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British composer (1939-2012)
- cello
- opera
- United Kingdom
- composer, screenwriter, cellist, musician, librettist
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2024-03-26 11:21:00
Why new audiences are deaf to classical music
[…] Sound levels in a concert hall in the 21st century are defined by the sonic output of musical instruments designed in the 18th century and acoustic conventions dating from the late 19th century. Yet any discussion of adapting concert hall sound levels to 21st century expectations and auditory capabilities is always howled down by the purists. I am only too aware that mention of, for instance, amplification is heretical. But back in 2010 the sadly-missed Jonathan Harvey hit the nail on the head when he told us "Young people don't like concert halls... and wouldn't normally go to one except for amplified music. There is a big divide between amplified and non-amplified music... The future must bring things which are considered blasphemous like amplifying classical music in an atmosphere where people can come and go and even talk perhaps.. and certainly leave in the middle of a movement if they feel […]
2024-03-08 11:10:00
Pierre Boulez SaalJonathan Harvey: String Quartet no.1 (1977) Cathy Milliken: In Speak for string quartet (2023, world premiere) Toshio Hosokawa: Oreksis for piano quintet (2023, world premiere) Birtwistle: String Quartet: The Tree of Strings (2007)Irvine Arditti, Ashot Sarkissjan (violins)Ralf Ehlers (viola)Lucas Fels (cello) Tomoki Kitamura (piano) On 7 March 1974, the Arditti Quartet gave its first concert at the Royal Academy of Music, music to honour Krzysztof Penderecki on bestowal of an honorary degree. Fifty years later to the day and several changes of personnel later – Irvine Arditti the one constant – the Quartet celebrated at Berlin’s Pierre Boulez Saal its fiftieth birthday, followed by a reception hosted by the Paul Sacher Stiftung, which also hosts the ensemble’s archive . True to its spirit, here was a mixture of new and newer: two Arditti commissions, Jonathan Harvey’s First String Quartet (the first ever) and Harrison Birtwistle’s The Tree of Strings […]
2024-02-18 12:27:00
Wake up and listen to the music
[…] promises to be, all this music will, like properly practiced mindfulness, challenge comfort zones and wake up the listener to the reality of our strange, frustrating but ultimately beautiful world.Classical music has many Buddhist tendencies With 376 million followers Buddhism is the fourth largest belief system in the world. Its core teachings of compassion and non-violence are well-known; but the wider cultural impact of those in the creative community exhibiting what the composer Jonathan Harvey described as "Buddhist tendencies" is underappreciated. Sri Lanka's state religion is Theravada - doctrine of the elders - Buddhism, and it may not be a coincidence that in 1960 elected Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the world's first woman prime minister. The island has been a center of Buddhist scholarship and practice since the introduction of Buddhism in the third century, and the country played a leading role in the preservation of the Pāli Canon of […]
2024-02-08 00:00:00
Rameau and Campra - Cantatas
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)André Campra (1660-1744)CantatasPhilippa Hyde - sopranoPeter Harvey - baritoneLondon BaroqueRecorded October 2004Label: BIS CD-1495Download 1fichier pixel workupload Courtesy of Thomas Cadfael
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