Cornelius Cardew – la regina gioiosa

Revolution

Pubblicato 13 dicembre 20248 dicembre 2024 da Claudio Capriolo14 commenti

Cornelius Cardew (1936 - 13 dicembre 1981): Revolution is the main trend per pianoforte (1974). Fausto Bongelli.

Cornelius Cardew

For Cornelius (Alvin Curran 85)

Pubblicato 13 dicembre 20233 dicembre 2023 da Claudio Capriolo9 commenti

Alvin Curran (13 dicembre 1938): For Cornelius per pianoforte (1981-94). Eve Egoyan.

« For Cornelius was written in December 1981 just after my hearing the news of the accidental and tragic death of the English composer Cornelius Cardew. Cornelius was a visionary and his humane, prophetic powers affected everyone around him. Since my first meeting with him in Rome in 1965 and later through the many collaborations of MEV (Musica Elettronica Viva) and Cardew’s AMM group, his subtle influence has remained with me. For Cornelius is structured simply in three sections — a song, a thundering study on slowly changing harmonies, and a chorale. Though not intentionally made so, this piece may be seen as a tribute to Cardew’s own utopian dreams of making “elitist” music popular » (Alvin Curran).

Treatise

Pubblicato 13 dicembre 202211 dicembre 2022 da Claudio Capriolo1 commento

Cornelius Cardew (1936 - 13 dicembre 1981): Treatise «for any number of musicians with any instruments» (1967). Cardew Trio: Michele Selva, sassofono contralto; Nicola Baroni, violoncello e live electronics; Massimiliano Messieri, percussioni-giocattolo e live electronics. Esecuzione live (12 gennaio 2010) delle prime 14 pagine della partitura.