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Gable, Tony. "IGNAZ JOSEPH PLEYEL (1757–1831) SYMPHONIES CONCERTANTES, VIOLIN CONCERTO David Perry (violin), Isabella Lippi (violin), Victoria Chiang (viola), Baltimore Chamber Orchestra / Markand Thakar Naxos, 8.570320, 2009; one disc, 79 minutes." Eighteenth Century Music 8, no. 2 (2011): 341–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1478570611000170.
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Abréu-Ramos, Antonio M., and William F. Micheo. "Lifetime Prevalence of Upper-body Musculoskeletal Problems in a Professional-level Symphony Orchestra: Age, Gender, and Instrument-specific Results." Medical Problems of Performing Artists 22, no. 3 (2007): 97–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.21091/mppa.2007.3022.
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Instrumentalists are at risk to develop upper-body musculoskeletal problems (MSKPs). Identified risk factors include age, gender, instrument played, joint laxity, and poor technique or posture. In this study, we established the prevalence of MSKPs that affect the ability to play an instrument in the population of a professional-level symphonic orchestra and the relation of these problems to gender, age, and instrument. The members of the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra were recruited voluntarily. A questionnaire was used to obtain information on demographics, instrument played, and history of MSKP severe enough to affect their playing ability. Questions also covered alleviating and aggravating factors, upper-body areas involved, type of symptoms, and type of treatment sought. After the questionnaire was completed, all players underwent a neuromusculoskeletal upper-body examination. Of the 75 musicians participating, 81.3% reported having had an MSKP that affected their ability to play. Of these, 83.6% reported their MSKP was directly associated to playing. Females were more commonly affected, 87.5% vs. 79.7% for males. Lower-body strings (cello, bass) players and percussionists (93.3% and 100%, respectively) and younger (22-29 yrs) and older (50-61 yrs) populations (83.3% and 90.9%, respectively) reported more MSKPs. These age groups played more hours per week (28.7 and 32.0 hrs, respectively). In all groups, low back pain was the most common complaint, present in 75.4% of those with MSKPs. Upper-body strings (violin, viola) players also reported neck and left shoulder problems. Contributing factors include hours of exposure and technical expertise. Female gender, age, and instrument played were found to be risk factors for developing MSKPs in this population.
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Peppercorn, Lisa M. "Villa-Lobos in Israel." Tempo, no. 169 (June 1989): 42–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0040298200025158.
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Heitor Villa-Lobos's sole visit to Israel, in 1952, was significant in several ways. During a stay of a few days, he presented himself as conductor of his own works, lectured on his pedagogical ideas by explaining and demonstrating his manosolfa system, and was inspired to compose a symphonic poem based on his impressions of Israel, which he dedicated to that country. Seven years later, in 1959, it was in Israel that Villa-Lobos's Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra, a work commissioned by John Sebastian, the American virtuoso harmonica player, was first performed.
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Shchetynsky, Oleksandr. "Valentyn Bibik: reaching artistic maturity." Aspects of Historical Musicology 23, no. 23 (2021): 42–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.34064/khnum2-23.03.
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The object of research is the works of V. Bibik written at the beginning of his mature period. The aim of the research is to reveal the main features of Bibik’s style. Methods of research include technical analysis of the works in the context of the innovative tendencies in the Ukrainian music of 1960–70s, as well as comparative research. Research results. Outstanding Ukrainian composer Valentyn Bibik (1940–2003) wrote over 150 works. Mostly they are large-scale symphonic, choral, vocal, and chamber pieces. Among them are 11 symphonies, over 20 concerti for various instruments with orchestra, vocal and choral cycles, chamber compositions (the last group includes 5 string quartets, 3 piano trios, sonatas for string instruments both solo and with piano), 10 piano sonatas, piano solo works (two sets of preludes and fugues – 24 and 34 total, Dies Irae – 39 variations). The composer was born in Kharkiv. In 1966 he completed studies at Kharkiv Conservatory, where he attended the composition class of D. Klebanov. Since 1994, he had been living in St.-Petersburg, and since 1998, in Israel where he died in 2003. Bibik’s formative period coincided with a substantive modernization of Ukrainian culture in the 1960s. During those years, members of the “Kyiv avantgarde” group (L. Hrabovsky, V. Sylvestrov, V. Godziatsky, et al.) sought to utilize modernistic idioms and techniques, such as free atonality, dodecaphony, sonoristic and aleatoric textures, cluster harmony, etc. Unlike the others, Bibik started with a more conservative style, which bore the influences of Shostakovich, Prokofiev, and Bartók. Bibik’s mature period started several years later in the early 1970s with Piano Trio No. 1 (1972) and the composition Watercolors for soprano and piano (1973). Together with his next piano work 34 Preludes and Fugues, these compositions show extremely individual features of Bibik’s style, such as: 1. Special treatment of the sound, which is considered not just a material for building certain musical structures but a self-valuable substance (Bibik has an original manner of organizing sound). Hence, timbral and textural aspects draw special attention to the composer. 2. The pitch and rhythmic structure of the themes is quite simple. A combination of several simple motives becomes the starting point of long and sophisticated development. These motives are derived from folk music, however, due to rhythmic transformation, they have lost their direct connection with the folk source. 3. Rhythmic structures areal so very simple. They often include sequences of equal rhythmic values (usually crotchets or eights). However, the composer avoids monotony dueto due to variable time signatures and permanent rubato, as well as significant flexibility in phrasing. 4. The development relies mostly on melodic and polyphonic elaboration of initial simple motives. The composer utilizes various kinds of polyphony, such as canonic imitations, various combinations of the main and supportive voices, heterophony, hyper-polyphony. In fugues he employs both traditional and new methods of thematic and tonal distribution. 5. The harmony in Bibik’s works is mostly modal, as well as a combination of modality with free atonality and extended tonality. The structure of the dense chords is close to clusters, while more transparent chords include mostly seconds and fourths (as well as their inversions). He almost never used traditional tonal harmony and chords built up from thirds, and was interested in their color aspect rather than their tonal functionalism. 6. The sonoristic texture is very important. It does not diminish the importance of the melody but gets into special collaboration with it (“singing sonority”). A special “mist” around a clear melodic line is one of Bibik’s most typical devices. Due to special “pedal” orchestration, both the line and the “surrounding” sounds become equally important. 7. Elements of limited aleatoric music may be found in his rhythm and agogics, and sometimes inpitch structures (passages and figurations with free choice of the pitches). His favorite technique is a superposition of two rhythmically and temporally independent textural layers (for instance, a combination of the viola solo and the sonoristic orchestral background in the third movement of the Fourth Symphony). 8. Sonata for mand the fugue were significantly reinterpreted within free atonality and modal harmony. These provisions are the scientific novelty of the study.
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Talbot, John. "York Bowen's Viola Concerto." Tempo 60, no. 238 (2006): 42–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0040298206260315.
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YORK BOWEN: Viola Concerto in C minor, op.25. CECIL FORSYTH: Viola Concerto in G minor. Lawrence Power (vla), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra c. Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA67546.BOWEN: Viola Concerto; Viola Sonata No.2 in F major; Melody for the C string, op.51 no.2. Doris Lederer (vla), with Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra c. Paul Polivnick, Bruce Murray (pno). Centaur CRC 2786.BOWEN: Viola Concerto. WALTON: Viola Concerto in A minor. HOWELLS: Elegy for viola, string quartet and string orchestra. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Suite for viola and orchestra (Group I). Helen Callus (vla), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra c. Marc Taddei. ASV CD DCA 1181.
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Rapoport, Paul. "The Symphonies of Tālivaldis Ķeniņš." Tempo, no. 157 (June 1986): 13–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0040298200022300.
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The economic and political issues which affect the composition, performance, and recording of new orchestral music (or, more precisely, which prevent these activities) operate as much in Canada as in any other western country. Even if works for orchestra do appear, they are more noticeable for their rarity than for their abundance. So it is surprising even to most people in Canada to learn that one Canadian composer has written 21 works for orchestra in the past 26 years, including eight symphonies. Like his other works, these symphonies contain a wide variety of music of impressive technical and formal control and substantial expressive power and depth.
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Johnson, Bret. "Ernst Toch’s symphonies." Tempo 60, no. 235 (2006): 43–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0040298206300046.
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TOCH: Complete Symphonies. Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin c. Alun Francis. Three CDs, available separately: Nos. 1 and 4: cpo 999 774-2; Nos. 2 and 3: cpo 999 705-2; Nos. 5, 6 and 7: cpo 999 389-2.TOCH: Piano Concerto No. 1, op. 38; Peter Pan, op. 76; Pinnochio Overture; ‘Big Ben’ Variations, op. 62. Todd Crow (pno), NDR Hamburg Symphony Orchestra c. Leon Botstein. New World Records 80609-2.
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Palmer, Peter. "Brun and Bloch." Tempo 59, no. 233 (2005): 80–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0040298205270250.
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BRUN: Symphony No. 3 in D minor. Moscow Symphony Orchestra c. Adriano. Sterling CDS-1059-2.BLOCH: Helvetia; Suite for viola and orchestra; Suite Hébraïque for viola and orchestra. Gérard Caussé, (vla), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande c. Lior Shambadal. Cascavelle RSR 6170.
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Sutherland, Roger. "Myaskovsky." Tempo 57, no. 226 (2003): 58–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0040298203320352.
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Sills, David L., and Krzysztof Penderecki. "Concerto per viola ed orchestra, 1983." Notes 46, no. 1 (1989): 230. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/940777.
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Marsden, Hannah. "Symphonies, Status and Soft Power: The Symphony Orchestra of India." ASIAN-EUROPEAN MUSIC RESEARCH JOURNAL 7 (June 21, 2021): 19–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.30819/aemr.7-2.
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The Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI) is India's only professional symphony orchestra. In this paper, I explore the roles and meanings of the SOI. First, I situate it locally within its home city of Mumbai, positioning it within discourses of social class, status, and globally-minded aspiration. I argue that local values and ideologies surrounding professional musicianship compromise attempts to embed orchestral musicking in the city. I then move on to place the SOI within discourses of nation building, questioning the role of the orchestra as a marker of national development. I suggest that Mumbai's transnational middle class and elite communities, as well as the SOI's multinational corporate donors, consider investment in an orchestra a part of India's wider political and economic development. I point to tensions that are created as India's local and national government resist the notion of the orchestra as a marker of modernity and instead champion Indian arts and cultures as foundational to India's nationhood. Finally, I explore the SOI's transnational networks, looking at its role within cultural diplomacy and soft power. I show that, whilst the SOI has made significant steps in 'reaching out' and finding a place within transnational cultural networks, its efforts are hampered by its failure to 'stand out'; to forge its own national identity as an Indian symphony orchestra.
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Johnson, Bret. "American Music." Tempo 57, no. 226 (2003): 56–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s004029820330035x.
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LEES: Symphonies Nos. 2, 3 and 51; Etudes for piano and orchestra2. 1Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz c. Stephen Gunzenhauser, 2James Dick (pno), Texas Festival Orchestra c. Robert Spano. Albany TROY 564/565 (2-CDset).LEES: Passacaglia. PERSICHETTI: Symphony No 4. DAUGHERTY: Philadelphia Stories; Hell's Angels. Oregon Symphony c. James De Preist. Delos DE 3291.FLAGELLO: Symphony No. 1; Theme, Variations and Fugue; Sea Cliffs; Intermezzo. Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra c. David Amos. Naxos 8.559148.HOVHANESS: Symphony No 22, City of Light1; Cello Concerto2. 2Janos Starker (vlc), Seattle Symphony c. 1Alan Hovhaness, 2Dennis Russell Davies. Naxos 8.559158.HOVHANESS: Symphonies: No 2, Mysterious Mountain; No 50, Mount St Helens; No 66, Hymn to Glacier Peak; Storm on Mt Wildcat, op.2 no.2. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra c. Gerard Schwarz. Telarc CD-80604.
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Arias, Enrique Alberto. "The Symphonies of Alexander Tcherepnin." Tempo, no. 158 (September 1986): 23–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0040298200022531.
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When Alexander Tcherepnin Died in 1977, he left a rich legacy of symphonic composition written over a major portion of this century. Of these works, the most important are the four symphonies and the Divertimento for orchestra. They are worthy companions of the symphonies of Prokofiev and Shostakovitch. The changes of style found in these five pieces correspond to similar changes found in other major composers of the period.
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Dolan, Emily. "Haydn, Hoffmann, and the opera of instruments." Studia Musicologica 51, no. 3-4 (2010): 325–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/smus.51.2010.3-4.7.
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In 1809, E. T. A. Hoffmann declared that the symphony, in the hands of Haydn and Mozart, had become the “opera of instruments.” This view of symphony, which was echoed by other writers of the period, reflected how composers engaged with instruments through orchestration. This essay explores the use of instrumental sonority in the slow movements of Haydn’s later symphonies, in particular looking at the ways in which Haydn’s approach to the orchestra helped cultivate the notion that symphonies unfolded as dramas. This conception of the orchestra and of orchestration informed the language of musical criticism of the early nineteenth century: Hoffmann’s discussions of musical works frequently take the form of operatic plot summaries, in which individual instruments act as characters. The persistence of operatic metaphors suggests that, instead of thinking of this period as the “rise of instrumental music,” it is more accurate to understand it as the rise of the orchestra.
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Bevz, Maryna. "Composer Valentyn Borysov. Symphony of life." Aspects of Historical Musicology 23, no. 23 (2021): 27–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.34064/khnum2-23.02.
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Background. The aim of the article is examination and presentation of Valentyn Borysov’s creative life, who was a celebrated Ukrainian composer (1901–1988), a classic of Kharkiv composition school, author of vivid and profound works in such spheres as symphonic, choral, chamber, vocal and piano music; his 120th anniversary in 2021 will be a big milestone for artistic community of Ukraine. Valentyn Borysov’s creativity is an indispensable part of national music, one of its treasures. He belonged to artists who had defined ways of development of Ukrainian professional music in XX century. In his creative outcome we can see influences of numerous artistic tendencies, characteristic for extremely controversial, but also prolific epoch. Composer being a part of quite ambivalent period of Ukraine’s cultural history conditioned usage of diverse research approaches; his works are regarded both in the light of existing musical traditions and on the background of his contemporary cultural environment. This is the novelty of the study. Integrity of presentation of Valentyn Borysov’s creative life is supported by the fact that this article considers his pedagogical activity in his alma mater, nowadays Kharkiv I. P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts, which resulted in bringing up a constellation of well-known Ukrainian composers, as well as his public and aimed at cultural enlightenment work. Results and conclusions. For V. Borysov, stage of accumulation of professional and personal experience coincided in time with a turning point in development of Ukrainian musical art. In these years composer attended classes of S. S. Bogatyrov, forefather of Kharkiv composition school; he studied alongside with M. Koliada, H. Tumeneva, D. Klebanov, V. Barabashov, M. Tits, who constituted a brilliant generation of Ukrainian composers several decades later. Symphonic and chamber works of this time showed such features of V. Borysov’s creative method as large-scale thought, leaning towards epic and heroic images, skilful usage of advanced composition techniques. At the same time, under the influence of external factors V. Borysov turned to relevant genre of his time, such as mass song and choral music. As early as on the primary stage of his development as a composer, V. Borysov defined Ukrainian folklore as one of the main sources for his inspiration. Folklore component of musical language became one of the prominent features of his style, its presence is conspicuous on each stages of his evolution. Submission of individual to collective, national conditioned V. Borysov’s interest to monumental forms of symphony, oratorio, cantata, poem, defined their leading role through late style of composer’s creativity. Unique combination of already existing aesthetic premises, high level of moral imperative, relevance of musical language created phenomenon of “V. Borysov’s late style”. The article regards the most original works, which were received very well by the contemporaries: “Divertissement” for symphonic orchestra, “Music for strings”, concert compositions for piano, violin, viola, sets of piano miniatures, composed on late period (70s–80s). Singularity of musical language in these works is created by the fact that V. Borysov succeeded to create a unique mixture of folklore tradition with “sonic field” of avantgarde musical art; with this musical language incredibly relevant, “eternal” problems of existence are embodied. This article was inspired by a desire to draw attention to V. Borysov’s legacy, to revive profound and immensely talented works of the composer, to enrich culture of modernity with them, to remind people of XXI century about such a treasure, that his works are.
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LISTER, WARWICK. "THE FIRST PERFORMANCE OF HAYDN’S ‘PARIS’ SYMPHONIES." Eighteenth Century Music 1, no. 2 (2004): 289–300. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1478570604000168.
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Haydn composed his ‘Paris’ Symphonies, Nos 82–87, in 1785–1786 on commission from the Concert de la Société Olympique, whose orchestra gave the first performances, probably in 1787. This essay considers aspects of these first performances – the audience, the venue and the performers, about which there is all too little information and a certain amount of confusion.
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Horváth, Pál. "Untying the “Musical Sphinx:” Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in Nineteenth-Century Pest-Buda." Studia Musicologica 61, no. 1-2 (2021): 33–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/6.2020.00003.
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It is well known that Beethoven’s Ninth was followed by a temporary crisis in the genre of the symphony: the next generation found it difficult to get away from the shadow of this monumental piece. The Ninth was first performed in Hungary in 1865, more than 40 years after the world-premiere. We should add, however, that during the first half of the nineteenth century, no professional symphonic orchestra and choir existed in Pest-Buda that would have coped with the task. Although the Hungarian public was able to hear some of Beethoven’s symphonies already by the 1830s – mainly thanks to the Musical Association of Pest-Buda – in many cases only fragments of symphonies were performed. The Orchestra of the Philharmonic Society, founded in 1853, was meant to compensate for the lack of symphonic concerts. This paper is about the performances of Beethoven’s symphonies in Pest-Buda in the nineteenth century, and it especially it focuses on the reception of Symphony No. 9 in the Hungarian press, which cannot be understood without taking into consideration the influence of the Neudeutsche Schule (New German School).
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Shevtsova, Anastasiya Vladimirovna. "Genre evolution of the Russian viola repertory." PHILHARMONICA. International Music Journal, no. 4 (April 2020): 70–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.7256/2453-613x.2020.4.32769.
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The research object is Russia’s repertory heritage including compositions for viola by the composers of the 20th century. The works are considered from the viewpoint of a direct impact on their appearance of the brightest representatives of the Russian viola school V.V.Borisovsky, F.S. Druzhinin and Yu.A. Bashmet. The analysis is based on pieces devoted to V.V. Borisovsky (Sonata for viola and Piano by V. Kryukov and S. Vasilenko, “Songs of the Dead” and Rhapsody for viola and piano by A. Veprik, A suite for viola and piano by V. Gaigerova) and to Yu.A. Bashmet (A liturgy for a large orchestra and a solo viola “Bemoaned by the Wind” and “Styx” for viola, choir and orchestra by G. Kancheli), and the works by F.S. Druzhinin (Sonata for solo viola and Variations for solo viola). The works are considered from the position of a player’s influence on the composers’ interest in the solo manifestation of viola and its gradual development. The author defines the term “character-performer” corresponding with the image of a violist of the 20th century. The author denotes the new features of solo viola repertory as a result of the work of the above mentioned violists: the acknowledgement of a uniqueness of a viola voice, the establishment of a viola as a bright concert instrument, the expansion of a used range of a viola, the revelation of a mystic component of a viola timbre, the definition of a unique unifying ability of a viola timbre, a full technical liberation of an instrument, and the need for a co-author thinking of a player.   
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Whittall, Arnold. "Isang Yun." Tempo 57, no. 226 (2003): 48–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0040298203240353.
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YUN: My Land, My People!; Exemplum in Memoriam Kwangju. Chorus and State Symphony Orchestra of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, c. Byung-Hwa Kim. Symphonies Nos. 1–5. Filharmonia Pomorska Bydgoszcz, c. Takao Ukigaya. Richard Salter (bar). CPO 999 165-2 (4-CD set)
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Vastamäki, Martti, Heidi Vastamäki, Leena Ristolainen, Katrinas Laimi, and Mikhail Saltychev. "Violists and Violinists Report More Intense Hand Pain on NRS Than Other Orchestra Musicians." Medical Problems of Performing Artists 35, no. 3 (2020): 162–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.21091/mppa.2020.3024.
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AIMS: Among musicians, string players have the highest prevalence for musculoskeletal overuse. Playing a violin or viola requires rapid, repetitive, and complicated movements of the hands and fingers. This cross-sectional study aimed to examine whether violin/viola, violin/cello, and violin/French horn players experience more intense musculoskeletal pain than other instrumentalists. METHODS: The study sample consisted of 590 orchestra musicians (354 male, 236 female, mean age 36 yrs). Self-administered questionnaires were used to assess pain of the back, neck, shoulder, face, jaw, and upper extremity. Pain intensity during the last 7 days was measured by an 11-point numeric rating scale (NRS) with a score from 0 to 10, as well as was disadvantage at work and leisure. RESULTS: Of the interviewed musicians, 20% presented playing-related musculoskeletal disorders at the time of the interview. Compared to other professional orchestra musicians, violin and viola players reported significantly more intense pain in the hand during the last week. Also, they had experienced more frequent neck pain ever and in 5 years than the others. During the past 30 days, violin and viola players had also perceived more harm in their upper limb joints. Violin/cello and violin/French horn players did not differ from the others. CONCLUSIONS: Our study showed that musicians playing the violin or viola have more intense hand pain and more frequent neck pain than other musicians, but these seem to disturb their daily tasks only a little.
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Bekenova, A. "N.Karimov's viola transcriptions in the pedagogical repertoire (on the example of the transcription of «Kuy» by M.Sagatov)." Pedagogy and Psychology 47, no. 2 (2021): 256–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.51889/2021-2.2077-6861.30.
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In the Kazakh educational process today, in addition to the generally recognized arrangements and treatments of world music classics and original works for viola, national music adapted for viola is actively involved. There are several collections of works for viola edited, arranged and processed by such authors as A.Nurbayeva, E.Liberchuk, Ya.Fudimana, N.Sagimbayeva, D.Makhmud. The musical literature presented in these collections is widely used at different levels of education – by students of music schools, colleges and even universities of the republic, which is mainly due to the limited repertoire. The article deals with the transcription of N.Karimov's «Kuy» for violin and chamber orchestra by M. Sagatov as one of the first experiments in interpreting the sound of dombra kuy in viola music.
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Finney, Ian. "Vagn Holmboe: Quartet Composer at Work." Tempo, no. 171 (December 1989): 12–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0040298200019951.
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Vagn Homboe, born in Horsens on the Jutland peninsula in 1909, is the doyen of Danish composers. Although he celebrates his eightieth birthday on 20 December, he remains formidably productive: his new Twelfth Symphony was premièred by the BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra in Cardiff on 21 October. A prolific composer in many genres, his reputation rests securely on the twin pillars of his symphonies and his even more numerous string quartets.
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Burel, Oleksandr. "On Gabriel Pierné and his compositions for piano and orchestra." Aspects of Historical Musicology 16, no. 16 (2019): 170–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.34064/khnum2-16.10.
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Background. The French composers’ creativity of the late XIX – first third of XX centuries is the admirable treasury of the world musical art. It is worth mentioning such remarkable and original artists as C. Debussy and M. Emmanuel, P. Dukas and E. Satie, A.Roussel and M.Ravel. The name of G. Pierné (1863–1937) can surely be added to this series of authors. But his oeuvre is still terra incognita for us. The thorough considerable researches about the author are not numerous. The monograph “Gabriel Pierné: musicien lorrain” by G. Masson was created in 1987, and the publication of the composer’s letters named as “Correspondance romaine” was published in 2005. In the 2000s, a lot of audio recordings of his best works were published, which testifies to the relevance of the author’s heritage and confirms the urgency of present topic of article. Objectives of this study is to focus researchers on G. Pierné’s personality and art, to consider his works for piano and symphonic orchestra – Fantasy-Ballet, Piano Concerto, Scherzo-Caprice, Symphonic Poem. Methods. The research is based on the historical biographical, the intonational, the comparative research methods. Results. C. Debussy, M. Ravel and composers of “Les Six” at their time outshined Pierné’s work. But years have passed and interest in the personality of this author has appeared. During his training in Paris Conservatory (1871–1882), G. Pierné achieved excellent results, having won in many student competitions. He studied composition in the class of J. Massenet (together with E. Chausson, G. Charpentier, G. Ropartz). Having won the competition for the Prix de Rome (1882), the young author was given the opportunity to live at Villa Medici (1883–1885). Spent time in Rome was one of the best episodes of his life. The first concert work by G. Pierné – Fantasy-Ballet (1885) for piano and orchestra was written there. The composition is based on the sequence of contrasting dancing episodes in the character of march, gallop, waltz, tarantella. It is significant that the ballet genre took pride of place in the work of G. Pierné later. The composer’s staying in Italy caused visibility, colorfulness, cheerfulness, feed activity, energy of images, using of genre motifs in FantasyBallet. The series of various episodes conveys a whimsical change of mood and resembles a sketches of impression. Returning to Paris in 1885, G. Pierné sought to strengthen his reputation as a soloist by entering the salon circles. At this time, he created many piano works, including the three-movement Piano Concerto c-moll (1886). This composition contains many dramatic moments which concentrated in the first and third movements of the cycle. However, as is often the case with French Romantic composers, such using of dramatic elements has a somewhat superficial, rhetorical character. The first movement is written in sonata form. The theme of the main subject (in c-moll), expounded by the piano octaves, is active and boisterous. And the secondary Es-dur subject is peaceful and lucid. There is the same entrancing serenity as in the lyrical theme of the E. Grieg’s Piano Concerto finale. In the first movement, the development is very short, and the recapitulation is abridged. It should be noted that G. Pierné refused to use the cadence of the soloist. The second movement is written in a three-part form with elements of variation and rondo. This light scherzo takes the listener away from the anxieties of previous movement. Every bar of this music, in which everything is made with elegant French taste, caresses the ear. The main theme, including the dotted rhythm, serves as a refrain that permeates the entire movement. The finale is distinguished by its developmental forcefulness and truly symphonic reach. So, the continuation of C. Saint-Saëns’s covenants is in the concentration of thematic material, the observableness of form, the rhetorical syllable, and rhythmic activity at the Pierné’s Piano Concerto. Scherzo-Caprice (1890) enriched the French miniature line. The image sphere of this opus is lucid lyrics, good-gentle jocosity, and solemnity. The melodic talent of the composer proved itself very convincing here. The theme of the waltz echoes the waltz episode from the Fantasy-Ballet in some details. Being written also in A-dur, it contains the upward melody moves with a passing VI# (fisis), and also diversions into the minor (cis-moll in Scherzo-Caprice, fis-moll in Fantasy-Ballet). At the turn of the century, the influence of C. Franck’s music was produced on the G. Pierné’s style. This is reflected in such works as the Symphonic Poem “L’An Mil” (1897), Violin Sonata (1900), oratorio “Saint François d’Assise” (1912), and Cello Sonata (1919). An appeal to the Symphonic Poem for piano and orchestra (1903) is also a clear sign of rapprochement with the late romantic branch (C. Franck, E. Сhausson). Here we see a departure of G. Pierné from the C. Saint-Saëns’s concert traditions, which he held before. In the Poem, such qualities as virtuosity, concert brilliance, and representativeness are somewhat leveled, which is caused with the narrative character of this work. Conclusions. During the “Renovation period” of French music, the piano and orchestra compositions experienced a real upsurge in its development. Composers began to turn more often not only to the Piano Concerto genre, but also to non-cyclic works – Fantasies, Poems, Rhapsodies, etc. G. Pierné contributed much to this branch along with C. Saint-Saëns, B. Godard, Ch.-M. Widor. In his Fantasy-Ballet, Piano Concerto, Scherzo-Caprice, we find the continuation of C. Saint-Saëns’s instrumental traditions. This is manifested in the moderation of the musical language, the normative character of harmonious thinking, the absolute clarity of discourse, concern for the relief of the melodic line. In the Symphonic Poem, contiguity with the musical aesthetics of С. Franck is revealed, which is reflected in harmony modulation shifts, appeal to polyphonic technique, differentiated and more powerful orchestration.
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Driver, Paul. "Gruber's Concertos." Tempo, no. 178 (September 1991): 22–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s004029820001398x.
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The concerto evidently appeals to HK Gruber, as symphonies do not. He has so far written four works that are unambiguously in this form: ‘…aus schatten duft gewebt…’, a concerto for violin and orchestra of 1977–8; the concerto for percussion and orchestra Rough Music (Rauhetöne) of 1982–3; Nebelsteinmusik, for solo violin and string orchestra, of 1988; and the Concerto for Cello and Chamber Orchestra of 1989. Ambiguous examples of the form are his early Concerto for Orchestra (1960–64) – concertos for orchestra are by definition ambiguous – and Frankenstein!!, his ‘pan–demonium’ (rather than ‘concerto’) for baritone chansonnier and orchestra (on children's rhymes by H.C. Artmann), finalized in 1977. Then there are four works which remain in manuscript (withdrawn from circulation): Concerto No. l for flute, vibraphone, xylophone and percussion (1961); Concerto No. 2 for tenor saxophone, double bass and percussion (1961); ‘furbass’ for double bass and orchestra; and an unsatisfactory forerunner of the violin concerto, Arien (1974–5). The symphony he has not touched; and one is tempted to see in this reliance on solo/ensemble confrontation an attempt to hold together the self–splintered, all too globally diversified language of the late 20th century by an eloquent soloist's sheer persuasiveness, by musical force, so to speak, the soloist being dramatized as a kind of Atlas. In the same way Gruber's recourse to popular songs and idioms of ‘light music’ in these works can seem like a desperate attempt to find a tonal prop and sanction for a language so pervasively threatened by tone–deafness and gobbledygook.
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Palmer, Peter. "Frédéric Rapin, Musik in Luzern, Rhapsodische Kammermusik aus der Schweiz’. ERNST LEVY, HERMANN SUTER." Tempo 58, no. 229 (2004): 58–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0040298204350229.
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‘Frédéric Rapin: Concertos suisses pour clarinettes’. Works by HERBERT FRIES, ARMIN SCHIBLER, JEAN BINET, JEAN BALISSAT, ANDOR KOVACH and ALEXIS CHALIER. Frédéric Rapin (cl), Kammerorchester Arpeggione Hohenems c. Jean-François Antonioli. Musiques Suisses Grammont Portrait MGB CTS-M 80.‘Musik in Luzern: Kammermusik Duo Lang’. FRITZ BRUN: Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano. THÜRING BRÄM: Album ‘Goodbye Seventies’. With works by MENDELSSOHN and RACHMANINOV. Brigitte Lang (vln), Yvonne Lang (pno). GALLO CD-1084.‘Rhapsodische Kammermusik aus der Schweiz’. ERNST LEVY: Quintet in C minor for 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass1. HERMANN SUTER: Sextet in C major for 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos and double bass2. FRANK MARTIN: Rhapsodie for 2 violins, 2 violas and double bass3. Florian Kellerhals, Stefan Häussler (vlns), 2,3Nicolas Corti, 1,3Bodo Friedrich (vlas), Imke Frank, 2Matthias Kuhn (vcs), Andreas Cincera (db). Musiques Suisses MGB CD 6201.HERMANN SUTER: Symphony in D minor. HANS JELMOLI: Three Pieces for Orchestra from the comic opera Sein Vermächtnis. Moscow Symphony Orchestra c. Adriano. Sterling CDS-1052-2.
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Sholikhah, Jamitul Nihayatus. "Concerto in C Minor for Viola Karya Henri Casadesus dalam Tinjauan Bentuk Musik dan Teknik Permainan." Virtuoso: Jurnal Pengkajian dan Penciptaan Musik 2, no. 1 (2019): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.26740/vt.v2n1.p15-27.
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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan bentuk musik dan teknik permainan Concerto in C Minor for Viola Karya Henri Casadesus. Concerto in C Minor for Viola termasuk karya musik klasik, dimainkan dalam format solo viola diiringi strings orchestra. Dasar teori yang digunakan dalam meneliti bentuk musik dan teknik permainan dalam Concerto in C Minor for Viola karya Henri Casadesus yakni analisis bentuk musik Concerto, yang didalamnya menganalisis bentuk musik sonata, analisis bentuk lagu tiga bagian, analisis bentuk musik rondo dan terakhir, menganalisis teknik permainan pada solo viola. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian deskriptif kualitatif karena tidak menggunakan angka-angka sebagai sumber datanya dan hasil penelitian memfokuskan penjabaran pada bentuk musik dan teknik permainan solo viola. Data dalam penelitian diperoleh dengan cara observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Dan dianalisis dengan cara reduksi data, penyajian data dan penarikan kesimpulan. Adapun untuk menguji keabsahan data menggunakan triangulasi data. Concerto in C Minor for Viola Karya Henri Casadesus dimainkan dalam tangga nada C Minor dan memiliki 3 movement. Movement I Allegro molto ma maestoso memiliki bentuk musik sonata (sonata allegro form) yang terdiri dari bagian eksposisi, development, dan rekapitulasi yang terdiri dari 157 birama. Movement II Adagio molto espressivo memiliki bentuk lagu 3 bagian yaitu ABA’ yang terdiri dari 80 birama. Movement III Allegro molto energico memiliki bentuk musik rondo yaitu ABA’CA’’ yang terdiri dari 175 birama dan terdapat cadenza ad libitum pada bagian A’’. Teknik permainan pada Concerto in C Minor for Viola terdapat teknik staccato, legato, detaché, vibrato, accent, tremolo dan multiple stops, serta terdapat ornamen appogiatura, acciacatura.
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Tuchapets, Andrii. "The viola in Zoltan Almashi creation: the view of the first performer." Ukrainian musicology 46 (October 27, 2020): 166–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.31318/0130-5298.2020.46.234626.
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The article examines the viola works of Z. Almashi from the position of their first performer and addressee. The importance of such an approach was emphasized, since the author is not only well familiar with the presented material, but also has the opportunity to communicate directly with the composer, being in the center of the creative process. The lack of researches, devoted to the viola works of Z. Almashi and all his works in general, determine the obvious relevance and scientific novelty of the article. Its main objective is to introduce the viola part of Z. Almashi composer’s creation into musicological use, looking at it from the point of view of the practitioner, and in the case of works, presented in this article – the first performer. First of all, we were interested in the reasons, that prompted the composer to turn to the solo viola timbre for the musical and artistic concept embodiment of «Genesis» and how Z. Almashi reveals the artistic and technical capabilities of this instrument in this and other considered works. Research methodology. In the process of writing our article, we have applied a complex of various scientific methods, the main of which are: historical and biographical (when selecting information about the composer’s biography, studying the circumstances of his works creation); structural and intonational analysis (in the analytical section), as well as comparative (in various comparisons). Research results. The analytical section of the article includes the main solo viola work, which arose as a result of the collaboration of the composer with A. Tuchapets – «Genesis». The information about the history of creation and the artistic concept of the opus is provided there. The features of the structure, instrumental solutions, means of practical implementation by the composer’s artistic conception are investigated. Also the cadence, written by Z. Almashi for the second movement of the Concerto for Viola and Orchestra by J. Ch. Bach with its intonational source and the influence of this source on the artistic concept of the work are considered. The viola solos from his Concerto for two violins and orchestra «Unspoken Words» and viola parts in works for string quartet, in particular Quartet № 3 «Carols», «Carpathian Song» and «PENITA. opera» are also regarded. The conclusions emphasize the importance of collaboration of composers with performers, especially in part of development of solo viola playing. It was revealed that the uniqueness and exceptional richness of the timbre palette of this instrument, obviously, attracts Z. Almashi with exceptional opportunities for the embodiment of artistic imagery, consonant with his composing style. It is also said about the significance of this article – it can serve as a basis for further researches and draw more attention to the considered works
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Городецький, Антон. "Bartok’s Concerto for Viola and Orchestra: Figurative and Semantic Aspects of the Composition." Art Research of Ukraine, no. 17 (December 18, 2017): 268–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.31500/2309-8155.17.2017.140131.
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Stein, Robert. "London, Proms 2012 (2): Olga Neuwirth, Kaija Saariaho." Tempo 67, no. 263 (2013): 73–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0040298212001416.
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Postmodernism in music may be hard to define – even harder than the same notoriously slippery term in literature – but Olga Neuwirth's viola concerto Remnants of songs … an Amphigory (2009) may be as good an exemplar as any. Given its UK première on 13 August by the talented British violist Lawrence Power, with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Susanna Mälkki, the concerto's Proms appearance marks the first time the festival has put on any of her pieces.
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Conway, Paul. "James MacMillan premieres in Edinburgh, Glasgow and London." Tempo 68, no. 269 (2014): 70–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0040298214000114.
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The concerto form is well represented in James MacMillan's output. So far, he has written three for piano, two for percussion and one each for violin, viola, cello, trumpet, oboe and clarinet. There is also threaded through his output a series of concertante works, such as A Deep but Dazzling Darkness, for violin, ensemble and tape (2003), A Scotch Bestiary, for organ and orchestra (2004) and the concertino Seraph, for trumpet and strings (2010). All share a common concern to realise fully the soloist's expressive potential.
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Ozsvárt, Viktória. "Interactions between symphonies and film music in the œuvre of László Lajtha." Studia Musicologica 58, no. 2 (2017): 239–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/6.2017.58.2.6.
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In the case of Hungarian composer and ethnomusicologist László Lajtha (1892–1963) discovering the manifold potentials in a symphonic orchestra linked strongly with the composition of works for stage and screen. Nevertheless, it clearly makes sense to examine the long-term relations Lajtha had with the film as a genre, by searching for common features in the structure of his music composed for films and his symphonies. Much of the musical material in Lajtha’s Third Symphony is similar to those he used in his 1948 film music for Murder in the Cathedral. The similarity gains more complexity if one takes into consideration that the Third Symphony was marked by the composer as the starting point in a monumental, five-fold symphonic cycle composed through the 1950s. The article makes an attempt to explore the thematic and motivic relationship between the Third Symphony, the Variations and the film score Murder in the Cathedral by analysing the musical material and the structure, and by searching for correlation between the audible and visual effects of the music Lajtha used in the movie scenes. This kind of examination may offer a new perspective on the sources of inspiration that shaped Lajtha’s workmanship and it also gives some important information about his way of thinking about music.
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Johnson, Bret. "ROREM: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 and 3. Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra c. José Serebrier. Naxos American Classics 8.559149." Tempo 58, no. 227 (2004): 77–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0040298204290064.
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Johnson, Bret. "Benjamin Lees: Quo Vadis?" Tempo, no. 175 (December 1990): 11–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0040298200012560.
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Fifteen years ago, Nicolas Slonimsky wrote of Benjamin Lees in Tempo: ‘At a time when so many otherwise valiant composers are star-crossed and complain of malign neglect, Benjamin Lees rises “in excelsis” in the musical firmament’. And so he has continued since, with many commissions and numerous major works to his credit, matched by frequent performances in the United States. It is a time that has seen the creation of his Fourth and Fifth Symphonies, a set of Variations for Piano and Orchestra, a Concerto for Brass Choir and Orchestra, a Double Concerto for Piano, Cello and Orchestra, at least four other orchestral compositions of substantial scale, and the Third and Fourth String Quartets. All of these have contributed to his continuing high profile in the American musical scene. When one surveys Lees's entire corpus of music over the last four decades, one sees an impressive range of works, achievements and awards. Such pieces as the Violin Concerto (1958), Third Symphony (1969) and Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (1965), all commercially recorded, stand out as landmarks not only of his own music but of postwar American music generally. His style has continued to evolve in recent years and whilst his hallmark is still his adherence to form and structure, he has become more concerned with orchestral sonority and, without becoming explicitly programmatic, practises his art within an ever-widening sound spectrum and colouristic palette. He has always possessed a strongly individual personality, and the ‘Lees Sound’ is unquestionably unique, even through his exposition and development of musical ideas-and the technique of continual evolution which he favours at present-derive, at source, from his most important early musical teacher: George Antheil.
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Serov, Iurii Eduardovich. "Symphonies by B. Tishchenko: in tune with the times, against the troubled times. Part 1." PHILHARMONICA. International Music Journal, no. 4 (April 2021): 11–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.7256/2453-613x.2021.4.36161.
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The research subject is the symphonic works of an outstanding Russian composer of the late 20th century Boris Ivanovich Tishchenko (1939 - 2010). The article considers his compositions of the 1960s - 1980s: the first six symphonies with numbers and some symphonies with titles. The author studies such aspects of the topic as Tishchenko’s innovatory role in the renovation of Russian symphonic style of the 1960s, the interrelation of music and poetry in Tishchenko’s large orchestra compositions, and the significant influence of literary concepts on the development of his symphonic style. Special attention is given to the issue of Tishchenko taking over from the large Russian symphonic tradition. The main contribution of the research is the idea that Tishchenko is among the few of his generation who held true to the genre of large “pure” symphony, and took over from the symphonic line of his genius teacher D. Shostakovich. The author’s special contribution is the analysis of all symphonic works by B. Tishchenko. Such a detailed study is the first in Russia. The scientific novelty of the research consists in the fact that the author proves a close connection between Tishchenko’s symphonic style and his epoch, the controversial cultural and social processes suffered by his generation.
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Rovner, Anton А. "Vocal and Choral Symphonies and Considerations on Text Representation in Music." ICONI, no. 2 (2020): 26–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.33779/2658-4824.2020.2.026-037.
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The article examines the genres of the vocal and the choral symphony in connection with the author’s vocal symphony Finland for soprano, tenor and orchestra set to Evgeny Baratynsky’s poem with the same title. It also discusses the issue of expression of the literary text in vocal music, as viewed by a number of influential 19th and 20th century composers, music theorists and artists. Among the greatest examples of the vocal symphony are Gustav Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde and Alexander von Zemlinsky’s Lyrische Symphonie. These works combine in an organic way the features of the symphony and the song cycle. The genre of the choral symphony started with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and includes such works as Mendelssohn’s Second Symphony, Scriabin’s First Symphony and Mahler’s Second, Third and Eighth Symphonies. Both genres exemplify composers’ attempts to combine the most substantial genre of instrumental music embodying the composers’ philosophical worldviews with that of vocal music, which expresses the emotional content of the literary texts set to music. The issue of expressivity in music is further elaborated in examinations of various composers’ approaches to it. Wagner claimed that the purpose of music was to express the composers’ emotional experience and especially the literary texts set to music. Stravinsky expressed the view that music in its very essence is not meant to express emotions. He called for an emotionally detached approach to music and especially to text settings in vocal music. Schoenberg pointed towards a more introversive and abstract approach to musical expression and text setting in vocal music, renouncing outward depiction for the sake of inner expression. Similar attitudes to this position were held by painter Wassily Kandinsky and music theorist Theodor Adorno. The author views Schoenberg’s approach to be the most viable for 20th and early 21st century music.
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Bogunović Hočevar, Katarina. "Beethoven’s Symphonies in the Musical Life of Nineteenth-Century Laibach." Studia Musicologica 61, no. 1-2 (2021): 7–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/6.2020.00002.
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Nineteenth-century concert life in Laibach (Ljubljana), capital of the Habsburg Carniola, was shaped and led by the local Philharmonic Society. Until the establishment of the Musical Society in 1872, it was the only musical institution in Carniola. Even after the establishment of the Musical Society, the Philharmonics remained the principal and representative leader of concert life. In the mid-nineteenth century, the main European centers had their own operatic and concert civil orchestras, however, Laibach did not have a concert symphony orchestra. In order to lead and perform regular symphonic concerts, the Philharmonic Society had to hire musicians from the military chapel, which also collaborated with the Opera and, at the end of the nineteenth century, participated in the concerts of the Music Society. The history of the Philharmonics exhibits not only a rich tradition but also illustrates the program endeavors of the artistic leaders, the musical trends of the time and social circumstances, which sometimes encouraged and at other times hindered its work. The first preserved program notes indicate that at that time (1816) challenging symphonic works were already played and in this regard Beethoven’s role was evident. In 1808 the Society already attempted to elect Beethoven as an honorary member of the society, but this happened only in 1819. A year before the local premiere of his Symphony No. 6, and for this opportunity, the composer sent a manuscript with his own corrections. Until then his Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 7 and probably 4 were already performed there. The program notes of the Society indicate that Beethoven’s works were played at least (but usually more than) once in a season. In the second half of the nineteenth century, the appeal and the interest in the composer’s creative output grew even stronger, alongside the appreciation of the memory of the composer. It is also significant to note that his chamber works became regularly performed in the chamber concerts of the Philharmonics. Even though from the very beginning the composer’s overtures had a stable and regular place within the repertoire, the first full performance of his Symphony No. 9 took place only in 1902 (the first three movements were already performed a decade earlier).
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Komlikova, Anastasiіa. "The concert for viola and orchestra by Hennady Liashenko as a reflection of his world outlook." Scientific herald of Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine, no. 122 (August 29, 2018): 33–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.31318/2522-4190.2018.122.141759.
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Berque, Patrice, and Heather Gray. "The Influence of Neck–Shoulder Pain on Trapezius Muscle Activity among Professional Violin and Viola Players: An Electromyographic Study." Medical Problems of Performing Artists 17, no. 2 (2002): 68–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.21091/mppa.2002.2011.
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Work-related musculoskeletal disorders in the neck-shoulder area are common among violin and viola players. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of playing-related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMDs) on muscle activity, by measuring electromyographic activity in the upper trapezius (UT) muscles of violin and viola players under three experimental conditions: rest, performance of an easy piece, and performance of a difficult piece. Ten professional violin and viola players from a Scottish orchestra volunteered to take part in the study. Five subjects complained of pain in the neck-shoulder region; five were pain-free. Bilateral surface electromyography (EMG) was used, following submaximal reference voluntary contractions, to record the muscle activity of the UT muscles during the three experimental conditions. Subjects were randomly allocated to the conditions. A four-factor balanced analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed. The results revealed that the pain-free subjects developed more UT muscle activity than subjects experiencing neck-shoulder pain (F = 4.07, df = 1, p = 0.05). Furthermore, the subjects developed significantly more UT activity when progressing from the rest condition to performance of the difficult piece (F = 36.64, df = 2, p> < 0.001). The PRMD subjects developed more UT activity than the pain-free subjects at rest. The opposite tendency was observed for the playing conditions. However, the results were not statistically significant for this interaction (F = 1.85, df = 2, p = 0.169). The results suggest that redistribution of the load to other synergistic muscles may be a strategy used by PRMD subjects to alleviate pain or discomfort at the nec-shoulder area. The voluntary monitoring of shoulder muscle activity may be of great importance in the prevention of PRMDs in viola and violin players.
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SHOAFF, ADAM. "FRANZ XAVER DUSSEK (1731–1799) Four Symphonies Helsinki Baroque Orchestra / Aapo Häkkinen Naxos 8.572683, 2012; one disc, 54 minutes." Eighteenth Century Music 11, no. 1 (2014): 135–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1478570613000523.
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Stefanovic, Ana. "Traditional vocal music as a reference in contemporary Serbian art song." Muzikologija, no. 20 (2016): 151–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/muz1620151s.
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The article examines the relation between traditional vocal music and contemporary compositional poetics in Serbian art song, created in the last two decades. The special relationship between the ?eastern? Balkans inheritance and ?western? compositional practices which characterized Serbian music throughout the 20th century is considered in a contemporary, post-modern context and within a particular genre framework. The status of the reference itself, as well as of referential relationships, are examined through examples taken from three works: Dve tuzbalice (1997) for soprano, viola and piano by Djuro Zivkovic (1975), Da su meni oci tvoje (2008) for soprano, flute and piano by Ivan Brkljacic (1977) and Rukoveti (2000) for soprano and orchestra by Isidora Zebeljan (1967).
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Conway, Paul. "John McCabe CD round-up." Tempo 58, no. 229 (2004): 53–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0040298204290222.
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JOHN McCABE: Concerto for Piano and Wind Quintet; Musica Notturna; Fauvel's Rondeaux; Postcards for wind quintet. The Fibonacci Sequence. Dutton CDLX 7125.‘Old City New Image’. McCABE: String Trio; String Quartet No. 2. DAVID ELLIS: Trio for violin, viola and cello; String Quartet No. 1. Camerata Ensemble. Campion Cameo 2027.McCABE: Piano Concerto No. 2; Concertante Variations on a theme of Nicholas Maw; Six-Minute Symphony; Sonata on a Motet. Tamami Honma (pno), St Christopher Chamber Orchestra c. Donatas Katkus. Dutton CDLX 7133.‘Tenebrae’. McCABE: Variations; Intermezzi; Sostenuto (Study No. 2); Capriccio (Study No. 1); Aubade (Study No. 4); Tenebrae; Scrunch (Study No. 8); Evening Harmonies (Study No. 7). Tamami Honma (pno). Metier MSV CD92071.
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Ivanova, Irina. "“The Confession” of a Child of the Century (Concerto for orchestra with solo viola by Anton Lubchenko)." Aspects of Historical Musicology 16, no. 16 (2019): 259–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.34064/khnum2-16.15.
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Introduction. Recent decades have seen a revival of interest the problems of genre-creating and typology of genres in musicology, an interest largely stimulated by the complexity of processes happening in this area of modern composers’ creativity. Given article considers a work by A. Lubchenko, entitled “Confession” (Concerto for orchestra with solo viola) from this standpoint. While the second part of the title, placed in brackets, doesn’t need to be commented, the first one, in quotation marks, must be considered additionally. Theoretical background. In order to comprehend it as sign of genre this article includes systematization of modern views on inherent traits of confession both in literature (I. Vertsman, A. Stoliarov) and music (O. Sheludiakova). Founding on scientific information of mentioned scholars next genre indicators of confessions are revealed: auto-biographic mood, first-person narrative with pre-destined goal, immaculate honesty of the confessor with himself and the receiver, his exclusive concentration on his own personality, general aim on self-consciousness etc. although there are differences between musical and verbal forms of ways of expression, confessions even in different types of art share “archetype of genre” (O. Sheludiakova). This allows to consider musical confession not as adaptation of its literature prototype, but as inherent musical genre, possessing essential and attribute features, corrected my given type of art and experience gained by it. So as to elaborate on this these, the article uses comparative method of research, aimed at comparison of genre archetype of confession and its embodiment in given musical work. Objectives. The aim of the article is to reveal a complex of means of expressions, used in the work by A. Lubchenko to reflect confessional mood in its inter-type comparison with literate genre. Results and discussion. Just as confession in literature absorbs features of another genres, such as hagiography and autobiography, its musical type, presented in the work by A. Lubchenko, uses ballade type of dramaturgy, one of the achievements of Romantic era. Actualizing principle of narration, a basis of literature ballade, musical ballade-ness, being a special dramaturgic model, embodied it through intonationally-thematic and structural means. Orientation of A. Lubchenko towards ballade, whether is it intentional or not, seems to be quite logical, because composer regards himself as a person, continuing the tradition of understanding the music as “the art of experiencing” (A. Mikhaylov), dating back to XIX century. Not only does connection of multiple layers of “Confession” become a sign of author’s composing style, it also contains important dramaturgical meaning, communicating with sound-images, appealing to listener’s experience, previously gained while hearing modern music. It is significant that the score features largely expanded percussion section, its playing with the brass section, that, being combined with periodically happening maximal density of texture and extremities of dynamics creates an association with images of dark powers, creating a feeling of insurmountable terror. Algorithm of musical events in “Confession” is governed by cooperation of meditative and grotesque-scherzo episodes. The latter seem to “grow out” from the former; in their turn, meditative replace grotesque-scherzo ones. So, while being antinomic, they are perceived as different stages of a single process, in which aggressive and ominous reveals to be a spawn of author’s mind along with meditative, generally speaking – part of inner world, that allows to regard this as “collateral or eccentric lyric” (I. Sollertinskiy). Its coexistence with lyrical expressions gives it degree of sincerity of confessions, serving as one of the key indicators of this genre archetype. A. Lubchenko’s inclination towards introspection doesn’t stand in way of his contact with modern life with its anxious atmosphere, spiritual and intellectual wandering, searches for new moral guidelines, collision of polar systems of values. Refracted through prism of author’s perception, traits and collisions of epoch acquire psychological character, resulting in revealing of self-comprehension of our contemporary. Nevertheless, should any images appear in composer’s fantasy, be it visions of “another worlds” or of eternal chaos, author’s position remains steadfast, and that holds black colours back from filling all the musical texture. And even an ending, with farewell intonations and a shade of funebre, doesn’t create an impression of doom, granting catharsis, even in spite of continuous c-moll chord, a background for solo viola’s ending of its confessional narration. This effect is largely influenced by composer’s appeal to “human” timbre of string instruments, playing divisi, that bring features of intimate, chamber statement into last “word”. Conclusions. In Conclusions, generalizing observations made in article, it is stressed, that considered work matches genre archetype of confession. Complex of expressional devices, used in it, allows to create wide amplitude of emotional states, sometimes reaching exquisitely sharp expression, and that allows to classify genre type of A. Lubchenko’s “Confession” as “word-scream”, in terms of O. Sheludiakova. Double time dimensions (of narration and narrator’s) in this work, clarity of incarnation of plot collisions, constant escalating of psychological tension etc. indicates usage of ballade dramaturgical logic. While showing selfawareness of modern man in “Confession” and applying modes, typical for music of XX–XXI centuries, the composer uses artistic experience of romanticism as well, that contributes to this and other works being open to direct dialogue with the audience, and this is a quality, especially important in genre of confession.
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Johnson, David. "Edinburgh: Lyell Cresswell's ‘Good angel, bad Angel’." Tempo 59, no. 234 (2005): 40–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0040298205240305.
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Good angel, bad angel is a new 1-act opera, premièred in Edinburgh on 20 May and toured to Glasgow, Peebles and Inverness on 21, 23 and 25 May; it received four performances in all. It lasts almost exactly an hour, and is scored for the slenderest forces imaginable – three singers covering six roles, and an orchestra of four players (bass clarinet doubling B flat clarinet, violin, viola, cello). The story is nasty, centring on the pointless murder of a miserly old shopkeeper on Christmas Day; it slightly reminds one of A Christmas Carol, except that it completely lacks Dickens's optimism and hope. The opera supposedly ends with the central character's redemption, but this is ambiguous and pretty hard to follow.
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Stein, Robert. "BBC Promenade Concerts: Jörg Widmann, Armonica, BBC Philharmonic/Storgårds 1.8.16; Mark Simpson, Israfel, BBC Philharmonic/Mena 9.8.16; Emily Howard, Torus, RLPO/V Petrenko 25.8.16." Tempo 71, no. 279 (2016): 93–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0040298216000759.
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Jörg Widmann is a German composer who is acutely conscious but certainly not in awe of his musical forebears. His best-known string quartet, no. 3 ‘The Hunt’ makes dramatic use of – and has great fun with – Schumann. His 2011 concerto Flûte en suite, performed at the 2014 Proms, more than nods to Bach and baroque elegance. In Armonica, commissioned by the International Mozarteum Foundation to celebrate Mozart's 251st birthday in 2007, Widmann surprisingly and yet unsurprisingly features the glass harmonica, the distinctive instrument that Mozart featured in his own last chamber piece, the Adagio and Rondo for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola and cello, K617. Mozart teamed the instrument with the quieter representatives from the wind and string families; Widmann places it against the whole orchestra.
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Helgert, Lars Erik. "Lukas Foss. Lukas Foss: Complete Symphonies. The Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Gil Rose, Conductor. BMOP/sound 1043, 2015, 2 CDs." Journal of the Society for American Music 10, no. 4 (2016): 520–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1752196316000456.
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Ryan, Pamela, and Heidi Castleman. "Advanced Intermediate Chamber Music for Double Bass and Unusual Combinations." American String Teacher 44, no. 2 (1994): 79–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000313139404400229.
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Pamela Ryan is an associate professor of viola at Florida State University in Tallahassee and in May becomes president of ASTA's Florida state unit. Previously, she taught at Bowling Green State University, Cincinnati College-Conservatory, Brooklyn College, and Aspen Music School. A graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts, she received her B.M. from the University of Maryland, an M.A. in performance from the Conservatory of Music of Brooklyn College, and a D.M.A. from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory. She was a winning soloist of the Aspen Concerto Competition and has performed with the Bowling Green String Quartet at Carnegie Hall and in Mexico City. Recently, she has performed on chamber music radio broadcasts in New Orleans and with the Louisiana Philharmonic. She now serves as principal violist of the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra.
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Ricketts, Matthew. "Texts—Textures—Intertexts: Brian Cherney’s Transfiguration (1990)." Intersections 37, no. 1 (2019): 181–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1059894ar.
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Transfiguration ([1990] 1991) is one of Brian Cherney’s most ambitious compositions. Scored for large orchestra, the piece explores how memories transfigure reality and what that process might sound like. Cherney weaves together a dizzying mise en abyme of quotations—from the canonic repertoire, simulacra of European folk tunes, and his own earlier music (including most prominently Shekhinah for solo viola from [1988] 1992). Orchestral textures alternatively obscure and reveal material both directly and indirectly related to and inspired by the Holocaust, including the photograph of a Hungarian Jewish woman at Auschwitz who haunts the work. The fleeting figure of this unknown woman is represented in the way that material is transfigured—lost, re-emerging, and lost again—throughout. This article focuses on Transfiguration as an apotheosis of Cherney’s interest in the relationship between orchestral texture and intertextuality.
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Josephson, Nors S. "Unifying stylistic syntheses in the late compositions (1939–1945) of Béla Bartók." Studia Musicologica 58, no. 2 (2017): 147–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/6.2017.58.2.2.
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Bartók’s later works from the years 1939–1945 present an impressive synthesis of his musical innovations. Beginning with the Divertimento and Sixth String Quartet (both composed in 1939), the Hungarian composer starts with a freely tonal, neo-Classical foundation. Above this initial compositional level he then superimposes Beethovenian formal structures gleaned from the latter’s opp. 53 and 135, in addition to a prominent Stravinsky quotation from The Rite of Spring, part two. In both works Bartók achieves an impressive large-scale cyclical unity, frequently through wholetone scalar integration. The Concerto for Orchestra (1943) blends pervasive quotation techniques with analogous cyclical intervallic patterns, such as major third cells on F–A–D4. One is again distinctly reminded of the F Major Divertimento. Like the latter work, the Concerto is especially notable for its expansive codas, which function in the manner of Beethovenian second developments. Similarly, the Sonata for Solo Violin (1944) fuses neo-Bachian counterpoint with the expansive forms of the Concerto for Orchestra. Finally, the interrelated last two Concertos for piano and viola (both penned in 1945) present a cumulative synthesis of Bartókʼs later style, emphasizing the tertial (and modal) degrees of VI and flattened VI. Here, too, we encounter elaborate quotational systems that distantly recall the 1910s and 1920s music of French composers as Debussy, Ravel and Satie.
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Sills, Helen. "Time Remembered." KronoScope 5, no. 1 (2005): 59–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568524054005168.
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AbstractThe human brain is capable of experiencing highly complex auditory imagery. Musicians find it valuable to mentally rehearse the auditory image of a piece of music, in the absence of the orchestra or instrument, to help perfect their actual physical performance of it. For this, the auditory image must first be founded on a perfect memory of all the work's musical aspects, and then 'lived- through &#160;in a very finely-judged realisation of its movement in time, so that all its precision or expressive flexibility of tempo and qualities of meaning are fully released.<br /><br />Two neural processes shed light on the trained musician's ability to reproduce the duration of a mental rehearsal with great accuracy: the generation of firing patterns searching for pattern and symmetry, and the coherence behaviour of music processing units in the higher wave-bands. In the light of these two processes, I comment on the experience of mentally rehearsing 'Prélude á L'Aprés-midi d'un Faune', and 'Symphonies of Wind Instruments', and on the organising relationships which heighten the temporal aspects to produce a strong auditory form.
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Črnivec, Rajko. "Assessment of Health Risks in Musicians of the Slovene Philharmonic Orchestra, Ljubljana, Slovenia." Medical Problems of Performing Artists 19, no. 3 (2004): 140–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.21091/mppa.2004.3023.
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This study consisted of medical examination and comparison of results obtained in 70 musicians from the Slovene Philharmonic Orchestra, Ljubljana. The main goals of the study were to identify performance-related musculoskeletal disorders, to assess the health status and working capacity of the musicians, and to propose measures for improved protection of their health. The results were compared with results obtained in a control group of 28 marketing workers at Philip Morris Enterprise, Ljubljana. Musculoskeletal problems of the studied group of Slovene musicians were compared with problems of 109 musicians of the Berlin Opera Orchestra examined at the Institute of Occupational Health, Berlin, Germany. We identified performance-related diseases (inflammatory and degenerative skeletal disorders and minor occupational hearing impairments) that were most frequent. A significant proportion of performing musicians had overuse syndrome, caused by excessive use of the extremities and characterized by cumulative microtrauma exceeding human physiologic limits, and dermatologic problems, such as finger calluses and “fiddler’s neck.” The most frequent musculoskeletal problems were due to repetitive motion, unphysiologic postures (isometric strain on the affected muscles), and prolonged sitting position during performances. The highest level of musculoskeletal disorders was noted in the double bass and cello sections, followed by violin, viola, woodwind, and brass players. The severity of physical impairments and restricted ability to perform music were correlated with age, duration of classical music performance, and total length of service. In the group of Slovenian musicians, the incidence of health problems in general was twice as high as in the control group, whereas the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders was six times as high as that in the control group. Health status of the musicians in terms of moderate and severe physical impairments was worse than in the control group. Measures for improved health protection and better performance ability were proposed.