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French composer and organist (1827-1911)
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2022-03-09 07:43:45
Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture Context Composed in 1807, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture was used in Heinrich Joseph von Collin’s tragedy of the same name. The overture received its concert premiere in 1807 at a private concert for Prince Franz Joseph von Lobkowitz. At the same concert Beethoven also […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
2021-10-13 07:57:00
Where has all the musical adventurousness gone?
My enthusiasm for ensemble sans frontières Oregon is shared by Trevor Hodgett who wrote the booklet essay for the newly released 1974. This double CD captures a live set by the band recorded in exemplary sound by Radio Bremen in March 1974. Oregon were then at the top of their game, and remained there until master multi-instrumentalist Collin Walcott was killed in an East German tour bus crash. Here is Trevor Hodgett's assessment of Oregon: 'The late 60s/early 1970s was an era when musical adventurousness and eclecticism had become almost the norm and when musicians like Miles Davis, The Beatles and The Grateful Dead were redefining popular music and blending genres in previously unimaginable ways. But Oregon, who formed in 1970, may just have been the most dizzyingly original band of them all, with a clearly irrepressible determination to transcend conventions and pursue their own unique musical vision.' In 1974 […]
2021-09-10 05:00:24
Between a recent performance of his quartet at the Montreal Jazz Fest and a coming solo performance at the Off Festival, pianist François Bourassa will appear with fellow keyboardist Yves Léveillé and percussionist Marie-Josée Simard in a program of more through-composed music. Multimedia artist Jacques Collin will provide a visual component with projections of Canadian [...]
2021-06-06 16:56:10
The song “Nacht und Traume” by Franz Schubert was created out of a combination of two of Collin’s poems. It was meant as a memorial and tribute to the poet, a greatly admired friend of Schubert’s, who had died the year before. The vocal line travel into the void and lures moonlight, memories, and spirits to visit our dreams. In the piano, slow unruffled sounds breath steadily, and the one significant modulation into G major from the home key of B major, makes the dreamer fall into an even deeper sleep. There is however a touch of lonely desolation on
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