Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra by Marcin Błażewicz - performed by Pierre-Yves Artaud & Dimitri Tavanets at The Copenhagen Summer Festival July 26th - 2009.
The Copenhagen Summer Festival has existed since 1969 and primary presents classical chamber music concerts by young promising talents. The Festival is one of Denmarks most important chamber music-series and it has given birth for many leading ensembles of today. The concept is to involve highly established artists site by site with the upcoming starts of tomorrow.
The concerts take place at the end of July and the first week in August where the concerts are scheduled every afternoon at the Charlottenborgs ceremonial hall at Kongens Nytorv, in the center of Copenhagen.
Pierre-Yves Artaud: http://www.pyartaud.com
Dimitri Tavanets: http://www.myspace.com/kievpianoduo
Marcin Błażewicz: http://www.chopin.edu.pl/angielskie/osobowe/blazewicz.html
Agata Igras Sawicka (performing artist in the Orchestra Version): http://www.igras-sawicka.com/
Copenhagen Summer Festival: http://www.copenhagensummerfestival.dk
The Concerto for Flute: http://www.editionsvitzer.com/archive_valgt.php?id_vaerk=83
http://www.editionsvitzer.com
Trente Mølle - The International Flute Symposium:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=107786917519&ref=ts
Concerto for flute and string orchestra consists of two contrasting parts. They constitute a mutual opposition, but at the same time perfectly complement each other just like two sides of a coin, sadness and tragedy on the one hand and euphoria and joy of life on the other.
The first part (Maestoso) is a gloomy free rhapsody with changing paces and moods. The leitmotif of this part consists of two descending intervals, a minor second and a perfect fifth, which emphasises the flute in a solo part in the third act of the composition. Various tones of this instrument, permeated with pain, pervade the whole of this part. But at the same time, the rendition and the accompaniment often make the flute sound vary turbulent. The features determining the form of this part are changeability and contrasting moods. The emotional climax is reached right before the cadence of the soloist and returns after its end. The flute is treated as an instrument capable of conveying various moods and emotions, from very subtle to outright brutal. The tone colour is an important element of the development of the form in the solo part, but also in the part performed by the accompanying string section (articulation).
The second part (Allegro) is a vivid and joyful rondo.
An important part of its impetuosity is the rhythm, which utilises certain elements of the rhythmicity developed by the peoples of the Carpathian Mountains, from Poland to Romania.
In the melodic layer we will not discern, however, any quotations from existing folk melodies. It is rather an imaginative melodic pattern inspired by folk music, but existing only in the composers imagination. The tome colour constitutes an extremely important element of the musical narrative. In the part played by the string section there appear very refined means of articulation and colour, which frequently overlap and permeate each other. The solo part, which is performed in a truly virtuoso manner, sometimes blends in with those measures, and sometimes stands in opposition to the tone colour of the string section. The volume of the sound and the tone colour are expanded thanks to the usage of the piccolo flute.
The catalogue of technical measures used in the part played by the flute is extremely rich and gives the soloist an excellent opportunity to presents his or her skills.
The two parts of the concert demand a lot from the soloist, who needs to possess many various skills. This concert provides the soloist with a great opportunity to present not only his or her technical craft, but also to display his or her musical sensitivity. The flute is not treated as an instrument with a delicate sound, but more like a tool conveying a tremendous force and evoking vehement emotions.
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Rodrigo - Concierto pastoral pour flûte - I.- Loïc Schneiderby frerelan5,555 views
Compliments! Very good interpretation!!!
syrinx1976 1 year ago
Incoyable musique interpretee par mon flutiste prefere! Carine :)
berruyeres 1 year ago
Je l'ai croisé à Paris, il est très sympa
AmiralSAS 1 year ago
A great master of the flute. I had the fortune of listening to him live several times in Quito, Ecuador (of all places!) back in the eighties. Unforgettable.
Hjadlowker 2 years ago
Très beau! Merci pour cette belle découverte.
arquemuse 2 years ago