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tradotto da Elia Davis
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Michael Arnowitt è rinomato per le sue interpretazioni della musica di Bach. Ha rappresentato il Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, nal suo complesso, in concerti a New York e Boston e suonato diversi concerti di Bach con il Boston Symphony Orchestra eppure con il Kiev Chamber Orchestra. Louis Moyse, il celebre flautista e compositore, oggi sulla novantina, molto riconosciuto per i suoi svolgimenti formidabili di Bach, dice: “Durante la mia lunga carriera musicale, ho incontrato pochi artisti veramente esperti nei vari disciplina e sono lieto di dichiarare Michael Arnowitt, pianista e musicista, uno di questi. Lui esprime la sua arte al livello altissimo. Ho grande rispetto per le sue interpretazioni e nel suo modo di comunicare i suoi sentimenti via la sua passione per la musica.”
2. Un Programma di Musica Americana ContemporaneaMichael Arnowitt rappresentato varie opere grandi dei compositori americani attraverso i 35 anni passati, comprese due serie di composizioni con collegamento europeano, cioè: Drawn from Life di Allen Anderson e Six European Lullabies di Eric Lyon. Altre opere nel programma sono Fantasy-Sonata di Martin Bryhan; Quartet for Piano di Robert Helps in cui le 88 chiavi del pianoforte sono divise in quattro gruppi uguali di 22 chiavi; Suite from Lonesome Road di Larry Polansky, basato su un armonizzazione di quattro voci di una canzone americana di Ruth Crawford; ed il recente Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik di George Crumb, una serie di tema e variazioni del ballata atmosferica del jazz di Thelonius Monk chiamato ’Round Midnight. Se è preferito che il programma nonsia pienamente la musica dei compositori americani, Michael Arnowitt è disposito a sostitiure La Bouscarle, del Catalogue d’oiseaux, di Olivier Messiaen, oppure delle selezioni da Études pour piano di György Ligeti.
3. Water Music con Marjorie Ryerson, scrittrice e fotografa
Programmma Anderson, Allen Drawn From Life (1991-1992) Springer Romance Klava in Strada Rolling Stock Fortune’s Telling Báthory-Kitsz, Dennis Premiere of a new composition, Syrens of the Collective Unconscious (2005) Boykan, Martin Fantasy-Sonata (1988) in one movement Crumb, George Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik (A Little Midnight Music): Ruminations on ’Round Midnight by Thelonius Monk (2001) Helps, Robert Quartet for Piano (1970) for piano solo Lyon, Eric Six European Lullabies (2000-2003) Melos Sandoz Blanc et Noir Wittenberg Vanishing Point Purification Ritual Polansky, Larry Suite from “Lonesome Road”: The Crawford Variations (1988-1991)
Il notevole libro nuovo di Marjorie Ryerson Water Music contiene le fotografie dell’acqua inframmezzate con le scritture eccezionali da 66 musicisti da tutto lo spettro musicale a proposito di acqua. Fra i musicisti nel libro si travano degli artisti di fama mondiale come Bobby McFerrin, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Midori, Dave Brubeck, Mark O’Connor, Taj Mahal, Renée Fleming, Sarah Chang, Pete Seeger, Brad Mehldau, Carol Maillard (del Sweet Honey In The Rock), Evelyn Glennie, e Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. Questi musicisti hanno contributo una bella collezione di memorie, poesia, anedotti, liriche di canto, e reflessioni interessanti riguardo al fascino magico dell’acqua e quindi l’inspirazione nelle loro vite e nella loro musica.
In questa rapprentazione viva del concetto sotto il libro Water Music, Michael Arnowitt rapprenta la musica per pianoforte, in rapporto con l’acqua, alternandosi con l’autrice Marjorie Ryerson chi legge delle selezioni dal suo libro. Fra le opere musicali del programma, scelte da Michael Arnowitt, si può ascoltare Reflets dans l’eau di Claude Debussy, Jeux d’eau di Maurice Ravel, Barcarolle (una canzone di barca) di Frederic Chopin, Down by the Riverside di Frederic Rzewski e simili improvvisazioni di jazz come Here’s That Rainy Day di Jimmy Van Heusen, Sea Changes di Tommy Flanagan, River Man di Nick Drake (l’arrangiamento di Brad Mehldau) e una della composizioni di jazz dal pianista stesso. La proiezioni delle fotografie d’acqua dal libro forniscono l’esemplificazione visuale delle letture unite con la rappresentazioni musicali.
Il libro Water Music è stato acclamato come un nuovo approccio fresco per alzare la coscienza societale dell’importanza dei problemi riguardo all’acqua che ci aspettano dappertutto. I diritti d’autore dalla vendita del libro sarrano donati a un fondo speciale creato dalla Fondazione delle Nazioni Unite per i progetti di migliorare la salute naturale dell’acqua a di provvedere l’acqua potabile alla popolazione del mondo.
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Michael Arnowitt is well-known for his interpretations of the music of Bach. He has performed the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I in its entirety in concerts in New York City and Boston, and has played keyboard concertos of Bach with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Kiev Chamber Orchestra. Louis Moyse, the internationally-known flutist and composer now in his 90’s well known for his powerful Bach performances, says: “During my long musical career, I have met few really great artists in the various disciplines of the field and I am very pleased to name Michael Arnowitt, pianist and musician as one of them. He expresses his art on the highest level. I have great respect for his interpretations and his way to communicate to any audience his feelings through his love for music.”
2. A Program of Contemporary American MusicMichael Arnowitt performs major piano compositions by American composers spanning the past 35 years, including two sets of pieces with a European connection, Allen Anderson’s “Drawn from Life” and Eric Lyon’s “Six European Lullabies.” Other works on the program are Martin Boykan’s “Fantasy-Sonata,” Robert Helps’ “Quartet for Piano,” in which the 88 keys of the piano are divided into four equal groups of 22 keys each, Larry Polansky’s “Suite from Lonesome Road,” based on Ruth Crawford’s four-part harmonization of an American folksong, and George Crumb’s recent “Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik (A Little Midnight Music),” a set of theme and variations on Thelonius Monk’s atmospheric jazz ballad, ’Round Midnight. A new composition by Dennis Báthory-Kitsz, “Syrens of the Collective Unconscious,” will be premiered on this program.
If it is preferred that the concert not be entirely music by American composers, Michael Arnowitt can substitute for some of the above pieces Olivier Messiaen’s “La Bouscarle” from Catalogue d’oiseaux, and/or selections from Gyorgy Ligeti’s Etudes for Piano, Books I and II.
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3. Water Music with Marjorie Ryerson, writer & photographerMarjorie Ryerson’s remarkable new book Water Music contains her photographs of water interspersed with writings about water by sixty-six outstanding musicians of today from across the musical spectrum. The musicians in the book include such world-class artists as Bobby McFerrin, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Midori, Dave Brubeck, Mark O’Connor, Taj Mahal, Renée Fleming, Sarah Chang, Pete Seeger, Brad Mehldau, Carol Maillard (of Sweet Honey In The Rock), Evelyn Glennie, and Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. These musicians contributed a beautiful collection of memoirs, poems, anecdotes, song lyrics, and thought-pieces about the magic of water and its inspiration on their lives and their music.
In this special live performance of the concept behind Water Music, Michael Arnowitt performs water-related piano music in alternation with Marjorie Ryerson reading selections from her book. Some of the musical highlights of the program include Debussy’s “Reflections in the Water,” Ravel’s “The Fountain,” Chopin’s “Barcarolle” (a boat-song), Frederic Rzewski’s “Down by the Riverside,” and improvisations on jazz numbers such as Jimmy Van Heusen’s “Here’s That Rainy Day,” Tommy Flanagan’s “Sea Changes,” Brad Mehldau’s arrangement of Nick Drake’s “River Man,” and one of Michael Arnowitt’s own jazz compositions. Projections of Marjorie Ryerson’s water photographs provide a visual backdrop for the readings and music performances.
Marjorie Ryerson’s book Water Music has been hailed as a fresh, new approach to raising societal awareness of the important water issues facing us today. Royalties from sales of the book are donated to a special fund established by the United Nations Foundation for projects to improve the natural health of bodies of water and to help provide clean drinking water to families around the world.
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