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There is no right reaction to great music
Quite justifiably the adventurous Matangi Quartet from the Netherlands received acclaim for their recent recording of quartets by Silvestrov, Schnittke, and Shostakovich. But their 2022 ECM disc of Ruins and Remains, a suite for piano, string quartet and percussion composed by Wolfert Breferode slipped under the media radar, probably because in the meaningless ontology of music genres it is pigeonholed as 'jazz'. Composer Wolfert Breferode again defies those meaningless pigeonholes: he studied classical and jazz piano at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague before establishing a formidable reputation as a leading Dutch jazz pianist and recording four albums for ECM.Ruins and Remains was composed by Wolfert Breferode in 2018 in response to a commission to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. Since the premiere however the work has evolved to embrace a wider perspective on human frailty, helped by the improvisatory experiments of the Matangi Quartet and percussionist […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2024-01-10 17:39:41
[…] shine individually as well as blend seamlessly into supportive roles. Simply put, there are fewer instruments with more musical responsibilities — a challenge that intrigues us! One of our goals is to shine a light on the kaleidoscopic body of string trio repertoire. Beyond the popular five trios by Beethoven, two by Schubert, Mozart’s iconic Divertimento, and Dohnányi’s famous Serenade, there is a plethora of top-notch works for string trio. This includes pieces by Schoenberg, Schnittke, Penderecki, Weinberg, Sibelius, Francaix, Jean Cras, and more recent pieces by Andrew Norman and Paul Wiancko, to name a few; this repertoire often gets overlooked in favor of string quartets or piano trios. With some digging, we have been able to discover several more hidden gems (like the Klein, Wegener, and Weiner that make up the first half of this program) that span from short character pieces to full romantic works. We are proud […]
2023-12-31 16:56:00
[…] Handel, Haydn, Henze, Knussen, Puccini, Schoenberg 1 Alkan, Dieter Ammann, CPE Bach, Johann Christoph Bach, JCF Bach, Bartók, Beethoven, Berberian, Berio, Boismortier, Boulez, Busoni, Cage, Chausson, Cherubini, Unsuk Chin, Coleridge-Taylor, Crumb, Duparc, Elgar, Fauré, Francesco Filidei, Grisey, Saed Haddad, Hartmann, Hindemith, Holliger, Humperdinck, Ibert, Janáček, Korngold, Kurtág, Márton Illés, Jolas, Sigurd von Koch, Lachenmann, Edward Lambert, Manoury, Martinů, Messiaen, Mompou, Mussorgsky, Elizabeth Ogonek, Poulenc, Purcell, Rachmaninov, Reger, Reimann, Rossini, Saariaho, Saint-Saëns, Scarlatti, Schmidt, Schoeck, Schnittke, Schoenberg, Schulhoff, Wolfgang von Schweinitz, Scriabin, Sweelinck, Tchaikovsky, Telemann, Tippett, Ustolvskaja, Varèse, Vivaldi, Wagner, Weelkes, Weill, Widmann, Wolf, Xenakis, Zimmermann
2023-11-24 15:00:32
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