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Czech composer, choirmaster and organist
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2019-02-06 07:21:37
Through an Eastern filter: Nathan Davis' striking dance-opera 'Hagoromo'
Nathan Davis Hagoromo; Katalin Karolyi, Peter Tanstits, ICE, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Nicholas DeMaison Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 5 February 2019 Star rating: 3.5 (★★★½) A striking sound-world encompasses Davis' dance-based opera with its percussion inspired scoreNathan Davis is an American composer and percussionist whose output includes a number of works for the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). This disc on New Focus Recordings' Tundra lable features the live recording of Davis' opera Hagoromo performed by members of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) [Claire Chase, flutes, Rebekah Heller, bassoon, Daniel Lippel, electric guitar/lap steel, Jennifer Curtis, violin, Ross Karre, percussion, hammered dulcimer], with the Brooklyn Youth Chorus (artistic director Dianne Berkun Menaker), Katalin Karolyi (mezzo-soprano), and Peter Tantsits (tenor), conducted by Nicholas DeMaison. The work was recorded live at Brooklyn Academy of Music, Next Wave Festival in performances produced by American Opera Projects. Despite the presence of […]
2015-11-25 15:00:15
In 1720 Handel’s Keyboard Suites, First Collection), was published in London (Julian date: Nov. 14). In 1731 Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sacred Cantata No. 140 (“Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme”) was first performed in Leipzig. In 1755 Johann Georg Pisendel died at age 67 in Dresden. Franz Gruber In 1785 Franz Gruber was born in Hochburg, Austria. The son of linen weavers, Josef and Maria Gruber. His given name was recorded in the baptismal record as “Conrad Xavier,” but this was later changed to “Franz Xaver”. The Hochburger schoolteacher, Andreas Peterlechner, gave him music lessons. He worked as a weaver until the age of 18, then trained to become a schoolteacher. He completed his music education studying with the church organist of Burghausen, Georg Hartdobler. In 1807 Gruber became schoolteacher in Arnsdorf. He also became the church caretaker and organist. In 1808 he married a widow, […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2015-11-04 00:14:50
Shaham at Speed: Videos in SlowMo
J. S. Bach’s three Sonatas and three Partitas for unaccompanied violin represent an unquestionable culmination of western music for violin. For players they offer challenges on several levels: technical, musical, physical, and they require intense emotional involvement. To play all six works during a single recital is a formidable task attempted by very few. Gil Shaham presented the three Sonatas and the three Partitas to a packed house at Harvard’s Sanders Theater, where the almost incredible smoothness of his playing and his warm, silken tone captivated everybody. His interpretation was highly individual and iconoclastic. He played everything very fast, much faster than anybody else, disregarding Bach’s own titles to several movements: Adagio, Largo, Grave, all of which indicate tempos of various degrees of slowness. He played the opening Adagio of Sonata No. 1 completely rubato, as if it were a Fantasia. He used tempo changes within a movement, ritartandos and […]
2015-10-29 01:00:00
Review: Bach’s Violin Solos, With Numbing Video Accompaniment
A performance at Zankel Hall paired Gil Shaham playing Bach’s complete works for solo violin with slow-motion video pieces by David Michalek.
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