19.30 4/2/20 Unsuk Chin: SPIRA UK premiere CBSO/MGT

[Zucchini]

Last week's concert won glowing reviews from D Tel, Gdn & others. Seems worth a listen.

"... From the back of the stage emerged a sound as uncanny as a creature from the deep ocean. Beguiling and eerie, vibraphones played with violin bows coloured the piece. Outbursts of percussion, heavily used throughout, flashed across the orchestra like demons. Inspired by the mathematical “spira mirabilis” (think snail shells), the South Korean composer allows the music to unfurl and curl in a riot of ricocheting, shimmering, explosive, glittering detail. Chin’s command of the orchestral palette is incredible and, as if looking at a slide under a microscope, the more closely you listened, the more there was to discover. I almost wished they had played Spira twice, there was so much to take in... Extract from the Times 3/2/20

(+ LvB Symphs 2 & 4)

[edashtav]

Thanks for the tip off, Zucchini.

[DracoM]

Yes, listening now.
BUT
I simply cannot work out the name of the R3 presenter from the London HQ i.e... NOT the onsite presenter in Brum.
Sounds like a Polish name....?? Cannot find her name anywhere.
Help please?

[edashtav]

I enjoyed Chin's work because of her superb imagination of the sounds a large modern orchestra can produce and her realisation that endless variety is a vice: her music grows in a seemingly organic fashion.

By golly, did I enjoy the two Beethoven symphonies because they were played and conducted with precision and verve, yet retained a freshness and wonderful musicality of phrasing. Chording was a joy and the contributions of the woodwind department were peerless.

I loved the encore from the former Music Librarian that paid tribute to the spirit of Beethoven. Am I being harsh in asserting that Michael Torke tilled this furrow more than a decade ago?

[silvestrione]

I enjoyed Chin's work because of her superb imagination of the sounds a large modern orchestra can produce and her realisation that endless variety is a vice: her music grows in a seemingly organic fashion.

By golly, did I enjoy the two Beethoven symphonies because they were played and conducted with precision and verve, yet retained a freshness and wonderful musicality of phrasing. Chording was a joy and the contributions of the woodwind department were peerless.

I loved the encore from the former Music Librarian that paid tribute to the spirit of Beethoven. Am I being harsh in asserting that Michael Torke tilled this furrow more than a decade ago?

Agreed! (Though I just enjoyed the encore, I don't know about Michael Torke)