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New Orchestral album | London Philharmonic Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies and solo virtuosi: Marina Piccinini, flute, Martin Kuuskmann, bassoon, Orsolya Korcsolan, violin,...
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New Orchestral album | London Philharmonic Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies and solo virtuosi: Marina Piccinini, flute, Martin Kuuskmann, bassoon, Orsolya Korcsolan, violin, Gergely Sugar, Horn & Shofar

 

“You hear this music in your mind and you want to share it with other human beings.” – Miguel Kertsman

 

Three Concertos, Chamber Symphony No. 2 - New York of 50 Doors - London Philharmonic Ochestra - Dennis Russell Davies

 Miguel Kertsman - Three Concertos, Chamber Symphony No. 2 'New York of 50 Doors'
 

Brazilian-American composer, Miguel Kertsman, writes in numerous genres embracing classical music, jazz, progressive rock, electronica and film, bridging these diverse elements to craft a unique sound world. Concerto Brasileiro explores lyricism and modernity through solemn chorale-like writing and seductive dances laced with Brazilian folk rhythms. Uncommon sonorities, haunting themes and ethereal landscapes mark out the Concerto for Violin, Horn, Shofar and Orchestra, while traditionalism and experimentation define the Journey for Bassoon and Orchestra. Chamber Symphony No. 2 explores and celebrates New Yorks rich cultural diversity.

Brazilian-American Miguel Kertsman has wide musical interests and skills. Trained at Berklee College of Music, Boston Conservatory, and the Julliard School, his versatility encompasses audio engineering, production, and composition in classical orchestral and chamber formats, musical theatre and songs, jazz, rock, pop, and interactive games. Born in Recife, Brazil, Brazilian dance forms and traditions are not far away in his diverse scores. In this album of concerti, we would therefore expect some surprises, as Heitor Villa-Lobos provided with his staid chamber Quintet, the beautifully lyrical Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, and the Hollywood-suggestive, rhythmic, symphonic crazy Choros No. 10. Kertsman's Concerto Brasileiro for Flute [Marina Piccinini], Strings, and Percussion certainly calls upon his roots. The opening atmospheric Overture quickly moves into a chorale with flute trills and glissandi. The brief middle section Choro [an old Brazilian interweaving, syncopated instrumental style, akin to bluegrass ragtime] includes the Brazilian tambourine, the pandeiro, while the final movement introduces the dances of his home region of Northeast Brazil, baião and xaxado, as well a humorous raplike-impovisational vocal form, repentes.

The four-movement Concerto for Violin [Orsolya Korcsolán], Horn, Shofar [Gergely Sugar], and Orchestra is a curious novelty, the second concerto for shofar to my knowledge [Meira Warshauer's Tekeeyah for Shofar (alt: Trombone) and Orchestra]. The Jewish ram's [or antelope's] horn is heard in the synagogue during the High Holy Days only, and its bright staccato is not present here but instead long, slow hockets and a rather sad tekeeyah goldola. Three tuned shofars are used. Abstract sonority with the horns are played against lyrical phrases of the soprano violin. The last section, mainly in 11/4, introduces organ and Brazilian berimboaus, baqueta stick-struck bows.

Journey for Bassoon [Martin Kuuskmann] and Orchestra is a long five-section spacious rhapsody with celesta, organ, and various percussion, including xylophone and the cuica Brazilian friction drum. The sections reflect home towns of Tallinn, Estonia, and Recife, Brazil, and the midpoint New York, this last site having a jazz flavor with drum kit and walking bass line. The bassoon goes through a variety of techniques: multiphonics, pure air, and key clicks. The travels come to an end with suggestions of frevo dance of Pernambunco, a coast state of Brazil.

New York of 50 Doors [Chamber Symphony No. 2] is a jazz inspired work that uses the same orchestration of John Adams' Chamber Symphony, but includes synthesizer instead of the Hammond B3 organ. Tightly written to indicate the liveliness and rich variety of colors of the city, the 11-minute symphony, as all the previous pieces, is deftly performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, lead by Dennis Russell Davies.

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Miguel Kertsman - Three Concertos [CD]

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