Cmaj7 | Louis Andriessen - La Girò, Violin Concerto (2011) @Cmaj7 | Uploaded April 2024 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
00:00 I. A ghostly, softly dissonant yet sweet introduction (01:43) The ensemble builds a melancholy bed of sound under the slow, longing violin melody
02:51 A bright quasi-Vivaldi toccata (3:33) (4:52)
05:58 Burningly beautiful chords and the sweet introduction melody bookend the movement (6:41)
07:00 II. The violinist sings and plays a charming Italian folk song. She narrates a traumatic experience playing [in front of her father?] as a child.
09:21 The ensemble joins in her agony with brash, violent music
10:25 An energetic toccata, but still carrying the earlier sorrow (11:39) A slight reprieve with more carefree, dancing woodwinds
12:15 III. "I hate thirds." The violinist recounts a nightmare where her friends and family are shot whenever she makes mistakes. (14:32)
15:02 The violinist returns playing a sorrowful melody (15:35) stressed by harsh bell chords (16:12) The ensemble plays a mocking melody (16:27)
17:07 IV. Sharp piercing chords as the violinist obsessively plays a descending glissando figure (20:27) Softer warmer chords
21:30 Frustrated, the glissando figure devolves into "shrieking seagull" noises (22:28) A bitterly lonely chord ends the piece.
Score available from Boosey and Hawkes: boosey.com/cr/music/Louis-Andriessen-La-Giro/56280
When Enzo Restagno asked me to write a piece for this year’s MITO Festival, I was honoured. In the early sixties I lived in Italy for a year, and ever since then I have felt a strong bond with that country.
In La Girò, a piece for violin and ensemble, I am musing about a composer I admire a lot: maestro Antonio Vivaldi. The title refers to Anna Girò, Vivaldi’s favourite singer who, together with her sister, lived in his house for some time.
The piece would not have become the 'performance' it is without the violinist Monica Germino. The soloist (La Girò, perhaps?) does not only play the violin. She also sings an Italian song, whispers and talks, tells stories and dreams.
The ensemble consists of a small chamber orchestra, with an added piano, harp, cymbalom and some percussion.
The piece has four parts. The first three form a kind of concertino. The actual musical drama takes place in the fourth, slow part.
The work is dedicated to Monica Germino.
— Louis Andriessen
Composer: Louis Joseph Andriessen (June 6, 1939 – July 1, 2021)
Violinist: Monica Germino
Orchestra: Asko|Schönberg Ensemble conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw
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00:00 I. A ghostly, softly dissonant yet sweet introduction (01:43) The ensemble builds a melancholy bed of sound under the slow, longing violin melody
02:51 A bright quasi-Vivaldi toccata (3:33) (4:52)
05:58 Burningly beautiful chords and the sweet introduction melody bookend the movement (6:41)
07:00 II. The violinist sings and plays a charming Italian folk song. She narrates a traumatic experience playing [in front of her father?] as a child.
09:21 The ensemble joins in her agony with brash, violent music
10:25 An energetic toccata, but still carrying the earlier sorrow (11:39) A slight reprieve with more carefree, dancing woodwinds
12:15 III. "I hate thirds." The violinist recounts a nightmare where her friends and family are shot whenever she makes mistakes. (14:32)
15:02 The violinist returns playing a sorrowful melody (15:35) stressed by harsh bell chords (16:12) The ensemble plays a mocking melody (16:27)
17:07 IV. Sharp piercing chords as the violinist obsessively plays a descending glissando figure (20:27) Softer warmer chords
21:30 Frustrated, the glissando figure devolves into "shrieking seagull" noises (22:28) A bitterly lonely chord ends the piece.
Score available from Boosey and Hawkes: boosey.com/cr/music/Louis-Andriessen-La-Giro/56280
When Enzo Restagno asked me to write a piece for this year’s MITO Festival, I was honoured. In the early sixties I lived in Italy for a year, and ever since then I have felt a strong bond with that country.
In La Girò, a piece for violin and ensemble, I am musing about a composer I admire a lot: maestro Antonio Vivaldi. The title refers to Anna Girò, Vivaldi’s favourite singer who, together with her sister, lived in his house for some time.
The piece would not have become the 'performance' it is without the violinist Monica Germino. The soloist (La Girò, perhaps?) does not only play the violin. She also sings an Italian song, whispers and talks, tells stories and dreams.
The ensemble consists of a small chamber orchestra, with an added piano, harp, cymbalom and some percussion.
The piece has four parts. The first three form a kind of concertino. The actual musical drama takes place in the fourth, slow part.
The work is dedicated to Monica Germino.
— Louis Andriessen
Composer: Louis Joseph Andriessen (June 6, 1939 – July 1, 2021)
Violinist: Monica Germino
Orchestra: Asko|Schönberg Ensemble conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw
How I make my videos: github.com/CMajSeven/WorkflowTemplate
Program I develop for this channel: github.com/edwardx999/ScoreProcessor
