Jonathan bloxham with the deutsche kammerphilharmonie bremen demonstrated the lightness of mendelssohn in c minor but seriously underplayed the darkness of schubert in b minor. His music, which consists of eight symphonies, nine concertos, an opera and a variety of chamber music and orchestral works, is characterized by its intense energy and transformations. Take, for instance, the composer erkkisven tuur, whose chamber music was the focus of the evening. When you register on, you will be able to subscribe to the monthly newsletter.
A little bit of research tells us he is a very interesting person. Stravinsky brought him to the limelight among contemporary music. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. This new release showcases a cross section of choral and orchestral works by erkki sven tuur b. I just ran across an interesting article on a composer new to me. Erkki sven tuur lighthouse, for string orchestra ostrobothnian chamber orchestra juha kangas finlandia records. One of the composers late works from 1983, its a haunting exploration of stillness, tonal and temporal ambiguities, and musical patterning. Spare, probing, intense and extraordinarily characterful, tuurs compositions work on an. How the heck do you pronounce two successive umlauts, anyway. Ardor published on nov 6, 2012 concerto for marimba and orchestra. Sonata for piano by erkki sven tuur 1959 sheet music. Erkkisven tuur lighthouse, for string orchestra youtube. Concerto for clarinet peregrinus ecstaticus 1 concerto for piano 1 concerto for viola illuminatio 1 concerto for violin and clarinet noesis 1. Need on need teemad, mis on meie jaoks olulised ja.
So often, far too often if truth be told, this serves as a substitute for real musicmaking. Theres nothing the ussrs ministry of culture would like more than one of the soviet unions youngsters getting into writing the odd symphony,so erkki leaving his degenerate past behind in favour of neoclassical compostion. This new album by tapiola sinfonietta and conductor olari elts includes world premiere recordings of two concertante works featuring violist lawrence power and recorder soloist genevieve. Not many exprog rockers got to work with the ussr state symphony orchestra of the ministry of culture on tracks. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. On thursday 3rd august the deutsche kammerphilharmonic bremen, under the exquisite baton of paavo jarvi, delivered a concert of brahms, mozart, and erkkisven tuur. Concerts dedicated to the 100th birthday of the republic of estonia will take place on january 16 at 7 pm in tallinn, estonia concert hall and january 18 at 8 pm in brussels, bozar centre for fine arts. From 1979 to 1984 he headed the rock group in spe, which quickly became one of the most popular. Erkkisven tuur, aulis sallinen, esapekka salonen, arvo. Strata, an album of great power, recorded in tallinn at the estonia concert hall, is.
The central piece on this disc is the world premiere recording of awakening arkamine, written in 2011. The trilogy is a satirical, postmodern, science fictioninfluenced adventure story. The programme booklet makes much of this early rock influence throughout his music, but except for some sonorities reminiscent of the softer parts of close to the edge by yes, i am. Ja teine asi on muidugi see, et kui lugu tahab saada niisugune. Indeed, so emphatically is it not the case, that a few months back, talking with erkkisven about his work during the estonian music days in tallinn, he went as far as to say that he feels hes seen as an outsider, not even regarded, compositionally speaking, as estonian. Erkkisven tuur, daniel reuss, sinfonietta riga, estonian. He roughly follows the line of fellow, compatriot symphonist eduard tubin 19051982 and finnish.
B1, b2, but erkkisven managed to get given the nod. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. Erkki sven tuur was born in 1959, and started his career in a progressive rock band. The images at the beginning and end of the video are of the composers. Sitemap contact us distributors faq credits privacy policy terms and conditions facebook twitter newsletter contact us distributors faq. Trilogy is a series of three novels by american writers robert shea and robert anton wilson, first published in 1975. Jumpin concerts can occasionally advance career prospects. My pieces are abstract dramas in sound, with individual characters and an extremely dynamic chain of events. Laura mikkola piano frankfurt radio symphony orchestra. Strata by erkkisven tuur, anu tali, nordic symphony orchestra, carolin widmann, jorg widmann from amazons classical music store.
Melody is definitely relegated to the back of the bus in favor of the far more trendy and exotic sequence of events and moments proved by adopting philosophical. You will also be able to edit pages on the site or add new content, depending on your wishes are you a composer. The pairing i found rather magnificent, as jarvis conducting really comes to the fore with these composers, and erkkisven tuur has a truly witty and cheeky conversational quality to it. The first, on the evening of the 22nd, is a performance of morton feldmans crippled symmetry by percussionist damien harron, flautist richard craig and philip thomas on piano and celesta.