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2021-10-11 04:42:00
Stylus Phantasticus (CD review)
[…] nothing, neither to any words nor to a melodic subject, it was instituted to display genius and to teach the hidden design of harmony and the ingenious composition of harmonic phrases and fugues."On the present disc, Reference Recordings provides eleven examples of the fantasical style from mainly seventeenth-century Italian and German practitioners of the form. The group performing the pieces is the period-instrument ensemble Pacific MusicWorks: Tekla Cunningham, baroque violin; William Skeen, bass violin; Stephen Stubbs, baroque guitar and chitarrone; Maxine Eilander, baroque harp; and Henry Lebedinsky, organ and harpsichord. Each of these players is a celebrated musician in his or her own right, with numerous recordings and solo appearances to their credit.So, stylus phantasticus is not a particular form or technique but a more general manner of composition coming at a time when music before it (and, indeed, after it) tended to demand that composers conform to more-specific structures. It […]
2021-10-11 04:42:00
Stylus Phantasticus (CD review)
[…] nothing, neither to any words nor to a melodic subject, it was instituted to display genius and to teach the hidden design of harmony and the ingenious composition of harmonic phrases and fugues."On the present disc, Reference Recordings provides eleven examples of the fantasical style from mainly seventeenth-century Italian and German practitioners of the form. The group performing the pieces is the period-instrument ensemble Pacific MusicWorks: Tekla Cunningham, baroque violin; William Skeen, bass violin; Stephen Stubbs, baroque guitar and chitarrone; Maxine Eilander, baroque harp; and Henry Lebedinsky, organ and harpsichord. Each of these players is a celebrated musician in his or her own right, with numerous recordings and solo appearances to their credit.So, stylus phantasticus is not a particular form or technique but a more general manner of composition coming at a time when music before it (and, indeed, after it) tended to demand that composers conform to more-specific structures. It […]
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2021-02-15 10:52:14
California conductor finds a fluting error in Nutcracker score
John Stubbs is music director of the California Ballet Company and a long time violinist in the San Diego Symphony. During the Covid layoffs he has been poring over scores. Guess what he’s found? In Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, a printer has changed the composer’s two flutes to flute and piccolo. ‘It added a bright colour where […]
2019-10-12 05:29:00
Classical Music News of the Week, October 12, 2019
[…] Concerto grosso, Op. 3 No. 2 Walpurgis: Talestri, Overture Von Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel: Erwin und Elmire, intermezzo Haydn: Symphony No. 102 Iceland Symphony Orchestra Reykjavík, Iceland Oct. 25: Michael Kelly Guest Artist for PFund Foundation 2019 Moxie Awards Minneapolis, MN Oct. 25 & 27: Michael Schade Beethoven: Fidelio L'Opera de Montreal Montreal, Quebec, Canada Oct. 26: Daniel Taylor "The Coronation of King George" Theatre of Early Music Bach Choir of Bethlehem Bethlehem, PA Oct. 26, 27: Stephen Stubbs Music by Isabella Leonarda Pacific MusicWorks Seattle, WA Oct. 26 & 27: Nicholas McGegan Rameau: Music from Dardanus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19 Schubert: Overture from Der Häusliche Krieg Schubert: Symphony No. 6 Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Los Angeles, CA Oct. 28 & 29: Diana Moore Mahler: Rückert Lieder Bremen Philharmoniker Bremen, Germany Oct. 31: Doug Williams Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527 Opera Atelier Toronto, ON, Canada --Schwalbe and PartnersABS Exclusives 2020 Now Available […]
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