Thierry Lancino: Violin concerto
In the Lancino's musical expression you can always see the creation of an apocalyptic image, a reflection that carries within itself a sense of confusion and convulsion for designed events.
The "Violin concerto" is excellent,...
Xu Shuya: Nirvana & other compositions
The noble attempt to work out difficult textures and conceptual music is the aim of Xu Shuya. He takes advantage of the musical proximity between Western contemporary orchestras and Eastern orchestras, which allows the...
Il Latvian Radio Choir: su Toivo Tulev
Nel sistema delle credenze giapponesi ve n'è una particolarmente avvertita ed ascoltata: il wabi-sabi è una constatazione della bellezza della vita che malinconicamente sa di essere evanescente, perché non permanente; tale prescrizione buddista riempie...
Gloria Coates: Emily Dickinson, il Piano Quintet e la sinfonia archeologica
La letteratura americana dell'ottocento non ha percorso un sentiero diverso da quanto successo in musica: le infiltrazioni inglesi ed europee ebbero libero spazio per imporsi in uno stato giovane, in cerca di libertà ed...
Jia Daqun: Chamber works
Jia Daqun's music provides a delicate pleasure of listening. It shows a search for common paths between the classical Western music and traditional Chinese music: harmony, timbre and melodies can be shared in a...
David Robert Coleman: Starry Night
Coleman's Zwiegespräch, for solo viola, with an excellent performance by Felix Schwartz, provides a musical "habitat" that suggests the Dorian Gray's dialogues in front of his bad image embodied in the painting: a perfect...
Jennifer Higdon: Early Chamber Works
"...with a path addressed toward a personal way to hear the scores, the composer has revitalized authors like Copland, Bartok or Hindemith without being in any way a replica, especially with the string instruments...
Eleanor Cory: Things Are, String quartet n. 3 and other compositions
An invitation to rediscover the compositions of Eleanor Cory arises from the consideration of the beauty of her musical interlockings: she emphasizes the essential role of the instruments used in the composition, she builds...
Margaret Brouwer: Shattered
"...the idea of Brouwer was to kill any discussion about the style; the importance attributed to the type of writing was overwhelmed by the concept of "development" of the compositional themes. In this aspect...
Jan Van der Roost: Sinfonia Hungarica/From Ancient Times
"......Van der Roost teaches us how the idea of the poverty of the wind band's sounds (due to the lack of an official string section) is an unreal and absurd dogma. "From Ancient Times"...
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Riflessioni sulla Biennale Musica di Venezia 2025
La presentazione della Biennale Musica 2025 avvenuta ieri nella Sala delle Colonne - Ca' Giustinian (1) pretende molta comprensione ed un'interpretazione differente da quella...
