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High energy: Manchester Collective and Abel Selaocoe in The Oracle at Queen Elizabeth Hall
[…] too. So we moved from a haunting slow melody (over pizzicato) to a stronger groove where Selaocoe got the audience singing too, then he improvised over the top of this. The result was highly evocative of a particular time and place. Things gradually unwound, and yet we had a clear feeling of the cultural inspirations behind the music, complex, diverse and intriguing. Mica Levy's Love, for strings and two synthesizers, was originally written for Jonathan Glazer's film Under the Skin, which combined a shimmering string tremolando with a melody, slides and pitch bends in marvellous fashion, building to something rather intense. This moved directly into an arrangement of a Danish folksong Brudestykke (Bridal Piece), originally created by the Danish String Quartet. Gently haunting at first, the rhythm built and we were back in the groove, but then things evaporated. The final work was Selaocoe's Kea Mo Rata, about loving with no inhibitions. […]
2020-08-09 01:00:00
American Viola Concertos - Piston - Druckman - Harberg - Harbison - Adler- - Wolpert
[…] bodies of water and wonders of other natural phenomena. Guerrero guides his ensemble through a performance in which both details and arching statements are set forth to resplendent effect.(Grammophone Review) Miklos Rozsa Viola Concerto Sinfonia ConcertanteIgor Gruppman violinRichard Bock celloPaul Silversthorne violaNew Zealand SO James Sedares Koch 1996 You can read a review here Morton Gould Viola ConcertoWalter Piston Viola ConcertoPaul Hindemith Concert Music for Viola and large OrchestraRaphael Hillyer - Robert Glazer - Paul Doktor violaThe Louisville OrchestraJorge Mester - Robert Whitney - Lawrence Leighton SmithSoundmark 2011Jacob Druckmann Viola ConcertoBrangleCounterpoise Raúl Díaz violaDawn Upshaw sopranoPhiladelphia OrchestraDavid ZinmanWolfgang Sawallisch New World 2001 You can read a review here Amanda Harberg Viola ConcertoElegyMax Wolpert Viola ConcertoBrett Deubner violaSouthern Arizona SOLinus LernerNaxos 2017You can ead a review hereFlac, cue, logs and scans, digital download, covers and booklet
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