Name: Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra
Start: 2024-08-07T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-08-07T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Klein Music Tent

Admin

Aspen Music Festival

Direction d'orchestre

Robert Spano

Orchestra

Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra

Aspen

États-Unis

Klein Music Tent

Public

Concert

Oratorio

Bright Idea

Symphonie n° 5 en ré mineur, op. 47

Ayyappa swamy y

Valide

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Instrument

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da Gambist

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Acteur

Autre

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choeur

Chorus Director

Chorégraphie

Coach vocal

Coiffure

Compositeur

Costumes

Danse

Diffusion

Direction de choeur

Dramaturgie

Décors

En charge de la production

Extra

Illustrator

Livret

Lumières

Maquillage

Mise en scène

Orchestra Operations

Orchestre

Photographer

Poet

Prof

Répétiteur

Stage Manager

Traduction

Video

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Mezzo-soprano

Chanteur

Baryton

Contre-ténor

Baryton-basse

Ténor

Contralto

Basse

Soprano

Alto

Continuo

Rôle muet

Rôle parlant

Voix d'enfant

Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra: Bright Idea Muhly (+1 More)

See the conducting stars of tomorrow in these engaging concerts where student conductors rotate between conducting a movement of a work, or playing in the orchestra. Program Director and AMFS Music Director Robert Spano observes the work of his students at this weekly event.

Hear this summer’s Low Brass Competition winner and Shostakovich’s richly orchestrated 5th symphony!

Composer Nico Muhly describes Bright Idea as “a fast and energetic piece...I thought it would be appropriate to start the piece with the musicians closest to...the podium—the inside stands of strings—before letting the music spread out into the rest of the ensemble. The piece is structured as a series of physical gestures, ranging from a single high note in a single violin exploding downwards into the full orchestra, a chord suddenly frozen in time, or a perpetual-motion machine played by the woodwinds. I treat the orchestra like a single body moving through a series of bright and sonically intense spaces, sometimes taking time to look around, and other times racing through and catching glimpses of things in the distance and in the extreme foreground. I wanted to make sure the listener’s focal point is constantly shifting, so instead of zooming in on one instrument for a prolonged passage, the ear races around the orchestra with, I hope, a sense of joy and discovery.”

When Shostakovich was in his late twenties, his opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District was a smash hit. At one time, three different productions were running in Moscow. Then Stalin himself went to a performance. Offended by the luridness of the plot, he had the state newspaper condemn the work, and it disappeared overnight. Shostakovich was terrified that he too would disappear, and he kept a suitcase packed at all times in case of arrest. His 5th Symphony was an attempt to redeem himself in the eyes of the authorities, and he dubbed it “A Soviet Artist's Response to Just Criticism." Even while you’re swept away by the crowd-pleasing tunes and a sense of heroism, you may also notice an undercurrent of cynicism and despair. Shostakovich apparently remarked, "The rejoicing is forced, created under threat. It’s as if someone were beating you with a stick and saying, ‘Your business is rejoicing, your business is rejoicing …"

English

Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra by Muhly, Shostakovich, Du (2024/2024), Chef d'orchestre Robert Spano, Klein Music Tent, Aspen, États-Unis

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Programme, À Propos & Synopsis

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