"Mirage" - Ronald Royer - with special guest violist, Máté Szücs - SPO S41E16

Описание: Ronald Royer, composer; Joyce Lai, violin / Máté Szücs, viola / Andras Weber, cello / Kaye Royer, clarinet / Talisa Blackman, piano. An SPO/Canadian Sinfonietta co-production.

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Notes from the composer, Ronald Royer:

"My intent in this composition is to explore the shifting and illusionary world of the dream state. Mirage begins with a slow meditative introduction representing the act of falling asleep. A solo viola cadenza follows, starting a sequence of musical episodes, each emphasizing different emotions and parts of a dream. As the ensemble enters, the music takes on a melancholy air with occasional mysterious interludes.

In the next section, the music speeds up and takes on a restless and more intense character employing a bluesy and jazz-infused theme. The music moves into a more flowing and serene section before leading into a faster and more agitated section representing the dream taking a more troubled direction.

Leading to an unsettling climax, the music abruptly stops leaving silence. The original meditative music returns as the dreamer starts to awake entering that in-between world of wondering if the dream was real or not."

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This performance features Máté Szücs, a prominent international artist. Máté was principal violist for several season with the world-famous Berlin Philharmonic, having left that position to embark on a solo touring career in 2019. "Mirage" was performed and recorded when Máté was on tour in southern Ontario, fall 2019.

Learn more about Máté Szücs through his NAXOS profile here: https://www.naxos.com/person/Mate_Szu...

Find more videos with Máté on YouTube (including performances with the Berliner Philharmoniker) here: https://www.youtube.com/results?searc...

See more performances from Andras Weber here: https://www.youtube.com/results?searc...

Video directed and edited by Saul Pincus, Splice Heist Productions, Inc..
Audio recorded and edited by Jeff Wolpert, Desert Fish Toronto.

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