Monthly Archives: March 2019
Freaking out in earnest: interview with Carlos Beneto Grau of the Spanish Brass quintet
“Rock band from the wind” or a serious circus? The Spanish Brass wind quintet from Barcelona performed at the international music festival in Yaroslavl. Spanish macho virtuosos first appeared in Russia, and they simply charmed the Yaroslavl audience.
Mixing styles is traditional for this festival, whose art Director, Yuri Bashmet, is a big fan of jazz, fusion and any interesting crossover. And just wind compositions are usually responsible for the crossover, since they often play both” normal ” classics, and works of modern composers, and jazz.Spanish Brass is also like that. Their program includes everything from Stravinsky’s arrangements to the iconic hard BOP tune “Sidewinder” by Lee Morgan. Continue reading
Il Gardellino Baroque ensemble: “We never record in studios»
Baroque-the new rock and roll? You could say that! Let this music is already half a thousand years old — what difference does it make if it still rocks the people at concerts and attracts more and more fans and adherents. Authentic performance — that is, playing old instruments-reaches the Russian province.
In fact, there is nothing surprising in the appeal of the Baroque. It is “sewn up”in us. Rock, prog-rock, folk-rock, art-rock and even pop borrowed from the Baroque melodies and rhythms. In principle, rock and Baroque music largely coincide, so to speak, in intentions and aesthetics: passion, craving for improvisation, live performance, the important role of the text, the sharpness of the utterance, and so on. Continue reading
