Naxos Blog » Paul Hillier http://blog.naxos.com Insights on music from the world's leading classical music label Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:43:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Podcast: Dark Side of the Moon – the Music of Klaus Ib Jørgensen (Extra) http://blog.naxos.com/2009/05/12/podcast-dark-side-of-the-moon-the-music-of-klaus-ib-j%c3%b8rgensen/ http://blog.naxos.com/2009/05/12/podcast-dark-side-of-the-moon-the-music-of-klaus-ib-j%c3%b8rgensen/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 16:01:54 +0000 Raymond http://blog.naxos.com/?p=2932 JORGENSEN, K.I.: Moon-pain album coverAn interview with conductor Paul Hillier about a new CD of works by Danish composer Klaus Ib Jorgensen. Moon-Pain is a multi movement work that includes songs based on the poetry of Portugese poet Fernando Pessoa.

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Catalogue No.: Dacapo 8.226505

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In this podcast, conductor Paul Hillier talks about Schutz’ importance as a composer, and about his new recording of the Lukas Passion with Ars Nova Copenhagen.

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Catalogue No.: Dacapo 8.226019

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Dacapo by Denise Burt

WE RECOGNIZE them right away – the Americans who drop in on Denmark as tourists for a day, two days or half a day. Wearing sunglasses, camera, short-sleeved shirts and with “Let’s Go Scandinavia” in their hands. And a slightly confused look – where is it that we are today?

IN THE MIDDLE of the nineteenth century the Danish national author Hans Christian Andersen predicted that the future would be just like that. “Young Americans” would come to Europe in steam-powered flying machines. They would inspect the remains of noble old Europe, the last ruins of a legendary culture. The only thing Andersen was mistaken about was the timescale – he called his prophetic tale “In a Thousand Years”.

Jeppe Gudmundsen-Holmgreen  

Photo: Jeppe Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

NOT A WORD AGAINST the American Kronos Quartet, who have made a great contribution to global understanding and a better world. But they ARE true-blooded Americans! And they even play with electric amplification! Their old Danish friend, the Danish composer Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (b. 1932), exploits the Kronos Quartet’s unique qualities in three new works to be released on a CD from Dacapo later in the year. The big work is the “Concerto Grosso”, where the Baroque tradition is played out deep inside the jungle – the orchestra meets Kronos like a Dr. Livingstone. In the quartet work “Last Ground” Gudmundsen-Holmgreen challenges the potent Americans by asking them to play very quietly and in the end to be flooded out by the sea, which washes over the music on an electronic track. And in “Moving – Still” they are allowed to play hectic American guests in Europe, while the baritone Paul Hillier recites Andersen’s tale of the instamatic tourists of the future. Two worlds meet in a provocative and fruitful way.

Jens Cornelius

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This podcast looks at a new Da Capo CD that presents three of these pieces: Concerto Grosso, Moving Still and Last Ground.

The podcast includes a full-length interview with the composer.

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Catalogue No.: CHSA 5066

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