{"id":1413,"date":"2023-10-26T10:44:48","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T15:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theprimaveraproject.com\/?post_type=recording&p=1413"},"modified":"2023-12-12T13:17:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T19:17:16","slug":"primavera-iv-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"recording","link":"https:\/\/www.theprimaveraproject.com\/recording\/primavera-iv-the-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"PRIMAVERA IV the heart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. Aviv<\/em> (2022), Atar Arad<\/a> (8:51)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Three Graces<\/em> (2021), Tyshawn Sorey<\/a> (3:52)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Grace<\/em> (2022), Aaron Jay Kernis<\/a> (6:27)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Iridescent Gest (2022), Justine F. Chen<\/a> (3:50)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Chlorisflora<\/em> (2022), Brian Current <\/a>(4:43)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. pentimento (version for solo cello and electronics) <\/em>(2021), <\/em>Nina C. Young<\/a> (6:23)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Your Own Shadow<\/em> (2022), Paul Moravec<\/a> (4:25)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Venus in Shadow World<\/em> (2022), Rob Mazurek<\/a> (7:15)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Breaking Bread<\/em> (2022), Nkeiru Okoye<\/a> (6:48)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Anima vento<\/em> (2022), Analia Llugdar<\/a> (9:47)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Blindfolded Cupid<\/em> (2022), Vincent Ho<\/a> (4:39)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. Her Arranged Marriage to Oranges<\/em> (2022), Carmen Braden<\/a> (4:03)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. Winter Song<\/em> (2022), Gordon Getty<\/a> (3:16)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    PRIMAVERA IV the heart<\/strong> is the fourth of six albums in a momentous series encompassing 81 world premieres for solo cello. This digital album presents 13 new commissions for groundbreaking, multi-GRAMMY nominated cellist Matt Haimovitz as part of THE PRIMAVERA PROJECT<\/strong>. A collaboration between Haimovitz, artist Charline von Heyl, and director Jeffrianne Young, THE PRIMAVERA PROJECT is inviting 81 composers to respond to two paintings, Sandro Botticelli\u2019s enigmatic painting, Primavera<\/em> (ca. 1480), and the prophetic large-scale triptych, Primavera 2020<\/em>, by world-renowned contemporary artist Charline von Heyl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Passing the halfway point of the commissioning cycle, PRIMAVERA IV the heart <\/strong>presents an eclectic mix of composers who gravitate to various themes in the paintings. Three approaches to the Graces \u2013 by MacArthur Genius Grant recipient Tyshawn Sorey, Pulitzer-prize winner Aaron Jay Kernis, and award-winning Justine F. Chen \u2013 offer three distinctive interpretations of the Graces. Justine F. Chen<\/a>\u2019s Iridescent Gest<\/strong> highlights the moto perpetuo<\/em> kinetic energy of the dancers; Tyshawn Sorey<\/a>\u2019s Three Graces<\/strong> offers a dramatic, richly nuanced and complex arc through the interlocking gestures of the graces; and Aaron Jay Kernis<\/a>\u2019 Grace<\/strong> reimagines the heart of each of J.S. Bach\u2019s Six Suites for Cello Solo, the Sarabande<\/em>, in search of a timeless musical language. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The album begins with legendary violist and composer Atar Arad<\/a>\u2019s Aviv<\/strong>, a suite of miniatures traversing a wide range of styles, from Jewish modes to Scottish bagpipe music, playful to mournful (\u201cOnce Upon a Time \u2013 Highland \u2013 Song \u2013 Humoresque \u2013 Elegy \u2013 Spring Dance\u201d). Canadian Brian Current<\/a>\u2019s Chlorisflora<\/strong> shatters our cello expectations with a whole new sphere of timbres and extended techniques (including the use of a paper clip), depicting the earthly flowers and vines that grow out of the nymphs. Nina C. Young<\/a>\u2019s pentimento<\/strong> also expands the sound palette adding an electronic tableau to haunting acoustic fragments that emerge from the layers of texture. Pulitzer-prize-winning Paul Moravec<\/a>\u2019s Your Own Shadow<\/strong> contemplates the only words in Charline von Heyl\u2019s Primavera 2020<\/em>, a three-note motive metamorphosing from a virtuosic show piece to an ethereal melody in harmonics. Jazz trumpeter and composer Rob Mazure<\/a>k takes us on a Prokofiev-tinged theatrical voyage with Venus in Shadow World<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Argentinian-Canadian Analia Llugdar<\/a>\u2019s Anima vento<\/strong> evokes the East Wind, the breath of Zephyrus, with a wide-ranging spectral imagination. Juno Award-winning Canadian Vincent Ho<\/a>\u2019s Blindfolded Cupid<\/strong> taps into vernacular music, unfolding with a series of progressively more wound-up riffs. From the Canadian sub-Arctic, Carmen Braden<\/a> explores a range of emotions and subtext of the Primavera paintings with Her Arranged Marriage to Oranges<\/strong>. Two returning composers, Nigerian-American Nkeiru Okoye<\/a> and Gordon Getty<\/a> contribute new Primavera Project pieces: Okoye\u2019s Breaking Bread<\/strong> merges Spirituals with Bach mock-polyphony; and Gordon Getty\u2019s Winter Song<\/strong>, following his Spring Song<\/strong> released on PRIMAVERA II the rabbits<\/a><\/strong>, continues the nonagenarian\u2019s traversal of the seasons with the promise and comfort of nature\u2019s cycles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This album was recorded February 7-10th, 2023 in the artist studio of Charline von Heyl in Marfa, TX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    credits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Artist<\/strong> Matt Haimovitz, cello
    Executive producers  <\/strong>Matt Haimovitz & Jeffrianne Young, M.D.
    Produced by  <\/strong>    David Frost<\/a>
    Recording engineer  <\/strong>    Brian Losch<\/a>
    Associate producer<\/strong> Nathan Brandwein
    Mastering engineer <\/strong>    Silas Brown<\/a> 
    Cover art  <\/strong>Detail of Charline von Heyl\u2019s Primavera 2020<\/em>, used with kind permission. 
    Cover Design<\/strong> Marjolein Coenrady
    Product Management & Design<\/strong> Francesca Mariani & Kasper Van Kooten<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Label <\/strong>PENTATONE Oxingale Series<\/a> (PTC: <\/strong>5187161)
    Release Date<\/strong> November 24, 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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