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2020-01-28 08:55:29
Genesis: accordionist Bartosz Glowacki's fine debut recording moves from Scarlatti & Rameau to Trojan, Gubaidulina, Vlasov, Pärt & Piazzolla
[…] the work includes a chorale-like melody which seems to be attempting to raise itself up.Arvo Pärt's Intervallo dates from the earliest period of the composer's tintinnabuli works. Written in 1976 it is in four-parts without specifying the instruments, and on this recording Glowacki plays all four on the accordion. The result comes out as rather organ-like, dark and contemplative.Views on the Gulag State by the Ukrainian composer Victor Vlasov (born 1936) was inspired by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's book The Gulag Archipelago, and each movement is a scene from life in the Siberian prison camp; A Zone, A Stage, Thieves, Wood Cutting Area, Criminal Authority and Creep. It starts with just the breath of the accordion, developing into a dark and intense piece, whilst A Stage combines the sound of rhythmic marching with unsettling flurries of notes. Thieves is fast with moments of perkiness but full of disturbing elements. Wood Cutting includes […]
2019-10-31 09:00:57
[…] died young, including Lorca and Apollinaire. Overcoming his shyness at the premiere Shostakovich explained to the audience, ‘I want listeners to this symphony to realise that life is truly beautiful.’ VASILY PETRENKO: ‘For me, this is perhaps the composer’s greatest work. By the time he wrote it he’d had a heart attack, and was in a dark place. The piece is saying when we die, that’s it, there’s nothing more. This utter nihilism offended some (like Solzhenitsyn) because there was no Christian sense of redemption. The only song which is different is ‘O Delvig’, about the poet who was shot by the police. This is a message about one’s gift as an artist: you must not waste it, you must use in a right and appropriate way. Human beings will always die, but Art will last forever. There’s hope, but not in the physical world. You have to remember that by […]
2019-10-06 12:33:00
Who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?
'If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?' - Alexander Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago New Overgrown Path posts are available via RSS/email by entering your email address in the right-hand sidebar. Any copyrighted material is included for critical analysis, and will be removed at the request of copyright owner(s).
2019-03-29 17:09:33
Music in NYC: “Archduke Rudolf: Beethoven’s Pupil and Patron” Program Presented by Aspect Foundation — arts-ny
Archduke Rudolf, Ludwig van Beethoven; Ignat Solzhenitsyn: photo by Yuri Klekovkin; Violinist Korbin
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