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Symphony No. 2 (Partita), for large orchestra: Mvt. 4 [New York: Southern Music, 1969] (1969)
The last movement, titled "Fugue," takes another samba idea for its subject. A samba fugue! Serebrier stuffs it with such "learned" tricks as subject inversion and killer stretti, even a B-A-C-H motif that relates to the main theme of the second movement. The B-A-C-H gets its own extended contrapuntal treatment. At one point, however, Serebrier gives up the fugue for pure dancing, and the piece ends in a riot of rhythm.
Source: Classical CD Review |
