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| The Piano Concerto was written in 1995 and was conceived in the conventional form of three movements, with an orchestral introduction, virtuoso solo writing and substantial cadenzas. The opening theme of the first movement is announced quietly by the strings. Built over a tonic pedal, its constuction is harmonically based. The beauty and simplicity of this opening provides a wonderful contrast to the virtuoso entry of the piano part, which offers a major challenge to the soloist with its huge sonorities and long passages of 32nd notes. The orchestra's use of the main theme owes much to the ritornello structure of the Baroque concerto. It provides interludes and accompaniment to the soloist who eventually breaks completely into a breathtaking cadenza in the grandest romantic tradition. Only at the very end of the movement is the orchestra allowed to reappear with a hint of the main theme. |
CD: The music of Jordan Waring
Label: MMC Recordings
Credits: Moravska Philharmonie, Nicholas Smith, conductor, Jose Ignacio Diaz, piano |
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| The overture was written as a deeply felt reaction to the carnage that had occurred in Bosnia. It is dedicated to the victims of the Bosnian holocaust.A plaintive and lonely trumpet announces the main theme of the overture, which is immediately repeated with simple harmonic accompaniment for the horns. When the full orchestra takes up the theme it keeps the same thythm but with a different metrical stress and a far more elaborate accompaniment. This suddenly gives way to an accompanying figure on the harp which introduces a very intimate clarinet theme which is again assumed by the whole orchestra with more complex accompaniment including a wonderful counter-melody in the strings and fanfare-like rhythms.A further sudden interruption of the orchestra in full flow again heralds the second theme which is now played fortissimo. The overture finishes in a very quiet and reflective mood with the winds and harp offering a last glimpse of the second subject at half speed. |
CD: The Music of Jordan Waring
Label: MMC Recordings
Credits: Moravska Philharmonie, Nicholas Smith, conductor |
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| Symphony No. 2 Was Premiered in Allentown PA on Nov. 12th 1994 by the Allentown Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Jere Lantz. The symphony is subtitled "The elements" with each of the 4 movements representing one of the four basic elements of ancient mythology. Movement II, water, is gentle and melodic, representing the growth of a river, from it's tiny source to it's giant end. |
CD: Symphony No. 2-The Elements
Label: Unreleased
Credits: The Allentown Symphony Orchestra, Jere Lantz, cond. |
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