All Entries Tagged With: "Igor Stravinsky"
Tanglewood 2009 Season Highlights
The first snowfall has made idyllic hours whiled away on the lawn with a picnic and great music seem like a bit of a pipe dream. Nevertheless, shows are being planned, artists booked and marketing machines are gathering steam for the campaign ahead.
A release for the 2009 Tanglewood season arrived in the OM Inbox the [...]
Spine Tinglers: Maurizio
Reader Maurizio sends in his Spine Tingler:
“I am not a famous artist or singer; I’m simple a civil engineer with a strong musical background.
Back to 1977; a piano recital in my home town theatre, all XX century compositions; the piece (I had never heard before) was Igor Stravinski’s Sonata (1924):
First movement’s theme enters darkly, the [...]
Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Pulcinella Suite
Overture: Sinfonia
Serenata
Scherzino - Allegro - Andantino
Tarantella
Toccata
Gavotta - Variation I &II
Vivo
Minuetto - Finale
Pulcinella was a collaboration with Pablo Picasso, the painter to whom Stravinsky has often been compared due to their long careers and mastery of a number of contrasting styles. Stravinsky’s earlier music was essentially Russian in inspiration but around [...]
Nico Muhly - Interview Extras
As always, most of an interview conversation doesn’t make it into the final piece but that doesn’t mean the leftovers are not worth reading. Also, for this concert, there was a repertoire change, so lots of good bits had to be cut because they were about So To Speak (2004) rather than Wish [...]
Messiaen: Offrandes Oubliées
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Offrandes Oubliées (1930)
When asserting that Messiaen was one of the most influential composer of the 20th century, there is very little danger of overstating the matter. There is simply no other composer that had such a profound influence over such a broad spectrum of artists. Stockhausen, Boulez, Pärt, Grisey, Takemitsu and [...]
Program Notes Catalogue
Miss Mussel writes programme notes for orchestral and chamber music concerts in England and would be happy to create an original set of notes for your next concert. Her preferred method is to write an essay that links the whole program together and discusses overarching themes rather than writing three or four independent notes. [...]
Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival 2008 Highlights
Roughly five hours drive from the Southern Ontario conglomeration that is Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, London, Toronto etc, Ottawa is a bit of a hike. Miss Mussel did consider using ad revenue to fund her trip but then discovered that the $10.42 she has earned since July 2007 would only get her as far as Milton….or [...]
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