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1 Albrechtsberger: Concerto for Jews Harp, Mandora and Strings
2 Hindemith: Concerto for Trautonium and String Orchestra 3 Glière : Concerto for Coloratura Soprano 4 Jolivet: Concerto for Ondes Martenot 5 Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Harmonica 6 Piazzola: Concerto for Bandoneon String Orchestra and Percussion 7 Maxwell Davies: Piccolo Concerto 8 Tan Dun: Concerto for Water Percussion and Orchestra 9 Kalevi Aho: Concerto for Contrabassoon and Orchestra 10 Gabriel Prokofiev: Concerto for Bass Drum and Orchestra |
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This, is Tjurgan Kam§. His video answers most of these questions:
1 How do you play the Jew's Harp? 2 Does anyone play the Jew's Harp nowadays? 3 Would a Jew's Harp work in the pop world? 4 And what about Altaic (Turkic-Mongolian) throat singing? 5 What's the ideal outfit for a bruisingly hot TV studio? Ukraine has Talent. I have no idea whether he won, but this gives a flavour of the instrument before we move on. And the song is called Grandfather's Song. §He corrects an interviewer's pronunciation in another video. |
Stefan Dollak plays his arrangement of Dr John Stafford, or Carolan's Receipt on the four-course lute, or mandora.
This tune is by the great Irish harper and composer Turlough O'Carolan, a contemporary of Geminiani and Corelli, and a composer who influentially blended Irish traditional styles with the Italian baroque. This four-course lute is sold by Mid-East Mfg under the name "lute-kulele." |
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Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (1875 Kiev -1956 Moscow)
Concerto for Coloratura Soprano & Orchestra in F minor Op 82 (1943) 1 Andante (6m50) performed by Anna Netrebko, in the Mariinsky Theatre, in a concert celebrating the 300th anniversary of the founding of St Petersburg |
Reinhold Glière
Concerto for Coloratura Soprano & Orchestra in F minor Op 82 1 Andante ♦ 2 Allegro (11m40) performed by Joan Sutherland, with the London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, conductor |
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A waterphone, ocean harp or AquaSonic waterphone, consists of a stainless steel resonator bowl or pan with a cylindrical neck, and bronze rods of different lengths and diameters around the rim of the bowl.
The resonator may contain a small amount of water giving the waterphone a vibrant ethereal sound used in film soundtracks, record albums, and live performance. It was available in four sizes from Standard (7" diameter) to MegaBass (16"). It is generally played in a seated position, either bowed or drummed, with movements to affect the water inside. This combines the resonant characteristics of the bowl and rods with the movement of the water. The sound of the waterphone is often used to evoke mystery and suspense. The instrument was invented by American Richard Waters (1935- 2013). He was influenced by a Tibetan drum he encountered in the early 1960s, which contained a small amount of water, affecting its timbre. |
percussionist Alex Wong bows the waterphone
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Tan Dun (b1957)
Water Concerto for Water Percussion and Orchestra (1998) (12m03) Prelude: Largo molto rubato 1 Adagio molto misterioso performed by Eric Poe, percussion, Contemporary Youth Orchestra, Liza Grossman, music director, at the Waetjen Auditorium of Cleveland State University |
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If you enjoyed that visit to the Eastern idiom, you may also enjoy another of Tan Dun's works that was not on the BBC Magazine list. This concerto is for Guzheng, or Zheng, a Chinese form of zither. This is the familiar plucked string we associate with Chinese and Japanese music. It is tuned to the same major scale we are used to hearing in Western music. The bridges on the guzheng are movable. Click on the instrument to see more detail. In this concerto Tan Dun matches the instrument with western strings and, although not stated in the title, you will hear feet. This 24-minute work is composed straight through without the traditional breaks between movements. |
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Did we make it for
When I looked on Wednesday we had reached £5,065. Adding Gift Aid will take the total to more than £6,000.
A big thank you to everyone who donated. Many charities are losing anticipated income as a result of the cancellation of the London Marathon. MENCAP would have raised around £1 million. |
you can still click on the image above to donate to Mollie Canning's 100th Birthday Appeal for MENCAP
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