LCCE Performs Maria Schneider - Carlos Drummond Stories for Sextet скачать в хорошем качестве

LCCE Performs Maria Schneider - Carlos Drummond Stories for Sextet

Maria Schneider - Carlos Drummond Stories for Sextet "My entry into the world of Drummond came through Mark Strand’s beautiful translations. Drummond’s poetry immediately struck me as deeply Brazilian, and Brazil is a country for which I’ve long felt such an affinity. Touches of Brazil have influenced my composition ever since my first visit to Rio almost fifteen years ago. In the first introductory song, Prologue, the singer sings purely vocalese (wordless vocals), something I’ve grown to love through Brazilian music. Sometimes she’s in the forefront and sometimes she sings countermelodies. In setting poems to music, the poems themselves speak the rhythm, etch the melodic contour, and emotionally elicit the harmony. I didn’t attempt to turn these Brazilian poems into Brazilian music. The second song, The Dead in Frock Coats, stretches out with slow melancholy, feeling the expanse of time as it inches to the final powerful line, 'the everlasting sob of life.' The poem Souvenir of the Ancient World is a jewel that reminds us of a simplicity in life that I think we all long for. In it, I saw Dawn Upshaw (for whom the piece was written) in all her realness and beauty, just as Clara appears in the poem. The poem Don’t Kill Yourself brims with over-the-top drama, contradictions, pain and humor, but there is a tenderness, too. When I read this poem, flamenco harmony and buleria rhythms (from the Spanish flamenco tradition) surged up as the voice wanting to express it all. The only poem set with some direct Brazilian musical influence is Quadrille, as it is one of Drummond’s most famous poems." (Maria Schneider, 2024) Musicians: Nikki Einfeld, soprano & sprechstimme Stacey Pelinka, flute Jerome Simas, clarinet Anna Presler, violin & viola Phyllis Kamrin, viola Tanya Tomkins, cello Eric Zivian, piano Matilda Hofman, conductor Program: Fall Cabaret: Pierrot Lunaire, 32nd Season (2024-2025) Audio and Video: Zach Miley https://www.leftcoastensemble.org https://www.mariaschneider.com