Ekimovsky - The Mirror of Avicenna
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Label: Wergo
Cat No: WER67292
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 24th October 2011
Contents
Works
27 DestructionsSymphonic Dances
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
The Mirror of Avicenna
Violin Concerto
Artists
Mikhail Doubov (piano)Nazar Kozhukhar (violin)
Moscow City Symphony Orchestra
Pekarsky Percussion Ensemble
Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble
Conductors
Oleg KhudyakovAlexei Vinogradov
Works
27 DestructionsSymphonic Dances
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
The Mirror of Avicenna
Violin Concerto
Artists
Mikhail Doubov (piano)Nazar Kozhukhar (violin)
Moscow City Symphony Orchestra
Pekarsky Percussion Ensemble
Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble
Conductors
Oleg KhudyakovAlexei Vinogradov
About
A key work is "Symphonic Dances". The underlying literary programme evokes the vision of an endless dance marathon and, because of the apocalyptic reference, the work appears like a 'danse macabre'.
Two works for percussion were written especially for the 6 members of the Pekarsky Percussion Ensemble: "The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin" is a minimalist meditation in which Ekimovsky consciously avoids the loud and rhythmic playing that is typical of percussion instruments. His "27 Destructions" are ruled by the principle of 'destruction' which is realised by the change of rhythm, texture, melody, dynamics, tempo and instrumental colour at the junctures of the 27 different miniatures.
"The Mirror of Avicenna" is based on a common cultural archetype, the movement "From Darkness to Light". Ekimovsky, who dedicated this work to himself, based his work on words of the philosopher and healer Avicenna.
Ekimovsky wrote the violin concerto "Attalea princeps" after reading the eponymous story by Vsevolod Garshin who had expressed his feelings of being trapped in a brutal environment.
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