; player interaction is encouraged. Available from Frog Peak Music

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White Landscape With Moon and Water / orchestra / 14 minutes

One of the joys and challenges of short forms is fitting a complete idea into it -- especially with such huge forces. This piece was composed for the 60x60 Orchestra Project, and if the project succeeds it may one day be heard. Available from Frog Peak Music

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Winter's Stealth / cello and strings / 3 minutes

Commissioned by cellist Melissa Perley, this is a lovely but also virtuosic song without words for cello and strings. It can be done with string orchestra or seven solo strings (3 violins, viola, 2 celli, 1 contrabass). Please use the contact form for copies of the parts. Available from Frog Peak Music

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Yçuré / double chamber orchestra / 12 minutes

Word file Complex isorhythmic fanfare created for the 25th anniversary of the Friends of Music at Guilford (Vermont), which also hosts the Yellow Barn Festival. There's a series of tragicomic stories about the premiere of Yçuré in the MP3 to the left. Suffice it to say that this piece is difficult and deserves one really fine performance. Score and parts currently available in manuscript only. Please use the contact form for copies.


Dennis Báthory-Kitsz

Reviews and Comments

General Comments
  • "In case you've not heard Dennis Bathory-Kitsz's music - he's on soundcloud now. I know that the relentlessly hip claim that there's no real composers anymore and that everything written large is for movies or commercials - but this fellow is a living composer that does a wide range of excellent work. Take a bit of time to check out what he does and reassure yourself that art is alive."

    --Pamela Zero, composer, on Facebook

  • "Dennis Bathory-Kitsz is an eclectic listening station all by himself!"

    --David's Eclectic Listening on mp3.com

  • "Wow. Here is a wildly eclectic, erratic, difficult, staggeringly prolific contemporary composer with 500 pieces to his name. His music ranges from medieval-influenced brass quintets to elaborately staged Avant-Garde multimedia experiences. One piece is exclusively performed by an army of forty car and truck horns honking away to a score on a flatbed truck! Bathory-Kitsz also writes in a more identifiably modernist classical vein, with harp duets, oboe solos, and choral passages. Some pieces incorporate drone with classical counterpoint techniques. He's written a suite for quarter-tone violin; it sounds almost like a Western scale, but ever so different...and eerie. He's even written a chamber opera, whose regular, pounding drumbeats and choral passages evoke a witches' sabbat. Finally, he has written some works for electronic instruments, which in their repetition of vocal snippets, percussive noises, and electronic drone recall early Steve Reich. Bathory-Kitsz's music encompasses the entire European classical tradition in its scope; it's well worth the listen."

    --Noah Enelow, on Listen.com

Specific Compositions (alpahbetical)
  • Air: "I think that is a particularly wonderful piece. I like every second of it, and I do not at all mind the repetitions. These are not gratuitous repetitions. Air is a most inspired, imaginative, successful piece. All kinds of wonders unfold all the time, from start to finish. It's my favorite new piece of yours."

    --Noah Creshevsky, composer

  • Ave Verum Corpus: "It's a work of great beauty. It's moving and it's wonderful. Very beautiful, plus an entire course in voice-leading and harmony could be taught from this piece, and I would be happy to teach that course. Most of all, it's wonderful to hear (and certainly a pleasure for them to perform, too)."

    --Noah Creshevsky, composer

  • bellyloops: "According to my personal interpretation, this is a 'field recording' of someone being chased by a chupacabra. Just when he thinks he has lost the monster and everything will be okay, it reappears suddenly and pounces and...the rest is pretty grisly, so I will leave it up to your imagination (as does the composer)."

    --Rain God's Picks on mp3.com

  • Brand 9 From Outer Space: "Journey to this fellow's page, and you'll find --among much else, a lot of it very tasty-- a couple of car horn symphonies, which (if I'm reading the notes correctly) were performed and conducted in a parking lot in Trenton, New Jersey, with an orchestraconsisting of... parked cars. THIS piece isn't like that. But it's real good anyway, despite the fact that the musicians are all playing actual musical instruments. And if you'd like to play along, there's a link that will allow you to download the score."

    --Radio Plan 9 on mp3.com

  • Car Horn Symphony No. 1: "beep beep beep. you CAN make music out of ANYTHING, anywhere."

    --myra ellen moo's fluffy thingie on mp3.com

  • Car Horn Symphony No. 2: "I own a CD featuring a Car Horn Organ. This is not that, not even similar in fact, but the point is that yes, car horns make perfectly good musical instruments. The evidence accumulates, in spite of the not entirely pleasant circumstances under which we often hear them. Dennis says he had a lot of fun writing this. It sounds like the players and conductor had a lot of fun. Now the only missing ingredient is YOU. Listen and I think you will have fun, too!"

    --Rain God's Picks on mp3.com

  • Crosscut: "Crosscut is a 20-minute concerto for piano and winds with a gratifying shape: the three movements are loud/soft/loud, but contain enough recurring figures to suggest the sense of a one-movement work. Once again, the piece starts off with rather minimalist repeated chords and arpeggios, but becomes so rhythmically complex in the piano and dissonant in the brass as to gradually give a more muscular impression. Then, after an abrupt cutoff comes an almost stationary slow movement with a couple of rhythmically complex figures that keep recurring every few measures. The unity they produce is remarkable, though the repetitions are too complex to become predictable. The third movement smoothly quotes material from both its predecessors. If Bathory-Kitsz’s style varies considerably from work to work, each movement is always unified by a clear concept.".

    --Kyle Gann, Chamber Music Magazine

  • Csárdás: "Immediately compelling ... The almost demonic qualities and grand proportions of the work evoke memories of ... Franz Liszt."

    --Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

  • Detritus of Mating: "Adding to the [Pavel Kraus at Bond Gallery] show's ambience was a sound component, an almost ecclesiastical compositon with several movements of altered voices by new-music composer and frequent Kraus collaborator Dennis Bathory-Kitsz"

    --Edward Leffingwell, Art in America

    "At the deepest level this music lulls and intrigues, irritates and begs your answers. Ambient for sure ... further than that, always. Growing and moving, wiggling in your ears, this sound creates a basket of safety and insecurity. Knowledge of gods and goddesses way back coming through present life."

    --Difficult Listening on RTR Radio, Perth

    "Those addicted to the new-music radio show and Web site Bathory-Kitsz cohosts will find interest in his sound sculpture, a sample of which is caught here. Glistening tones ring in the air, bits of deconstructed voices float by, a dark bass pulse starts up that's more felt than heard, in large-scale periodic cycles that would replicate the opening if allowed to continue for some 27 years. You don't get a distinct idea of his creative personality from this first disc, but it's enjoyable how the exquisite rings continually modulate even when nothing seems to be happening."

    --Kyle Gann, The Village Voice

  • Emerald Canticles, Below:
    "There is an ethereal quality to the accompaniment resulting in an effect that is indeed surreal. But, rather than atmospheric, the work is made of clearly delineated lines that, with the work's tightly knit rhythms, lead it to a dramatic climax and coda. The new work proved difficult listening..., but ultimately fascinating."

    --Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

    "What can I say but nice music!"

    --Contemporary New Music Radio on mp3.com

  • Erzsébet: "A powerful new one-woman opera... The overall effect was powerful, due in large part to the evocative music. The soprano vocal line ranged from lyrical to edgy to forcefully spoken. This was accompanied by a score that ranged from Medieval and Renaissance styles to Hungarian folk melodies to uncomfortable edgy atonal atmospheric moments, all woven itno a very effective whole. The production was sophisticated and elegant."

    --Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

    "It sounds terrific: colorful, mysterious, and very operatic."

    --Lisa Hirsch The Iron Tongue of Midnight

  • L'Estampie du Chevalier: "Bathory-Kitsz can also exhibit intense single-mindedness. One of my favorite of his works is his third string quartet titled L’Estampie du Chevalier (2005), a breezy essay in endless melody. Two of the strings (and which two they are keeps changing) are always playing a duo melody in ever-changing note values with insouciant disregard for the bar line, while the other two appear and disappear, punctuating or filling in with running eighth notes or pizzicato double-stops. It’s a single thirteen-minute idea played out with very little change yet continually self-renewing variety, one of the most unified quartet movements you’ll ever hear."

    --Kyle Gann, Chamber Music Magazine

  • Eventide: "Perhaps the most colorful use of the instruments was by ... composer Dennis B&aathory-Kitsz ... the three pieces form his eight-part "Eventide" employed piccolo, small clarinet and contrabassoon. The composer explored the contrasting sounds emanating from this unusual combination in a surprisingly consonant and attractive way. The moods ranged from hauntingly beautiful to exciting."

    --Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

  • Exequy: "A dark and powerful homage ... a strident brass shell driven from within by quieter, more complex and precise sounds."

    --Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

  • Fanfare:Heat: "Bathory-Kitsz's "Fanfare: Heat," written for the VYO, was also complex. At some 11 minutes long, it's a short work but a lot happens. Opening brilliantly, it begins a journey, first a turgid one, then a more joyful one, building all the time to a brilliant finale. The harmonic language and rhythms were spicy and occasionally jarring, but Peters and his young players managed them with feeling. It was quite exciting."

    --Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

  • For Fog is the Promise of Cloud: "It's very beautiful. There's a wonderful sense of acceptance at the end, and i would not have been surprised if that had not happened, although it's encouraging (and beautiful) that it does move to that resolution. I often think 'glacial' in connection with your music, but I don't mean cold. I mean massive, like sculpture. Worldly and other-worldly too. That is, of this world and also of another (hypothetical) world. This piece has quite an overt schizophrenic aesthetic, simultaneously aligning contrasting kinds of musical gestures."

    --Noah Creshevsky, composer

  • Fuliginous Quadrant: "Fuliginous Quadrant for violin, cello, clarinet, and piano is written almost entirely in the A-harmonic-minor scale, yet every one of its texturally varied phrases cadences on a high F in the violin, which really messes with your large-scale perception of the tonality."

    --Kyle Gann, Chamber Music Magazine

  • I think of thee!: "It’s most unusual, when there is music by justly famous composers on a program, that the highlight of a concert is a new work by a local composer. But that’s just what happened at Friday’s Vermont Virtuosi concert, “Poetic License,” at Montpelier’s Bethany Church. Northfield composer Dennis Báthory-Kitsz’s “I Think of Thee!” which received its premiere, proved a beautiful and powerful experience. Báthory-Kitsz set the Elizabeth Barrett Browning poem, from “Songs of the Portuguese XXIX,” unusually for soprano, bass flute and guitar, hence a truly exotic feel. More importantly, the work exudes the rich depth of emotion of the poem. Soprano Gail Whitehouse delivered the simple lyrical melody line with a quietly nuanced expressiveness. Underscoring that line was the soft bassoon-like warmth of Laurel Ann Maurer’s bass flute and the driving punctuation of Peter Matthews’ guitar. What made this largely tonal song riveting were the richly undulating sounds of the bass flute and guitar behind the haunting but inviting vocal line."

    --Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

    Your song is a beauty! I like everything about it, like the melody, harmony, florid rhythms (how masterfully you do that), and the exceptional degree of independence between the parts.

    --Noah Creshevsky, composer

  • Icecut: "He was full of energy and excitement, which would be a good way to describe his piece "Icecut," too. The music had some demanding string writing, which the players handled like a shortstop making a tough play look easy. I was really thrilled to hear such high quality music."

    --David Ludwig, composer, in his blog

    "It was Bathory-Kitsz's 10-minute work, commissioned by the VSO, that proved most striking. Beginning with a darkly driving force of strings, the brass introduces a haunting melody, then taken up by the strings; the strings subside, becoming a restless bed for the exuberant brass; the cellos take over, receding to a quiet but relentless agitation so a gentle woodwind melody can be heard above; the violins take over with cellos and basses continuing to provide a driving rhythm; all builds to a grand moment – then subsides and fades out. ... The work proved compelling, and its nature could easily have been inspired by Vermont's difficult winters. The work is largely tonal and accessible despite some intricate writing. But most important, its driving force – loud or quiet – compels the listener to go along for the ride, a quite exciting one."

    --Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

  • Into the Morning Rain:
    "A masterpiece worthy of Stravinsky."

    --Louis Moyse

    Broadcast January 17, 2001, on Dutch Radio 4 Live, "A New Stage"
    "A fascinating and earthy work ... its quiet drive and gentle rhythm seduced the listener into an almost primal state. Báthory-Kitsz continues to be one of the state's most fascinating and sophisticated composers."

    --Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

    "This is an A-1 Blue-ribbon piece of music. Download it!"

    --Psycronic Oscillations on mp3.com

  • The Lily and the Thorn: "The audience warmly applauded the difficult and modern work ... after the concert, people could be heard talking about the new work throughout the hall."

    --Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

  • LiquidBirds: "LiquidBirds proved beautiful in its sound and sound movement. ... This work, like most of the composer's, had the feel of form, and gave the listener something to hold onto. The result was beautiful music."

    --Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

  • Llama Butter: "Nothing even comes close to the uniqueness of Llama Butter... It is a fascinating study in multi-media for the tuba... New music fans would love this work and it deserves more performances."

    --Mark Nelson, Tuba Review

  • LowBirds: "Wind and piano gestures flit through this 'mysterious soundscape.'"

    --Chamber Music Features on mp3.com

  • Meta-Dream Twice: "Although a knotty work, its linear simplicty and straightforward nature made it attractive and rewarding."

    --Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

  • Mirrored Birds: "It would be possible for a 30-minute piece that lacks the formal trappings of melodic development (or even much melody at all) to be, well, boring. But [the composer's] 'Mirrored Birds' didn't strike us that way at all. ... the horns and especially the timpani were extremely busy (in a quiet way) ... the flute solo was a virtual sonic aviary of birdcall."

    --The Herald of Randolph

  • Mountain Dawn Fanfare: "Start your day the mountain way, with this serene fanfare for winds."

    --Symphonic Features on mp3.com

  • Mountains of Spices: "Lovely!"

    --Alison Cerutti, pianist.

  • No Money (Lullaby for Bill): "A symphonic piece made entirely out of a speech by bill gates by a very talented composer."

    --Recombinant Sounds on mp3.com

  • O
    "En perle fra øresneglen! Marvellous collaboration & a masterpiece!"

    --Anne Sophie Bertelsen, composer

    "Dennis Báthory-Kitsz ... known for his thorny music, surprised with the premiere of his ethereally beautiful 'O: 11 Choruses,' of which seven were performed. Here again, a wide variety of styles was employed in these settings of poems by Gary Barwin. ... interior machinations — often very complex — flowed under the music’s seemingly tonal flow. 'The Birds' was hauntingly lyrical; quietly clashing harmonies made 'Sparrow’s Song' haunting; a sustained bass by the men with lyricism from the women above made 'Fish' 'swim'; and the music of the text created the final chorale of 'Regret.'

    --Rutland Herald

  • O Vox Pop
    "The VCME premiered one of its own commissions, 'O Vox Pop,' a spicy confection by Northfield composer Dennis Báthory-Kitsz. Klimowski on bass clarinet and Elliott on bassoon enjoyed the wonderful colors of the lyrical first part, as well as the light chase of the second. It was more than fun it was expertly written."

    --Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

    "Largely uncharacteristic of the skillful composer, best know for his well-crafted but complex and difficult music, the two-movemente work ... was lovely and lyrical -- but, of course, not all that simple."

    --Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

  • Somnambula: "The best works [at the New York Avant-Garde Festival] were the biggest and the smallest... [The composer] sat far out in a field playing a recorder, accompanied by a tinny cassette machine... The effect was like a Chinese Pan."

    --John Rockwell, The New York Times

  • Sourian Slide:
    "Sublimely beautiful is the only way to describe Sourian Slide for strings ... also heard for the first time ... it builds quietly and achieves a quiet but powerful drama with ne'er a loud note. Pretty tonal for Bathory-Kitsz, who frequently writes difficult and cutting-edge music, Sourian Slide is splendidly written."

    --Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

    "Lose yourself in this..."

    --Consolations on mp3.com

  • Starry Night "Another big success was the premiere of Northfield composer Dennis Báthory-Kitsz’s hauntingly beautiful 2007 “Starry Night.” The atmospheric work opens with dark bass notes setting the scene, with “stars” appearing and “sparkling”, asymmetrically working their way through the night. Pepper showed real sensitivity toward this short but attractive work, using excellent tonal control descriptively.

    --Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

  • Teething Rings: "A room full of screaming babies and a nanny with not enough teething rings to go around. An avant-garde 'classic' in the fluxus tradition."

    --There is No Radio on mp3.com

  • Thièle: "Clearly the work that stretched its audience the most was Kitsz's powerful Thièle for quarter-tone violin. [It] took some getting used to. People do get used to it: Some even thought that the slow movement was traditionally whole- and half-tone..."

    --Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

  • A Time Machine: "[The] composer went for broke with [the] ambitious work for nine musicians that alternates sung verse with orchestral improv, ancient sounds and avant-garde ones."

    --Burlington Free Press

Dennis Báthory-Kitsz (ASCAP) is recorded on Ursa Minor, Frog Peak Music, Malted/Media, Three's Film Works, PressTheButton, and Capstone Records

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