I can't help thinking that in this snippet, it sounds very like the opening theme of Vaughan Williams's Flos Campi, a far more beautiful piece than The Lark Ascending, although perhaps that's because the former hasn't been done to death by Classic FM (soporifically stealing your soul with music from bourgeois commercials: all your M+S favourites). I hate that station. It's the Daily Mail of classical music.
3 comments:
Oh hello Aidan
Owen put me onto this. Anyway, reading of violas, see if you can get a recording of Boris Pigovat's Holocaust Requiem which I saw the other week at a Kristallnacht commemorative concert. The form is essentially that of a viola concerto. The viola cadenzas are stupendous and the work as a whole is very moving. May be difficult to get hold of as it's a very new piece.
Hello Catharine,
My name is Sasha and I'm Boris Pigovat's son. Thank you for taking interest of my dad's music.
You can download his music from his website: www.pigovat.com/recordings.php
There are all 4 parts of Requiem there.
Best Regards,
Sasha Pigovat.
Thanks Sasha - I'll have a look and tell Catharine too.
Yours,
Plashing Vole
Post a Comment