Weinberg · Finko · Danielpour - Freedom (2015)
Weinberg · Finko · Danielpour - Freedom (2015)
Contemporary Classical | Innova 935 | 2015 | EAC (FLAC image, cue, log) | Booklet | Various File Hosts
Mimi Stillman, flute; Charles Abramovic, piano; Yumi Kendall, cello
Contemporary Classical | Innova 935 | 2015 | EAC (FLAC image, cue, log) | Booklet | Various File Hosts
Mimi Stillman, flute; Charles Abramovic, piano; Yumi Kendall, cello
Flowing, Middle Eastern-sounding melodies inflect this emotionally charged lamentation; it shimmers with agitation and occasional discord.
— Mark Pinto, WRTI, MAY 23, 2016
Notes from the Composers:
David Finko, Sonata for Flute and Piano The sonata was written for Mimi Stillman in 2012 and is dedicated to her. I identified the role of the flutist as protagonist in a loosely structured narrative throughout. The Largo opens with soft yet ominous chords in the piano for which I have a mental picture of a devastated city after a nuclear bombing. The flute enters with tentative steps, the image of a sole survivor roaming through this desolate landscape. Anguished cries interrupt the quietly flowing music. The second movement, Con moto, is a kind of dance exhibiting fury, virtuosity, and humor. A slow middle section provides a peaceful meditation. The Lento assai is gentle, dreamlike, and melancholic. The fourth movement, Con moto, appassionato, is dramatic and energetic. The flute’s motif at the beginning of the sonata is now heard in loud passages. The piece ends with shimmering major sonorities, indicating that the lone voice finally obtains inner peace. —David Finko
Richard Danielpour, Remembering Neda: Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano Remembering Neda: Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano was composed in the fall of 2009 in remembrance of Neda Agha-Soltan, a young woman who was shot to death in protests during the summer of 2009 in Tehran. She was part of a wave of thousands of young Iranians who took to the streets in the wake of what were very likely rigged elections in Iran in June 2009. Because of Iran’s repressive government (some have called it a “police state”) which has evolved in recent years, and because of the way women in particular have been brutalized in that country, Neda has become, for Iranians and others, a symbol of the struggle to prevail against such political and social injustices. Her death was documented on television; millions throughout the world watched this young woman die on video. And when I saw this myself, I realized that I needed to say something about it in the way I am most articulate - through music. My parents, Persian Jews, were born in Iran and came to the US when they were young. I was born in USA but spent a year as a child in Iran (1963), during the reign of the Shah Mohammed Pahlavi. My memories of that time are still quite clear. My mother, a sculptor, worked on several pieces commissioned by the Pahlavi family in the 1970s. And in the spring of 1980, roughly a year after the Iranian Revolution of 1979 when the Ayatollah Khomeini seized power, one of my paternal uncles was imprisoned, tortured and executed for the crime of owning land in Israel. Other members of my family were forced to leave Iran in the months and years that followed. I have kept much of my personal history at a distance from my work as a composer - until now. Remembering Neda is a cry for understanding in this most troubled place in the world. It is a lamentation for the losses incurred during this dark time in Iran. And it is a prayer of hope that this most unfortunate of situations will one day change. —Richard Danielpour
CD liner notes
Track List:
Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919-1996) (17:08)
Five Pieces for Flute and Piano (1947)
1. Landscape 2:58
2. First Dance 1:21
3. Second Dance 6:23
4. Melody 4:05
5. Third Dance 2:21
David Finko (1936) (18:49)
Sonata for Flute and Piano (2012)
6. Largo 5:34
7. Con moto 3:44
8. Lento assai 4:06
9. Con moto, appassionato 5:25
Richard Danielpour (1956) (17:16)
Remembering Neda: Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano (2009)
10. Lamentation 3:53
11. Desecration 3:23
12. Benediction 10:00
Yumi Kendall, cello
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