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2023-08-06 06:48:00
....towards a Pure Land
....towards a Pure Land for small string ensemble and orchestra by Jonathan Harvey describes, in the words of the composer, "a state of mind beyond suffering where there is no grasping... a model of the world to which we can aspire". In the photo above I am interviewing Jonathan Harvey in August 2010. When the interview was finished I drove down from his house on the Sussex Downs and ate alone in a restaurant in Lewes. During my meal I listened to the interview again on headphones, and as I listened it became apparent that something rather special had been captured. This was confirmed when the interview was subsequently broadcast on Future Radio: how many contemporary composers have made the news - not arts - sections of the Guardian and the Telegraph in the same week? Very sadly, the interview was made even more special by Jonathan's untimely death two years […]
2022-04-07 08:00:40
Georges Auric: Roman Holiday Main Theme Context Distinguished French film composer Georges Auric wrote the soundtrack for the 1953 American Romantic Comedy, Roman Holiday. Starring big names such as Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, the film has been described as “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”. The film follows the story […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
2022-02-10 08:11:27
In the shadow of men? Germaine Tailleferre's four little comic operas get a rare outing at Shenandoah Conservatory in the USA
[…] spite her father! Yet throughout she continued to compose music (with some inevitable gaps), at one point taking to film music to earn much needed income. She would say of this "I know that it is not grande musique. It is light and gay music, which explains why sometimes I am compared to the petits maitres of the 18th century, and I am very proud of this". And a fellow member of Les Six, Georges Auric would say of her, "She had little flair for the politics of success". (And indeed Auric himself turned to film music and would write music for such films as Passport to Pimlico). Before the War she wrote the operas Zoulaïna and Le marin de Bolivar, and her masterwork, La cantate de Narcisse, in collaboration with Paul Valéry. Then after the War there were at least two ballets, plus the operas Il était un petit navire (with […]
2021-07-19 13:45:36
Francis Poulenc, guest post, 2021
This Week in Classical Music: July 19, 2021. Francis Poulenc. We’re publishing an entry by a guest contributor, Aleah Fitzwater in which she writes about one of her favorite composers, Francis Poulenc. A flute teacher, Aleah especially likes Poulenc’s Flute Sonata. Here it is, in an excellent performance by Emmanuel Pahud, flute, and Éric Le Sage, piano. The Perplexing Francis Poulenc. Francis Poulenc was born on January 7th of 1899 in Paris. One of France’s most popular composers, he was mainly self-taught. Many listeners feel that as a melodist, he was Faure’s greatest successor. In his music Poulenc was inspired by Stravinsky and Satie, and later by Auric and Milhaud. Style. Poulenc’s style evolved considerably during his career, from very simplistic, direct pieces early on to much more complex compositions written after World War II. According to Seattlechambermusic.org, Poulenc struggled with both manic and depressive states. This may have led to […]
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