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Jakub Jankowski talks about the “tremendous opportunity” of composing for Musica Viva’s 75th anniversary
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR It’s almost fateful that this year marks both the the 75th anniversary of Musica Viva’s first performance and the 25th
2018-08-28 17:34:00
[…] around the U.S. and abroad have been selected by the Writers Panel through an open application process, marking another first in the history of the Rubin Institute; previously, fellows were nominated by leadership at five partnering schools. The 2018 Rubin Institute Fellows are: Philip de Oliveira-Kent State University; Timothy Diovanni-Dublin Institute of Technology; Hannah Edgar-University of Chicago; Tamzin Elliott-University of Southern California; Peter Feher, John Masko, and Evan Pengra Sult-San Francisco Conservatory of Music; Jennifer Gersten-State University of New York at Stony Brook; Patrick Jankowski and Amanda Vosburgh-Yale University; Alice Koeninger, Rory O'Donoghue, and Parker Ramsay-Oberlin College and Conservatory; Jason McCool-Boston University; Grace Odell-University of Missouri-Kansas City; Madison Schindele-Goldsmiths, University of London; Brin Solomon-New York University; and Alexander Sutton-University of Virginia. Through the application process, these writers demonstrated an exceptional level of intellectual energy and an original approach to criticism, and, collectively, they represent an emerging vitality and renewal of spirit for the future of music journalism. A couple of personal notes: Enabling all interested participants to […]
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Faces of classical music
2018-02-03 10:15:00
Johannes Brahms: Chaconne in D minor for the Left Hand (after Johann Sebastian Bach's Partita for Solo Violin No.2, BWV 1004) – Daniil Trifonov (HD 1080p)
[…] have driven me mad".The violin is, by nature, more limited than the piano in creating the sense of vastness that the chaconne seems to demand, and Brahms recognized this dichotomy between intimacy and grandness. By restricting the performer to the use of the five fingers of the left hand, the composer retains the same feeling of a single individual, inherently limited, attempting to scale the heights of something much larger and more profound than itself.Source: Patrick Jankowski (patrickJankowskimusic.com)Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)♪ Chaconne in D minor for the Left Hand (after Johann Sebastian Bach's Partita for Solo Violin No.2, BWV 1004) (1877)Daniil Trifonov, pianoDirected by Colin LaurentSwitzerland, Verbier Festival, Salle des Combins, July 24, 2016(HD 1080p) Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov has made a spectacular ascent in the world of classical music as a solo artist, a champion of the concerto repertoire, a collaborator at the keyboard in chamber music and song, and a composer. Combining […]
2013-11-05 23:15:17
Semi: Colon
[…] Carrasco. Bass Daniel Sumegi pulls triple duty as Fasolt, Hunding and Hagen, helpfully explaining the director’s concept for each heavy during his costume changes and looking quite natural dispatching Siegfried with a golf club. Shore and Conners are excellent as the dwarves while Jukka Rasilainen is stiffer and a bit disconnected as Wotan and the Wanderer. Other principals include Stig Andersen as the replacement Siegmund, Simone Schroder as Fricka, Marion Ammann as Sieglinde and Gary Jankowski as Fafner. Paternostro leads a beefed-up Teatro Colón orchestra that was split into separate ensembles for Rheingold/Walkure and Siegfried/Gotterdammerung segments, employing brisk tempi and emphasizing the lyrical aspects of the music. The film somewhat predictably ends with footage of wildly applauding audience members, shots of laudatory local newspaper headlines and Carrasco leading the cast in a cathartic scream at a post-curtain dinner. Teatro Colón artistic director Pedro Pablo Garcia Caffi suggests a bit defensively […]
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