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BluesKonzert

for piano and orchestra
piano et orchestre
Edition: Matériel d'exécution

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Description

Alvin Singleton's BluesKonzert was a triple commission by the Detroit, Houston and Kansas City symphony orchestras, made possible by a grant from the Meet the Composer/Reader's Digest Commissioning Program, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund.

Vernacular and classical traditions have often cross-pollinated in American music, both in performance and composition. A case in point is BluesKonzert, which mixes musical bloodlines as neatly as its title does language. Konzert is a German term that can mean either "concert," as in a musical program, or "concerto," as in a work for solo instrument and orchestra. Singleton, who trained in both classical music and jazz, is perfectly positioned to exploit such ambiguities and crossovers.

The first feature that strikes the listener in BluesKonzert is the piece's extraordinary delicacy and precision. The piano begins alone, lining out the crucial interval of a minor third, with delicate tracery below. The soloist muses on this idea, as if remembering some deep hidden secret. Lower strings and winds enter almost imperceptibly, joining in the piano's reveries and expanding on its musical ideas. Once or twice, the orchestra raises its voice, then falls into a hush, the piano remaining at the center of attention. With great leisure and subtlety, the soloist takes up other ideas – a high, gentle trill, some bits of counterpoint – and without reaching a grand climax, the piece wanes until only the strings remain, fading at last to a point where, as the composer indicates, they are "barely audible."

Liner Notes by Michael Fleming

Orchestral Cast

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Titre:
BluesKonzert
for piano and orchestra
Edition:
Matériel d'exécution
Maison d'édition:
Schott Music Corporation
Year of composition:
1995
Durée:
17 ′
Première:
30 septembre 1995 · Houston, TX (USA)
Jones Hall
Ursula Oppens, piano · Musikalische Leitung: Stephen Stein · Houston Symphony

Travaux commandés :
Commissioned by a consortium of the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Kansas City Symphony for pianist Ursula Oppens

Détails techniques

Numéro du produit:
LSMC 3742-01
Droits de livraison:
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  • BluesKonzert
    Chef d'orchestre: George Manahan
    Orchestre: American Composers Orchestra
    15 octobre 2010 | New York, NY (États-Unis d'Amérique) , Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall — Première nationale
  • BluesKonzert
    Chef d'orchestre: Stephen Stein
    Orchestre: Houston Symphony
    30 septembre 1995 | Houston, TX (États-Unis d'Amérique) , Jones Hall — Première mondiale
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