Movement and
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Les Ballets Russes under direction of
Diaghilev performed during the first decades of the last century.
It presented
a long stretching development, of dance, dance music and opera.
Dance
and choreography from Nijinsky to Balanchine, composing from Rimsky Korsakov to
Prokofiev.
Schipper
created a language from this inspiring period which resulted in this piece of
intense
atmosphere and exuberant dance music.
The Sonata Classica is classical within its
romantic context.
The
music reminds of a fresco technique: its sense of three dimensions, of colour,
of movement and reflection.
Its
colourful romantic ‘surface fresco layer’ is embedded in a late classical symphonic architecture.
The
different styles are each further developed and are melted into one language.
Movement and Reflection
Piano
music composed and performed by Barend Wolter Schipper
Ballets Russes: Part one (5’38)
Part
two (5’17)
Sonata Classica: Part
one (6’43)
Part two (2’44)
Part three (7’31)
Total time: (28’17)
Cover: frescoes of
Michelangelo in the Sixteen Chapel in Rome.
Front: The Libyan Sibyl
Back: The Prophet Jeremiah
Recording: AE-Studios
“Movement
and Reflection” was recorded live –
applause omitted-
in
the Grand Piano Hall of the piano firm A. Hahn.
Instrument:
Steinway & Sons concert grand piano.
We
want to thank family Hahn for their generous support.
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