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2023-01-14 14:15:00
Classical music or New Age nonsense?
A concerto for basset clarinet, orchestra and optional electronics inspired by the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali with four movements titled Breath of Life, Meditation, Mind Concentration and Intense Spiritual Union. And it gets worse or better depending on your point of view: the soloist and orchestra intone mantras, and in conclusion the brass and string sections chant the mantra of the Buddhist bodhisattva of compassion, Avalokiteshvara Om mani padme hum. Is it classical music or is it New Age nonsense?The concerto is the sadly departed Wim Henderickx's Sutra which was co-commissioned for the soloist Annelien Van Wauwe by BBC Radio 3 and the Borletti-Buitoni Trust. Annelien Van Wauwe was a major influence on the concerto's composition. She is a qualified yoga teacher who explains that “I feel many similarities between actually doing yoga, getting really focused and concentrated on the breath, and then being on stage as a woodwind soloist. It’s almost […]
2022-06-20 14:59:55
Flow is the title of a new album featuring Belgian clarinettist Annelien Van Wauwe wielding the less common basset clarinet. Invented in the 1770s by Theodor Lotz (who had previously created the basset horn), the purpose of the instrument was in part to extend the lower range of the clarinet.… The post appeared first on 5:4. 5:4 is on Patreon! Please consider supporting the blog by becoming a Patron from just $2 a month: https://www.patreon.com/5against4
2019-09-02 14:35:05
Belgian clarinettist Annelien Van Wauwe revives the golden glow of a bygone age on her album titled ‘Belle époque’ together with the Orchestre National de Lille and its music director Alexandre Bloch. The program is built around treasures of French turn-of-the century music such as Debussy’s Première Rhapsodie, Pierné’s Canzonetta and Widor’s Introduction et Rondo (the latter two in arrangements by Jelle Tassyns). Belle époque also offers works that display a spiritual kinship to the age, such as Brahms’ first clarinet sonata, arranged by Luciano Berio, and a world-premiere recording of Paris-based contemporary composer Manfred Trojahn (Rhapsodie pour clarinette et
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