Kats-Chernin's 2nd piano concerto
Jan. 26th, 2014 07:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sawylTangentially, via this morning's Breakfast on R3 which was marking Australia day, I've discovered Elena Kats-Chernin's 2nd piano concerto. Best know for Eliza's Aria from her ballet Wild Swans — which you may not think you know but you do; it was used to advertise a bank a few years ago — Kats-Chernin's minimalist style is a world away from the great romantic struggle of yesterday's Beethoven.
The pianist is Ian Munro and the Tasmanian SO is conducted by Ola Rudner. It's really very nice; just a shame it doesn't seem to be available commercially...
ETA: Via YouTube, the discovery that Sarah Cracknell has an acoustic version of The Journey Continues that makes good use of Kats-Chernin's motif from Eliza's Aria.
The pianist is Ian Munro and the Tasmanian SO is conducted by Ola Rudner. It's really very nice; just a shame it doesn't seem to be available commercially...
ETA: Via YouTube, the discovery that Sarah Cracknell has an acoustic version of The Journey Continues that makes good use of Kats-Chernin's motif from Eliza's Aria.
