Antiphonies for string nonet by Garth Knox at Krzyzowa Music Festival скачать в хорошем качестве

Antiphonies for string nonet by Garth Knox at Krzyzowa Music Festival

Antiphonies for 9 string instruments by Garth Knox, performed by Viviane Hagner, Robert Kowalski, Bilal Alnemr and Fanny Fheodoroff, violins, Nicholas Swensen and Karolina Errera, viola, Alexey Stadler and Zuzanna Sosnowska, cello, and Julian Schlootz, double bass. Photos by Oliver Borchert, recording by Pegasus Musikproduction, sound engineer Christoph Binner. Antiphonies was commissioned by Krzyzowa Music and was specially written to be played in the opening concert of Krzyzowa Music 2024 in the Peace Church of Swidnica. Inspired by the example of Giovanni Gabrieli and the way he used the particularities of the Basilica of San Marco in Venice to spatialise his music and to surround the listener with sound, I wanted to try in a modest way to explore the acoustic space of the Peace Church in Swidnica. The musicians begin playing in separate parts of the church and gradually move together to be united on the stage. Coming together is one of the themes of the piece. As well as being inspired by the architecture of this exceptional church, it’s name encouraged me place the theme of peace at the heart of the work. This is embodied by a simplified version of an old Irish melody associated with St Columba, an Irish saint who came to Scotland in the 6th century and founded a monastery on the island of Iona. This Abbey became a important centre of learning and culture whose light shone throughout the so-called ‘Dark Ages’ all over Western Europe. The name Columba means dove which is the symbol of peace. Each player is entrusted with a fragment of this melody, which only takes shape when the fragments are put together. At the end of the piece, each player carries their fragment of peace to the farthest corners of the church, to fill the whole space with sound. Garth Knox