Category: Symphonic / Orchestral , Recordings
FLUTE STORIES - ABOUT WATER, TREES AND A CHINESE CONCUBINE
With the internationally outstanding interpreters Lukasz Dlugosz and - in the double concerto - Agata Kielar-Dlugosz, multi-faceted music for flute and orchestra is presented here. All of them have in common a narrative keynote that refers to natural themes such as water and trees, but also to the famous concubine Yang Guifei of ancient China. She is credited with the cultivation and courtly spread of flute playing. This Asian colouring of the last work also builds a bridge to the double concerto at the beginning of the CD, where "water" is explicitly presented as a symbol of Daoism and spiritual metaphor.
Introduction: CONTENT:
WATER – ELEMENT OF INFINITY Concerto for 2 Flutes & Orchestra
1: I: Water is the way of Dao
2: II: Garden of pearly fountains
3: III: Secret of lowest places
4: IV: Moon over Erqan Springs
5: V: Water – the hidden shape of power
BAUMWELTEN - WORLDS OF TREE for flute, strings & harp
6: I: Birke - birch tree
7: II. Apfelbaum - apple tree
8: III: Kastanie - chestnut
9: IV: Hainbuche – hornbeam
PICTURES OF YANG GUIFEI for flute & symphonic orchestra
10: I: Dark Mysteries of an ancient beauty
11: II. The Rainbow Feather Dance
12: III: Scent of pink-red Lychees
13: IV: Revolt & Death
© Ries & Erler Musikverlag Berlin (1 – 5, 10 – 13)
© Strube Musikverlag Berlin (6 - 9)
Lukasz Dlugosz, Flute (1-13) Agata Kielar-Dlugosz (1-5)
conductor: Miroslaw Jacek Blasczyk (1 – 13)
Harp: Agnieszka Kaczmarek-Bialic (6 – 13) / Violin solo: Dariusz Zboch (6 – 9)
Ersteinspielungen / First recordings
Recordings:
11.1. – 14.1. 2020 in Katovice / Poland, im Konzertsaal der Henryk Górecki Silesian Philharharmonic Katovice
Recording & Editing: Pegasus Audio mit Florian B. Schmidt, Aki Matusch (Berlin)
FLUTE STORIES - ABOUT WATER, TREES AND A CHINESE CONCUBINE
Mit den international herausragenden Interpreten Lukasz Dlugosz und – im Doppelkonzert – Agata Kielar-Dlugosz wird hier facettenreiche Musik für Flöte und Orchester präsentiert. Allem gemeinsam ist ein erzählerischer Grundton, der auf naturhafte Themen wie Wasser und Bäume verweist, aber auch auf die berühmte Konkubine Yang Guifei des alten China. Ihr wird die Kultivierung und höfische Verbreitung des Flötenspiels zugesprochen. Dieses asiatische Kolorit des letzten Werkes schlägt auch die Brücke zum Doppelkonzert am Anfang der CD, wo „Wasser“ explizit als Sinnbild des Daoismus und spirituelle Metapher vorgeführt wird.
FLUTE STORIES - ABOUT WATER, TREES AND A CHINESE CONCUBINE
With the internationally outstanding interpreters Lukasz Dlugosz and - in the double concerto - Agata Kielar-Dlugosz, multi-faceted music for flute and orchestra is presented here. All of them have in common a narrative keynote that refers to natural themes such as water and trees, but also to the famous concubine Yang Guifei of ancient China. She is credited with the cultivation and courtly spread of flute playing. This Asian colouring of the last work also builds a bridge to the double concerto at the beginning of the CD, where "water" is explicitly presented as a symbol of Daoism and spiritual metaphor.
Records: 2020
