Кристофер Теофанидис, "МУЗЫКА НАШЕГО ПОСЛЕДНЕГО СВИДАНЬЯ", на поэмы Руми, 2005
CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS (born 1967), "The Music of Our Final Meeting"
on poems by Rumi
for soloists, chorus, and orchestra.
ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CLASSICAL SERIES CONCERTS
World premiere of a work commissioned by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
Completed: 2005. These are the work’s first performances.
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Christopher Theofanidis, when asked by Robert Spano to compose a new work for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, delved into this ocean of poetry and produced "The Music of Our Final Meeting", a work of
13 short movements using Rumi poems in English translations by Coleman Barks.
The score is dedicated to a long list of people dear to the composer, all cited by first name only, and concluding with “...Coleman, and of course, Robert - all of whom without which my life would be much less beautiful.”
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1. Inside this new love, die -
2. Is the one I love everywhere?
3. Taste the here and now of God
4. All day and night, music
5. Narrative I: The value of our souls
6. Hear blessings dropping their blossoms around you
7. The one who pours is wilder than we
8. Narrative II: Three kinds of women
9. Drumsound rises -
10. Spreading radiance
11. Narrative III: Insomnia
12. The urgency of love
13. The music of our final meeting
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Three of the shortest movements of "The Music of Our Final Meeting" are designated “Narratives” and assigned to the baritone soloist; the soprano and tenor soloists join the chorus in the next-to-last movement only.
The text has many moods - ecstasy, exhortation, love, mystic wisdom, ardor, laughter. Through it all, Theofanidis has met the poet’s verses with music of great artistry and expressivity.
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Mr. Theofanidis won the 2003 Masterprize competition for his Rainbow Body, which the ASO had previously recorded under Maestro Spano’s baton for a CD of the same name. Among the leading orchestras that have performed his works are the National Symphony, London Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Moscow Soloists, Houston Symphony, Oregon Symphony, and Brooklyn Philharmonic. He served as composer in residence for the California Symphony from 1994 to 1996 and will be Composer of the Year for the Pittsburgh Symphony next season.
Also the recipient of the Rome Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Barlow Prize, six ASCAP Morton Gould Prizes, a Fulbright Fellowship for study in France, a Tanglewood Fellowship, and the Charles Ives Fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Mr. Theofanidis served as a delegate to the US-Japan Foundation’s Leadership Program. He teaches at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and the Juilliard School in New York. His recent projects include The Thirteen Clocks, an opera based on a Thurber story for the Houston Grand Opera, and Artemis, a ballet score for the American Ballet Theater.
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Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, May 12, 13, and 14, 2005, at 8:00 PM
ROBERT SPANO, Conductor
HILA PLITMANN, Soprano
NANCY MAULTSBY, Mezzo-Soprano
RICHARD CLEMENT, Tenor
BRETT POLEGATO, Baritone
ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHORUS,
Norman Mackenzie, Director of Choruses
Performing forces: baritone, soprano, and tenor solos; four-to-eight-part mixed chorus; two flutes, piccolo, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, and strings.
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Даунлод: http://www.telarc.com/sacd/title.asp?sku=SACD-60638#tracks
http://www.atlantasymphony.org/resources/pdf/05-CS23.pdf
Био: http://pcm.peabody.jhu.edu/~theofanidis/biography.html
http://www.promusicacolumbus.org/musicians/theofanidis.html