Trio con Brio Copenhagen - Bent Sørensen's triple concerto: L'Isola della Citta (1.-2. mov.)

Описание: Trio con Brio Copenhagen performs premiere of Bent Sørensen's triple concerto: L'Isola della Citta (2015) with Danish National Symphony and Joshua Weilerstein in Jan. 2016 in Koncerthuset, Copenhagen.
Part 1:
1. mov.: Traduci, calmo
2. mov.: Andate ma non troppo - Arioso dolente - Andante ma non troppo


Reviews on premiere performance:

“New Danish Masterpiece... THE TRIPLE CONCERTO IS BENT SØRENSEN’S BEST TO DATE, A MIRACLE OF DREAMING ATMOSHPERES CREATING IMAGES Bent Sørensen has never had a phase like this..."

-Berlingske



"...The echos and descending glissandi, which are characteristic of Sørensen, lives in his new triple concerto like an island of beauty in the middle of a giddy, grating world, which the music of beauty and stillness dreamingly seems detached from... Parts of the fuga in ‘L’isola della cittá’ reminded one, that it is Beethoven who has introduced the challenging combination of violin, cello, piano and orchestra with his triple concerto. But Bent Sørensen makes the combination work better. In fact flawless. At least in this performance. It made new contemporary music an experience for everybody who has a longing for beauty within. A longing which opens for contact with spirits of the past. A very, very fine evening."

-Politiken



“An Island of Beautiful Trio-tones... Sørensen’s very special tone poetry saturated both the trio’s insect like buzzing, the percussion’s abrupt interruptions and the brass players melancholic calling. The musicians of Trio con Brio tour the world thin; their playing is extremely tight and let magically the instrumanets melt together in homogenous sound colours. As a crisp surprise the piano broke the meditative expanse with a catching motife..."

-Jyllandsposten