Pathway Through a Living Universe
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Alan Hovhaness, who regarded music as “a pathway through a living universe,” found inspiration for his Symphony No. 5, “Celestial Gate,” in a painting by Greek mystic Hermon DiGiovanno.
Toward the end of Evening Music, Rudolf Werthen leads I Fiamminghi down that spiritual pathway into the mysterious, floating world Hovhaness wanted to evoke through the music of this work.
The twelve-year-old Evgeny Kissin’s pianism took the world by storm when he tackled Chopin’s two piano concertos with the Moscow Philharmonic back in 1984. We bring you that live performance from a recording made in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, with Dmitri Kitayenko conducting.
Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 1 in F is brought to you by an international group of four authentic-instrument players, Sardinian violinist Alessandro Moccia, Columbian violinist Adrian Chamorro, French violist Hean-Philippe Vasseur, and Dutch cellist Ageet Zwiestra. They call themselves the Turner Quartet, in honor of the painter, J.M.W. Turner, and all enjoy the impeccable credential of playing under Philippe Herreweghe in the Orchestre des Champs-Elysees.
Toward the end of Evening Music, Rudolf Werthen leads I Fiamminghi down that spiritual pathway into the mysterious, floating world Hovhaness wanted to evoke through the music of this work.
The twelve-year-old Evgeny Kissin’s pianism took the world by storm when he tackled Chopin’s two piano concertos with the Moscow Philharmonic back in 1984. We bring you that live performance from a recording made in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, with Dmitri Kitayenko conducting.
Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 1 in F is brought to you by an international group of four authentic-instrument players, Sardinian violinist Alessandro Moccia, Columbian violinist Adrian Chamorro, French violist Hean-Philippe Vasseur, and Dutch cellist Ageet Zwiestra. They call themselves the Turner Quartet, in honor of the painter, J.M.W. Turner, and all enjoy the impeccable credential of playing under Philippe Herreweghe in the Orchestre des Champs-Elysees.
