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2023-05-30 20:13:00
New York Philharmonic. Marin Alsop, conductor; Joseph Alessi, trombone. May 27, 2023.
[…] am not an acute listener.If asked to guess who Chick Corea was, I would say a jazz musician. And I would mostly correct, although he also performed as a classical musician, and wrote music in the classical tradition (my wording). He was spurred into writing this concerto by NY Phil's principal trombonist, Joseph Alessi. Unfortunately he passed away before the piece was premiered in Sao Paulo. The orchestration was done by Corea's frequent collaborator John Dickson.There was a full array of percussion instruments, including many I had never heard of before (e.g., clave, gankoqui, sabar, shekere, almglocken, and many others). I counted eight percussionist, a timpanist (Kyle Zerna), a pianist, and a celesta player. Turns out the pianist was John Dickson. Also, almglocken are tuned cowbells, why not just say so? We don't say Cor Anglais (English Horn) in programs, do we?The concerto was about 25 minutes long, played without […]
2022-02-01 09:34:23
[…] and DJ from South East London. Coby will create a new 15 minute work in collaboration with a group of entirely acoustic instrumentalists and singers – a radical departure for a musician and producer most known for his electronic work The Crossing, commissioned by Opera North from sitarist Roopa Panesar and jazz pianist Al MacSween Breathlines, commissioned by Armonico Consort from composer Toby Young, to be performed by Armonico Consort and saxophonist Amy Dickson, a piece somewhere between concerto and meditation A new piece commissioned by the BBC Concert Orchestra from composer Philip Herbert The existing works to be performed are by Anna Meredith, Brian Irvine and Jennifer Walshe, Daniel Elms, Errollyn Wallen, Philip Venables and David Hoyle, Aidan O'Rourke and Kit Downes, Jason Yarde, Jessica Curry, Arlene Sierra, Gazelle Twin. Full details from the New Music Biennial website.
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ChicagoSinfonietta.org: Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute concert: "Ethiopia's Shadow in America" of Florence Price & "Soul Force" of Jessie Montgomery Jan. 16 & 17
[…] A fusion of his native and acquired impulses. Song of the Dark Virgin* (orchestral version) Night* (orchestral version) Will Liverman, baritone Felix MENDELSSOHN Selections from ELIJAH I. No. 14 "Draw, near all ye people - Lord God of Abraham" II. No. 17 "Is not His Word Like a Fire" III. No. 37 "For the Mountains Shall Depart" Jessie MONTGOMERY Soul Force (The Dream Unfinished)* Assistant Conductor Kyle Dickson Kathryn BOSTIC The Great Migration: A Symphony in Celebration of August Wilson* The Great Migration The Hill Illumined Wylie Avenue The Oracle of Aunt Ester Exalted Roads of Truth and Triumph Will Liverman, narrator Encore *Chicago Premiere Approximately 70 mins, plus intermission
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