Wydawnictwo: Bis
Nr katalogowy: BISSACD 2261
Nośnik: 1 SACD
Data wydania: maj 2017
EAN: 7318599922614
Nr katalogowy: BISSACD 2261
Nośnik: 1 SACD
Data wydania: maj 2017
EAN: 7318599922614
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Epoka muzyczna: współczesna
Obszar (język): angielski
Rodzaj: symfonia
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Epoka muzyczna: współczesna
Obszar (język): angielski
Rodzaj: symfonia
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Pickard: Sixteen Sunrises & Symphony No. 5
Bis - BISSACD 2261
Kompozytor
John Pickard (ur. 1963)
John Pickard (ur. 1963)
Utwory na płycie:
- 1 John Pickard Symphony No. 5 - Symphony No. 5 I. Tempestoso.mp3
- 2 John Pickard Symphony No. 5 - Symphony No. 5 II. Prestissimo.mp3
- 3 John Pickard Symphony No. 5 - Symphony No. 5 III. Maestoso.mp3
- 4 John Pickard Symphony No. 5 - Symphony No. 5 IV.mp3
- 4 John Pickard Symphony No. 5 - Symphony No. 5 IV..mp3
- 5 Sixteen Sunrises.mp3
- 6 Concertante Variations "Presteigne Concerto".mp3
- 7 Toccata (After C. Monteverdi).mp3
Symphony No. 5
Sixteen Sunrises
Concertante Variations for wind quintet, timpani and strings
Toccata, transcription for ensemble
Sixteen Sunrises
Concertante Variations for wind quintet, timpani and strings
Toccata, transcription for ensemble
Born in 1963, John Pickardis best known for a series of powerful orchestral and instrumental works and previous recordings on BIS of his music have received critical acclaim in reviews such as Gramophone(‘simply stunning’), American Record Guide(‘superb works in wonderful readings’) and BBC Music Magazine(‘an absolute triumph). The present disc brings together some of Pickard’s most recent orchestral compositions, in performances by two of his long-time collaborators: the BBC National Orchestra of Walesand conductor Martyn Brabbins. The opening work is Symphony No. 5, which was composed in 2014 with these performers in mind. Lasting some thirty minutes, the symphony is in a single continuous movement. It requires no less than three timpanists who are placed at the back of the orchestra to the right, left and centre, leading to some dramatic antiphonal exchanges. The symphony is followed by Sixteen Sunrises, the result of the composer’s wish to compose a piece ‘filled with light’. The title of the piece refers to the number of sunrises that can be observed during a twenty-four-hour period from the International Space Station (ISS), as it orbits the earth. Musical depictions of sunrises are normally gradual processes, but viewed from the ISS, a sunrise occurs in a matter of seconds, and it is the idea of suddenly shifting from darkness to light (and back again) that formed the basis of the shape of Pickard’s piece. In contrast to these two works, the ConcertanteVariationshave been described by the composer as ‘a light-hearted divertimento that poses no profound questions’. It is a concise concerto for wind quintet, strings and timpani, cast in the form of a theme and variations. The disc closes with Pickard’s transcription of the well-known Toccatathat Monteverdi used first in his opera Orfeoand later in the Vespers.