“For Eliza Furnace, Rosenblum successfully evokes the vibrancy of the city’s former iron-furnace workers. Thudding drums and clanking cymbals bring images of massive machinery, with trumpets and low brass adding further detail…each displayed considerable skill in orchestrating moods and crafting structure, with highest marks to Rosenblum and Williams.”
“Eliza Furnace,” by Mathew Rosenblum, is dedicated to Pittsburgh’s iron mill workers. The microtonal nature of work created an interesting Doppler Effect of sorts, and the composer thoughtfully deployed metallic instruments, particularly brass and percussion, in the work, leaving one wondering what sort of music exists in daily life that we might miss.”