Svítání for String Orchestra (Quinn Mason) performed by A Far Cry скачать в хорошем качестве

Svítání for String Orchestra (Quinn Mason) performed by A Far Cry

Svítání for String Orchestra by Quinn Mason (b. 1996--) I. Meditative 00:00 - 10:58 II. Thoughtfully 11:06 - 20:07 At age 10, Quinn Mason went on a class field trip to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra where he heard Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, a programmatic and colorful work that captured Mason’s imagination and got him fascinated in orchestral music. That early interest in the emotional story-telling expressed through the colorful harmonic capacities of ensemble music is fully voiced in the brilliantly shimmering Svítání, a work that was inspired by a 1973 painting of the same name by the Czech artist František Malý. The artwork depicts a nearly empty field over which a majestic, cathedralesque, structure of richly golden and saffron hues floats against a sapphire sky, flanked by smaller, yet similar shapes in colors of apricot and cream. Its evocation of vibrancy provided the framework to depict the days when society began to reemerge from the 2020 pandemic, and live music returned. Mason elaborates on the meaning of the work in his program note, featured here. Svítání is a Czech word, which means ‘Sunrise’ or ‘Dawn’. The overall message of this composition is rebirth and renewal, which can relate to the title as well as the birth of a new day or time. The composition itself was born out of a time of great struggle and uncertainty for everyone, which is reflected in the first movement as a calm yet tension filled meditation. The second movement is in a similarly meditative feel, but triumphs this time, ending quietly in introspection like the breaking of dawn on a still and tranquil morning. With this piece being written about such a tumultuous time, the overall message is that we are leaving an old chapter and beginning a new, fresh one, one that will hopefully lead us to better days ahead. -Kathryn Bacasmot Recorded live by Immersive Music Project