{"id":956,"date":"2022-04-22T09:16:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T14:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theprimaveraproject.com\/?p=956"},"modified":"2022-12-14T12:28:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T18:28:28","slug":"primavera-ii-the-rabbits-the-whole-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theprimaveraproject.com\/primavera-ii-the-rabbits-the-whole-note\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW by The Whole Note | PRIMAVERA II the rabbits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By: Tina Kiik<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published: April 21, 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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PRIMAVERA II the rabbits cover: detail of Charline von Heyl\u2019s Primavera 2020<\/em>, used with kind permission<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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PRIMAVERA II the rabbits
Matt Haimovitz, cello
PENTATONE Oxingale Series <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The awe-inspiring Primavera Project, co-directed by Matt Haimovitz and Dr. Jeffrianne Young, explores the influence and inspiration of music and art. Its six-release series is comprised of 81 world premiere solo cello compositions commissioned for Haimovitz. Each composer was asked to respond to Sandro Botticelli\u2019s enigmatic painting, Primavera<\/em>, and the prophetic large-scale triptych, Primavera 2020<\/em>, by world-renowned contemporary artist Charline von Heyl. This second release PRIMAVERA II the rabbits<\/a><\/em> takes its name from the rabbit trilogy motive in von Heyl\u2019s visuals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haimovitz\u2019s arrangement of Josquin des Prez\u2019s Kyrie <\/em>(from Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae<\/em>) opens. His conversational four-part contrapuntal playing ranges from moving, to dark singing tone colour above full harmonic chords. This is followed by 13 new works, each lasting under ten minutes. It is so fascinating to hear each composer\u2019s own musical perception of the visuals. For example, Missy Mazzoli<\/a>\u2019s Beyond the Order of Things (after Josquin)<\/em> has a contemporary orchestral storytelling sound with rhythms, pitch slides, fast runs and sudden atonal held notes. Tomeka Reid<\/a>\u2019s energetic Volplaning<\/em> is an intense response to the paintings. Sudden loud single-line phrases and rhythmic detached notes add to the running and bouncing rabbit sensibility. Gordon Getty<\/a>\u2019s Spring Song<\/em> is a slow, calming Romantic-style-influenced work, clocking in under the two-minute mark. Plucks, repeated notes and upbeat rock strings have the rabbits bopping in a bar in David Balakrishnan<\/a>\u2019s Theme and Variants<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haimovitz understands and interprets each diverse work, playing all lines in stunningly beautiful, must-listen-to passionate performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the original on The Whole Note<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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