Connesson the shining one book

Guillaume connessons music is published by editions billaudot. Guillaume connessons luminous orchestral showpiece, the shining one, features the brilliant young pianist clare hammond against a blazing backdrop of images of the sun, and sets the scene for gustav holsts timeless masterpiece, the planets. A followup book about the educational trajectory is. Discover ancient and unknown worlds via one of the most iconic film scores of the 1970s, a contemporary piano concerto by french composer guillaume connesson and holsts epic planetary survey written during the great war. As a knockon effect of covid19 airfreight prices around the world have soared. Only one in twenty works performed by orchestras today is music by a living composer. Eric le sage piano, royal scottish national orchestra, cond stephane deneve. The royal scottish symphony orchestra performs exquisitely throughout the rather abbreviated program. Connesson teaches orchestration at the conservatoire national daubervilliersla courneuve. Connesson the shining one ravel piano concerto in g gershwin an american in paris piano. I have not kept up and do not know if that belief is still widely held. Connesson s portrait of the lifecycle of stars claims stephen hawking and kandinsky as inspiration, but the music evokes indiana jones, by way of dukas and skryabin. The works as presented here offer these states as polar opposites and much of the musical argument is about the movement from one state to the other.

November 18 a shining night of spiritual music from the chicago chorale. The company has pioneered the idea of the series and proudly includes series of such composers as prokofiev, tchaikovsky, parry, walton, grainger, berkeley and bridge. Agnieszka zdrojeksuchodolska the play of shadows ii for clarinet and gran cassa world premiere aida shirazi ephemera for clarinet and percussion world premiere volodymyr runchak leafing through the pages of my photo album for clarinet solo world premiere ewa fabianskajelinska reflexion for clarinet and. Organ parta concerto for organ and one percussion player percussion parts available separately constellations was completed in november of 1980 and was composed for percussionist joe roma to whom it is dedicated.

Its distinctly french, reminiscent of ravel in particular, but the sound world is completely fresh and new. This is a compilation of 2 previously released discs, neither recorded by sony itself. The delicate and spare texture of this work expresses the desolation at the loss of a loved one. Before listening to this disc i had not heard a single note of composer guillaume connessons work. Anna clyne, with the midnight hour, conducted by reinhardt, and guillaume connesson the shining one in an allfrench program conducted by urbanski nov. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems. Royal scottish national orchestra credits allmusic. These three pieces have accompanied berlin counterpoint from their first day together and yet continue to challenge them in every performance. The piano enters after a lengthy orchestral introduction.

Guillaume connesson is a french composer born in 1970 in boulognebillancourt. And there is one more, very important reason for that fact. Recognised as one of the youngest and most gifted contemporary composers, guillaume connesson brings together an imaginatively diffuse. Indianapolis symphony orchestra november 2019 program book. Danish string quartet one of the finest, most passionate young quartets in the world makes its debut at the 92nd street y with two pathbreaking pieces one of. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. For my money connesson relies too much on the opposing extremes of quiet frozen stillness and dramatic kinetic power. Connesson says that its victims experience a state of simultaneous ecstasy and horror and he captures this ambiguity perfectly in the music. It is not like a painting, which only needs to be painted once in order for us to experience it fully.

Reluctantly, we have had to pass on some of this increase. The work is based on the classic 1919 science fictionfantasy novel the moon pool by abraham merritt. Guillaume connesson composer buy sheet music and scores. Ligetis six entertaining bagatelles, one of the shining stars of the wind quintet literature, poulencs sextuor, and of course beethovens piano quintet are core elements of the program. And it was there that fulfillment came, and he met the cortege of knights come from celephais to bear him thither forever. Guillaume connesson the shining one piano concerto i love connessons music, and this short piano concerto less than 10 minutes is a great place to start getting to know his repertoire. Guillaume connesson cosmic trilogy the shining one. Guillaume connesson belongs to a generation of european composers that emerged late in the twentieth century whose work can be genuinely called cosmopolitan. Our concert halls are museums of symphonic music from the past. In 2005, french composer guillaume connesson came to greet pianist jeanyves thibaudet backstage in washington, d.

Thibaudet was there to perform ravels piano concerto in g and asked connesson whether he would write a sequel to ravels concerto. Guillaume connesson is a french composer born in 1970 in boulogne billancourt. It is a story well known to those of us now in our 50s and beyond but since the demise of the sunday afternoon feature film, lost horizon starring ronald coleman is seldom shown. Whether or not that is necessarily a good thing is a matter of debate. The shining one is a creature born deep in the planets core, who comes to the earths surface to capture humans in its quest for power.

The shining one, pour piano et orchestre 2009 a brief piano concerto by contemporary french composer guillaume connesson born 1970, dedicated to jeanyves thibaudet. Connesson, who has written for large orchestra since the beginning of his career, has composed concertos for cello in 2008, piano th e shining one, 2009, and viola constellations. Acclaimed by the daily telegraph as a pianist of amazing power and panache, clare hammond combines a formidable technique and virtuosic flair on stage with stylistic integrity and attention to detail. The shining one is a piano concerto in one movement. It contains arguably one of connessons most known works, cosmic trilogy, but also his magnificent piano concerto the shining one, featuring eric le sage as soloist. Vivid novelties, often violent and spectacular, were always striking the ear, but there was something naggingly overripe about the piece.

Cosmic trilogy the shining one with eric le sage, stephane deneve and the royal. That is why i dream of touching and entertaining our audiences with concerts full of symphonic music by living composers. However one decides to listen, the cosmic trilogy is a very entertaining piece, written to please and aurally tickle a wide audience, testifying of excellent craftsmanship and a great sensitivity to orchestral colour. Guillaume connesson, born in 1970, is currently one of the most widely performed french composers worldwide. No matter, simply run out and order this delightful recording, offering regular or so called red book cd technology, with audio quality as good as any and better than most. If theres another living composer who combines fantasy with shimmering orchestral virtuosity as brilliantly as guillaume connesson, ive yet to hear him. Select the year you wish to browse from the menu below. Connesson cites his most potent musical influences to be.

Elric hooper and des wilson look into the life and times of the wwi veteran, onearmed pianist paul wittgenstein, remembered for the great works written for him. Stylistically and thematically it fits well with the trilogy. The ascent of the equestrian in a balloon super audio hybrid cd cd, apr2017, bmopsound at the best online prices at ebay. Within this race, the most intelligent create a baby who turns out to be more evil than good, identified as the dweller or the shining one. Eric le sage, guillaume connesson, stephane deneve, royal scottish national orchestra cosmic trilogy the shining one music. Join us at st davids hall for an imaginative and exciting journey into the world of astrology, fantasy and mythology. What a find, then, is this 2018 sony 2disc set of his chamber music. All of this atonal stuff would have scarred me off of this thread while i was a younger listener, but i still would have enjoyed something like connesson. The shining one is the second connesson piece iso audiences have heard this year. Other living composers represented outside the beethoven symphony survey include jennifer higdon, with all things majestic oct. It is a moderately interesting virtuoso work with no memorable melodic content. Recognised as one of the youngest and most gifted contemporary composers, guillaume connesson brings together an imaginatively diffuse range of influences, from the riches of the musical traditions of his native france to john adams, steve reich and the funk of james brown.

The newest work on the program, argentinian composer carolina heredias jus in bello is a reaction to the political and social upheaval in venezuela and the repression of its. Then one summer day he was turned out of his garret, and wandered aimlessly through the streets, drifting over a bridge to a place where the houses grew thinner and thinner. Find royal scottish national orchestra credit information on allmusic. Cosmic trilogy the shining one by eric le sage on amazon music. On the other hand, yes there is a lot of good tonal music from the 21st century that many would enjoy, and is actually very accessible.