SKU: ML.013771070
BAIA is a symphonic episode inspired by the submerged Italian city. Through its melodies and sound effects, the authoraims to transport the audience to different moments, providing an aquatic perspective from the eyes of a restless andadventurous fish. This musical journey leads to the exploration of the city of Baia and its archaeological richness preservedbeneath the marine depths, even across time.[…In its time, Baia was an ancient Roman city that flourished during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. It was a luxuriousdestination and a significant political and social centre in the Roman Empire. Renowned for its thermal baths, impressivearchitecture, and beautiful natural surroundings, the city became a popular retreat for Roman high society, including emperors,nobles, and artists. However, over the centuries, Baia was affected by volcanic activity and changes in the coastline, resulting ina significant portion of the city being submerged underwater. Today, the remains of Baia lie beneath the waters of the gulf,turning it into a fascinating underwater archaeological site…]BAIA is een symfonische episode geïnspireerd door de ondergedompelde Italiaanse stad. Door middel van melodieën en geluidseffecten wil de auteurhet publiek mee te nemen naar verschillende momenten en biedt een aquatisch perspectief vanuit de ogen van een rusteloze enavontuurlijke vis. Deze muzikale reis leidt naar de verkenning van de stad Baia en haar archeologische rijkdom die bewaard is geblevenonder de zeebodem, zelfs door de tijd heen.[In zijn tijd was Baia een oude Romeinse stad die floreerde in de 1e en 2e eeuw na Christus. Het was een luxueuzebestemming en een belangrijk politiek en sociaal centrum in het Romeinse Rijk. Bekend om zijn thermale baden, indrukwekkendearchitectuur en de prachtige natuurlijke omgeving, werd de stad een populair toevluchtsoord voor de Romeinse society, waaronder keizers,edelen en kunstenaars. In de loop der eeuwen werd Baia echter beïnvloed door vulkanische activiteit en veranderingen in de kustlijn, wat resulteerde ineen groot deel van de stad onder water kwam te staan. Vandaag de dag liggen de overblijfselen van Baia onder het water van de Golf,waardoor het een fascinerende onderwater archeologische vindplaats is geworden...]…BAIA est un épisode symphonique inspiré par la ville italienne submergée. À travers ses mélodies et ses effets sonores, l'auteur cherche à transporter le public à différents moments.l'auteur vise à transporter le public dans différents moments, offrant une perspective aquatique à travers les yeux d'un poisson agité et aventureux.d'un poisson agité et aventureux. Ce voyage musical conduit à l'exploration de la ville de Baia et de sa richesse archéologique préservée sous les profondeurs marines.sous les profondeurs marines, même à travers le temps.[...En son temps, Baia était une ancienne ville romaine qui a prospéré au cours des 1er et 2e siècles de notre ère. C'était une destination luxueusedestination luxueuse et un centre politique et social important dans l'Empire romain. Réputée pour ses thermes, son architecturearchitecture impressionnante et son magnifique environnement naturel, la ville devint un lieu de retraite populaire pour la haute société romaine, y compris les empereurs, les nobles et les artistes,empereurs, nobles et artistes. Cependant, au fil des siècles, Baia a été affectée par l'activité volcanique et les modifications du littoral.une grande partie de la ville a été submergée sous l'eau. Aujourd'hui, les vestiges de Baia reposent sous les eaux du golfe,ce qui en fait un site archéologique sous-marin fascinant...]BAIA ist eine symphonische Episode, die von der versunkenen italienischen Stadt inspiriert ist. Mit seinen Melodien und Klangeffekten will der Autorder Autor das Publikum in verschiedene Momente versetzen, indem er eine aquatische Perspektive aus den Augen eines rastlosen undabenteuerlichen Fisches. Diese musikalische Reise führt zur Erkundung der Stadt Baia und ihres archäologischen Reichtums, derunter den Meerestiefen bewahrt hat, sogar über die Zeit hinweg.[...Baia war eine antike römische Stadt, die im 1. und 2. Jahrhundert n. Chr. florierte. Sie war ein luxuriösesund ein bedeutendes politisches und soziales Zentrum im Römischen Reich. Berühmt für seine Thermalbäder, seine beeindruckendeArchitektur und die schöne natürliche Umgebung bekannt, wurde die Stadt zu einem beliebten Rückzugsort für die römische High Society, darunter Kaiser, Adlige und Künstler,Adlige und Künstler. Im Laufe der Jahrhunderte wurde Baia jedoch durch vulkanische Aktivitäten und Veränderungen der Küstenlinie beeinträchtigt, was dazu führte, dassein großer Teil der Stadt unter Wasser gesetzt wurde. Heute liegen die Überreste von Baia unter dem Wasser des Golfs,und machen sie zu einer faszinierenden archäologischen Unterwasserstätte...].
SKU: FG.55011-372-5
ISBN 9790550113725.
Images of the sea figure prominently throughout my life and memories: from holidays on the Atlantic coast during my Canadian childhood to my current Baltic home, and the imagined, only later experienced Mediterranean of my ancestral heritage. As an immigrant (son of an immigrant) bound to two northern countries, the sea is emblematic of my twin homelands, from the expanses of water surrounding them to those separating them. A Mari usque ad Mare. The sea is also an enduring image of the unknown, of expanses unexplored, of the raw power of nature and, for too many currently, of terror holding a hope of refuge - or the pain of loss. Such disparate ideas were captured for me in the seascapes of the New York painter MaryBeth Thielhelm, whom I met in 2008 during a residency on the Gulf of Mexico. Her vast, abstract, nearly monochromatic depictions of imaginary seas in wildly varying moods were the catalyst for a concerto where the piano is frequently far from a hero battling a collective, but rather acts as a channel for elemental forces surging up from the orchestra, floating - sometimes barely so - on its constantly shifting surface. There are few themes to speak of, beyond a handful of iconic ideas that periodically cycle upward. Rather, the piano's material is largely an ornamentation of the more primal rhythmic and harmonic impulses from the orchestra below - a poetic interpretation, if you will, of the more immediate experience of facing the vastness of some unknown body of water. The title Nameless Seas is borrowed from one of Thielhelm's exhibitions, as are those of the four movements, which are bridged together into two halves of roughly equal weight - one rhapsodic and free, the other more single-minded and direct, separated only by a short breath. The opening movement, Nocturne, is predominantly calm, if brooding, darkness and light alternating throughout. Lyrical arabesques sparkle over gently lapping cross-currents in the strings and mirrored timpani, the piano's full power only rarely deployed. The waves gradually build, drawing in the full orchestra for a meeting of forces in Land and Sea, a brighter, more warmly lyrical scene that unfolds in series of dreamlike, sometimes even nostalgic visions, which for me carry strong memories of sitting on rocks above surging Atlantic waves. The third movement, Wake, is a fast, perpetual-motion texture of glinting, darting rhythms and sudden shafts of light, with a prominent part for the steel drums, limning the piano's quicksilver figurations. An ecstatic climax crashes into a solo cadenza that grows progressively calmer and more introspective rather than virtuosic. Much of the tension finally releases into Unclaimed Waters, a drifting, meditative seascape in which the piano is progressively engulfed by a series of ever-taller waves, ultimately dissolving into a tolling, rippling continuum of sound. It has been a great privilege to realize such a long-held dream as this piece, and to write it for not one, but two great pianists. Risto-Matti Marin and Angela Hewitt, both of whose friendship and support have been unfailing and humbling, share the dedication. Nameless Seas was commissioned by the PianoEspoo festival and Canada's National Arts Centre, with the premieres in Ottawa and Helsinki led by Hannu Lintu and Olari Elts. Thanks are due also to the Jenny and Antti Wihuri fund, whose generous grant provided me with much-needed time, and Escape to Create in Seaside, Florida, the source to which I returned to do a large part of the work.
SKU: BA.BA08703
ISBN 9790006530465. 33 x 27 cm inches. Text Language: French. Preface: Prévost, Paul / Macdonald, Hugh.
Edouard Lalo composed two operas: “Le Roi d’Ys†enjoyed considerable success at its first performance at the Opera-Comique in 1888, and it remained in the repertory for many years. His other opera, “Fiesqueâ€, on the other hand, had to wait nearly 140 years before it was performed in a concert version in Montpellier in 2006, and then was finally premiered on stage at the National Theatre Mannheim on 16 June 2007.Fiesque is an opera of action and intrigue, set in Genoa in 1547 and based on Schiller’s early drama “Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genuaâ€. The historical Fiesco led a conspiracy against the ruling Doria family, Doges of Genoa. The plot revolves around Fiesque’s love for Julie, daughter of his enemy Andreas Doria, and his wife Lonore’s bitter suspicion. Fiesque is also opposed by Verrina, an old fanatical republican who distrusts Fiesque’s commitment to overthrowing the Dorias, especially when his involvement with Doria’s daughter is known. In the final act the Dorias are overthrown; the crowd acclaims Fiesque and Lonore in a triumphal march, but Verrina refuses to allow Fiesque to assume supreme power and throws him to his death in the waters of harbour. Lalo’s invention is remarkable, and the orchestral writing is at times powerful, at times poignant. Its revival adds a remarkable work to the repertory of French operas.
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