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Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan has increasingly made her mark as a conductor in recent years, but her deepest passion remains the art song. And particularly, lieder that are rarely performed by others. In this rare song recital with master pianist Bertrand Chamayou, she will perform John Zorn’s cycle, Jumalattaret. Hannigan completely masters this cycle, that was long considered unsingable and is filled with references to Finnish goddesses. An enchanting experience. ‘Hannigan is one of those rare performers whose presence fuses so completely with the music that, while she’s onstage, hers seems the only possible interpretation’, wrote New York Magazine. And that’s spot on. Whether she sings Messiaen’s Chants de terre et de ciel, or Zorn’s masterpiece, Barbara Hannigan delivers the story as it is supposed to sound.
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Александр Николаевич Скрябин Biography
Александр Николаевич Скрябин (1872-1915) was a Russian composer and pianist.
Many of Scriabin's works are written for the piano; the earliest pieces resemble Frédéric Chopin and include music in many forms that Chopin himself employed, such as the etude, the prelude and the mazurka. Later works, however, are strikingly original, employing very unusual harmonies and textures. The development of Scriabin's voice or style can be followed in his ten piano sonatas: the earliest are in a fairly conventional late-Romantic idiom and show the influence of Chopin and Franz Liszt, but the later ones move into new territory, the last five being written with no key signature. Many passages in them can be said to be atonal.
Scriabin has been often considered to have had synaesthesia, a condition wherein one experiences sensation in one sense in response to stimulus in another, it is most likely Alexander Scriabin did not actually experience this. His thought-out system of relating musical notes to colours lines up with the circle of fifths. Prometheus: Poem of Fire includes a part for a 'clavier à lumières' (keyboard of lights) though this is not often featured in performances.
Alternative artist tag: http://www.last.fm/music/Alexander+Scriabin
Read MoreMany of Scriabin's works are written for the piano; the earliest pieces resemble Frédéric Chopin and include music in many forms that Chopin himself employed, such as the etude, the prelude and the mazurka. Later works, however, are strikingly original, employing very unusual harmonies and textures. The development of Scriabin's voice or style can be followed in his ten piano sonatas: the earliest are in a fairly conventional late-Romantic idiom and show the influence of Chopin and Franz Liszt, but the later ones move into new territory, the last five being written with no key signature. Many passages in them can be said to be atonal.
Scriabin has been often considered to have had synaesthesia, a condition wherein one experiences sensation in one sense in response to stimulus in another, it is most likely Alexander Scriabin did not actually experience this. His thought-out system of relating musical notes to colours lines up with the circle of fifths. Prometheus: Poem of Fire includes a part for a 'clavier à lumières' (keyboard of lights) though this is not often featured in performances.
Alternative artist tag: http://www.last.fm/music/Alexander+Scriabin
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