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Classical CDs: Solo harp, solo trumpet and two discs of orchestral jazz
Music with a Czech connection, plus an Israeli bassist and a Norwegian trumpeter
by Graham RicksonSaturday, 03 July 2021
Antoine Reicha’s L’Arte de varier tantalises before you’ve heard a note; the composer’s Opus 57, its theme followed by 57 variations. Reicha was an exact contemporary of Beethoven and reportedly the two composers discussed their approaches to variation form. Reicha’s Op. 36 set of fugues had ruffled feathers upon their publication in 1804, and this large-scale set of variations on a simple F major theme is similarly intriguing. All but eight of the variations share the theme’s key signature, the theme usually instantly recognisable. Reicha later described variety as “the soul of music”
Gretchen Parlato interview: “It s a return, it s an opening, it s an awakening, a blossoming” Peter Quinn Friday, April 16, 2021
Gretchen Parlato’s brilliant new Brazilian-flavoured album on Edition is her best yet, says Peter Quinn. He spoke to the composer-vocalist to find out what’s behind this latest blossoming of a remarkable career
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PHOTO BY JACOB WALSH Phillip Coleman, a.k.a. GodClouD, at work in his home studio in Rochester. Phillip Coleman, the Rochester musician and producer known as GodclouD, stands over his digital audio workstation with a posture both casual and purposeful that says I’m working, but it’s cool. An array of buttons and knobs on electronic devices linked to music production software on a computer are at his fingertips. His fingers ripple with the fluidity of a seasoned typist to create a drum solo that might make a prog rock drummer like the late Neil Peart proud. “People tend to think that it’s easy,” Coleman says. “People think that it’s like I’m pushing a button and it’s all done for me already.”