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2021-11-04 05:21:00
Recent Releases, No. 21 (CD Reviews)
By Karl W. NehringVasks: Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra; Vēstījums (Message) for Two Pianos, Strings, and Percussion; Lauda. Albrecht Mayer, oboe; Andris Poga, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra. Ondine ODE 355-2.This new release of music by Latvian composer Peteris Vasks (b. 1946) comprises two older works, Message (1982) and Lauda (1985), plus a much more recent work, the Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra (2018). The program opens with the concerto, a richly melodic work that should prove enjoyable to a wide variety of listeners. Of this work, Vasks writes, “In my view, the oboe is a pastoral instrument – drama and tragedy do not first come to mind when thinking about the oboe sound and its possibilities. Overall, the concerto could be viewed as akin to a human life with its beginning, period of maturity, and departure. However, I would prefer to think of it as something more like a log cosmological day which lasts, say, a […]
2021-11-04 05:21:00
Recent Releases, No. 21 (CD Reviews)
By Karl W. NehringVasks: Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra; Vēstījums (Message) for Two Pianos, Strings, and Percussion; Lauda. Albrecht Mayer, oboe; Andris Poga, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra. Ondine ODE 355-2.This new release of music by Latvian composer Peteris Vasks (b. 1946) comprises two older works, Message (1982) and Lauda (1985), plus a much more recent work, the Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra (2018). The program opens with the concerto, a richly melodic work that should prove enjoyable to a wide variety of listeners. Of this work, Vasks writes, “In my view, the oboe is a pastoral instrument – drama and tragedy do not first come to mind when thinking about the oboe sound and its possibilities. Overall, the concerto could be viewed as akin to a human life with its beginning, period of maturity, and departure. However, I would prefer to think of it as something more like a long cosmological day which lasts, say, a […]
2020-11-18 09:09:05
Born in Latvia, trained in Paris, lived in Canada: introducting Tālivaldis Ķeniņš, a very global 20th century composer
Tālivaldis Ķeniņš Violin Concerto, Percussion Concerto; Eva Bindere, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Andris Poga; SKANI Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 17 November 2020 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) Tālivaldis Ķeniņš' music is relatively unknown and this fine disc is a terrific introduction to his complex, technically demanding, neo-Romantic style I have to confess that until I was sent this disc, the name of the Latvian composer Tālivaldis Ķeniņš was unknown to me. Thanks to the vicissitudes of 20th century politics Ķeniņš had diverse history, trained in both Latvia and Paris, he ended up emigrating to Canada where he spent the final 50 years of his adult life.This new disc from the Latvian Music Information Centre's label, Skani, presents a portrait of Tālivaldis Ķeniņš with his Violin Concerto from 1974, Concerto for Five Percussionists and Orchestra from 1983,and Beate Voces Tenebrae from 1977, performed by Eva Bindere (violin), Mikus Bāliņš, […]
2019-06-14 05:08:21
The Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, in Stavanger, Norway has this week announced the appointment of 41-year-old Latvian conductor Andris Poga as its new Chief Conductor – effective from the commencement of the 2021/2022 season. A graduate of the University of Latvia, Andris is a former 1st prize winner at the Evgeny-Svetlanov International Conducting Competition. He has previously […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
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