#Debussy blanc et noir program notes full
Kary Tricomi's “Ep siodes” (1973), which was composed for them, is a rather dated if decently pleasant bit of motorlc modernism with movement subtitles such as “Stigma,” “Indictment,” “Innocence” and “Liberation”-almost as if destined to serve as accompaniment for a leotard‐clad modern dance, full of Angst. Debussy composed En blanc et noir at his vacation residence on the Normandy coast between 4 and 20 June 1915. Originally titled 'Caprices en blanc et noir' this 2 piano masterpiece dates from 1915, the same year as the tudes for piano. And the actual negotiation of the notes by both players, while always competent, lached the sort of flair and authority that the music really needs.īut after the intermission their work improved vastly. In fact, the Hummel Rondo, in particular, is a lively and original, piece, and it was interesting to encounter the familiar Brahms in this guise.īut the two women's playing sounded tense and tight, as if the pulse of the music were being unnaturally regulated to insure synchronization. 5) or the Brahms Variations on a Theme of Haydn. There was nothing really “wrong” with their playing of a Clementi Sonata in B flat, Hummers Introduction and Rondo (Op. The first half of Toni and Rosi Grunschlag's recital Monday night at the 92d Street Y.M.‐Y.W.H.A. They often sound lumpish and cluttered, and the effort of coordination between the two pianists peering nervously at each other across the two pianos usually neutralizes much of each person's individual artistry. 117.TWO‐PIANO recitals are not normally this reviewer's favorite pastime. Book-ending the concert are two quintessential French works, Debussy’s En blanc et noir, originally for piano duet, brought into orchestral garb by Robin Holloway in ‘homage and in the spirit of Debussy’ and Ravel’s suite of waltzes, inspired by his love of Schubert.Īhead of their double concerto performance, the multi-talented Ryan Wigglesworth and acclaimed pianist Paul Lewis take the stage to discuss the evening’s programme followed by a special performance by Paul Lewis of Brahms’s Three Intermezzi for Piano, Op.
He has a bad habit of scooping into notes, but then hell turn around and. Wigglesworth presents arrangements of three of Locke’s movements interspersed with his own musical responses. in a program of works by Schumann, Kurtg, Debussy (En Blanc et Noir). Debussys En blanc et noir, from 1915, is the composers response to World. Aware of Britten’s own revival and adoption of English music, Ryans has drawn inspiration from Matthew Locke, the leading English stage composer in the period before Purcell. Author and critic Paul Griffiths, in program notes for Carnegie Hall, wrote. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures associated with Impressionist music, though he himself disliked the term when applied to his compositions. It was recorded with the Hallé on the NMC label to great critical acclaim. Achille-Claude Debussy ( French: ail klod dbysi 22 August 1862 25 March 1918) was a French composer. Locke’s Theatre was originally commissioned for the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Aldeburgh Festival to celebrate Benjamin Britten’s 100th birthday.
A programme of tributes, where the multi-talents of Ryan Wigglesworth are revealed not only as a conductor but also through his latest composition, and as a performer when he joins his eminent colleague, Paul Lewis, in the concerto Mozart composed for himself and his sister to play.
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