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PENTATONE OXINGALE SERIES: PRIMAVERA III the vessel<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matt Haimovitz<\/strong>, cello
Music by Josquin des Prez, Philip Glass, Annabelle Chvostek, Layale Chaker, Lewis Spratlan, Marcos Balter, Tamar-kali, Osnat Netzer, Phonodelica<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong>
June 2022, Baarn, The Netherlands
Talita Sakuntala, PR Manager +31 35 548 07 26<\/strong>
Digital Release Date
24 JUNE 2022
Released in digital formats for streaming
and high-resolution downloads.<\/em>
Audio Resolution for digital files:
96\/24 PCM stereo and 44.1k\/16 PCM stereo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cover Art: Detail of Charline von Heyl\u2019s Primavera 2020<\/em>, used with kind permission. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

PRIMAVERA II the vessel<\/a><\/strong> is the third of six albums in a momentous series encompassing 81 world premieres for solo cello. This digital album presents 9 new commissions by The Primavera Project for groundbreaking, multi-GRAMMY nominated cellist Matt Haimovitz. Composers from diverse backgrounds respond to both Sandro Botticelli\u2019s enigmatic painting, Primavera<\/a><\/em>, and the prophetic large-scale triptych, Primavera 2020, by world-renowned contemporary artist Charline von Heyl. The Primavera Project is currently featured in collaboration with von Heyl\u2019s Primavera 2020 in the 59th Biennale Arte 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Referencing the time of Botticelli, PRIMAVERA III the vessel<\/strong> begins with Josquin des Prez<\/strong>\u2019s Praeter Rerum Seriem<\/em><\/strong>, arranged for cello choir by Haimovitz and offering 500 years of perspective on the newly commissioned works. Stripped of the Latin text, Josquin\u2019s repeating motives and ubiquitous canons are illuminated by the six celli (all recorded by Haimovitz at von Heyl\u2019s artist studio in Marfa, Texas) in this contrapuntal tour-de-force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The album includes two new works by legendary composer Philip Glass<\/a><\/strong>: the lyrical Philip\u2019s Song<\/em><\/strong>, as well as Haimovitz\u2019s haunting rendition of Glass\u2019 Samsara<\/em><\/strong> which begins with the simplest of musical elements, winding its way as the cello metamorphoses into a tambura \u2013 the instrumental drone of raga. The themes of death and rebirth, darkness and light, possession and liberation permeate through the new works. Layale Chaker<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s heartfelt lament Before Bloom<\/em><\/strong> takes the form of a Middle Eastern taqsim, evoking the flowers and leaves bearing witness to suffering, yet blooming defiantly each Spring.
Annabelle Chvostek<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s (formerly of the Wailin\u2019 Jennys) Your Shadow and Inflorescence<\/em><\/strong> invites the cello into a bluegrass realm as she grapples with internalizing the darkness of Zephyrus\u2019 assault and regaining her own breath. Tamar-kali<\/a><\/strong> sparingly uses col legno,
pizzicato, and arco timbres in Little Bear Awakens<\/em><\/strong> to capture a dance of Spring. Lewis Spratlan<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s One for Two<\/em><\/strong> leads us on a tour of the two paintings, the symbols, and figures. Marcos Balter<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s ironically operatic Millefleur<\/em><\/strong> celebrates and demolishes the beauty of Botticelli\u2019s elaborate garden. The sprightly overtones and microtones of Osnat Netzer<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s Diaphanous Diaphony<\/em><\/strong> depicts the buoyancy and transparency of the three dancing Graces. Finally, Phonodelica<\/a><\/strong> transforms Botticelli\u2019s cathedral forest into the drowning meadow<\/em><\/strong> of von Heyl\u2019s Primavera 2020<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9 Charline von Heyl, Primavera 2020<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

About Matt Haimovitz<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Renowned as a musical pioneer, multi-Grammy-nominated cellist Matt Haimovitz is praised by The New York Times as a \u201cferociously talented cellist who brings his megawatt sound and uncommon expressive gifts to a vast variety of styles\u201d and by The New Yorker as \u201cremarkable virtuoso\u201d who \u201cnever turns in a predictable performance.\u201d He brings a fresh ear to familiar repertoire, champions new music, and initiates groundbreaking collaborations, as well as creating innovative recording projects. In addition to his touring schedule, Haimovitz mentors an award-winning studio of young cellists at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University in Montreal and is now the first-ever John Cage Fellow at The New School\u2019s Mannes School of Music
in New York City.

Haimovitz made his debut in 1984, at the age of 13, as soloist with Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic. At 17 he made his first recording with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, for Deutsche Grammophon. He has gone on to perform on the world\u2019s most esteemed stages, with such orchestras and conductors as the Berlin Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta, the English Chamber Orchestra with Daniel Barenboim, the Boston Symphony Orchestra with Leonard Slatkin, and the Orchestre Symphonique de Montr\u00e9al with Kent Nagano. Haimovitz\u2019s recording career encompasses more than 20 years of award-winning work on
Deutsche Grammophon (Universal), Oxingale Records, and the PENTATONE Oxingale Series. His honors include the Trailblazer Award from the American Music Center, the Avery Fisher Career Grant, the Grand Prix du Disque, and the Premio Internazionale \u201cAccademia Musicale Chigiana.\u201d He studied with Leonard Rose at the Juilliard School and graduated magna cum laude with highest honors from Harvard University. Haimovitz plays a Venetian cello, made in 1710 by Matteo Gofriller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n