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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”
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An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98, Schumann’s
Liederkries, Op. 39, and Beethoven’s
Aus Goethes Faust, Op. 75, No. 3. Register and view here until April 18.
8 pm ET: Tippet Rise Art Center presents
Spring Festival. For the first day of Tippet Rise’s Spring Festival, two films have been captured at the DiMenna Center. The first features violinist Katie Hyun founding member of the Amphion String Quartet performing Vytautas Barkauskas’s Partita for violin solo. For the second film, Tippet Rise’s Artistic Advisor Pedja Mužijevic performs in a program titled
Is It Real (A Loving Homage to Surrealism), which includes music and spoken word by Satie, Schwitters, and Antheil. At 7:30 pm ET there will be a “backstage” gathering via Zoom, giving artists the opportunity to discuss their performances, followed by the release of the films. View here.
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