Hemsi: Chamber Works ARC Ensemble
Album info
Album-Release:
2022
HRA-Release:
14.10.2022
Label: Chandos
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Artist: ARC Ensemble
Composer: Alberto Hemsi (1898–1975)
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
- Alberto Hemsi (1898 - 1975): Greek Nuptial Dances, Op. 37bis:
- 1 Hemsi: Greek Nuptial Dances, Op. 37bis: I. In Honour of the Mother-in-law 03:26
- 2 Hemsi: Greek Nuptial Dances, Op. 37bis: II. In Honour of the Bride 03:28
- 3 Hemsi: Greek Nuptial Dances, Op. 37bis: III. In Honour of the Godfather 03:24
- Three Ancient Airs, from the Coplas Sefardies, Op. 30:
- 4 Hemsi: Three Ancient Airs, from the Coplas Sefardies, Op. 30: I. Ballata 02:30
- 5 Hemsi: Three Ancient Airs, from the Coplas Sefardies, Op. 30: II. Canzone 03:32
- 6 Hemsi: Three Ancient Airs, from the Coplas Sefardies, Op. 30: III. Rondò 03:03
- Pilpúl Sonata, Op. 27:
- 7 Hemsi: Pilpúl Sonata, Op. 27: I. Allegretto comodo 08:30
- 8 Hemsi: Pilpúl Sonata, Op. 27: II. Larghetto meditativo 05:04
- 9 Hemsi: Pilpúl Sonata, Op. 27: III. Larghetto meditativo 06:10
- Quintet, Op. 28:
- 10 Hemsi: Quintet, Op. 28: I. Concertino 04:58
- 11 Hemsi: Quintet, Op. 28: II. Burlesca 05:37
- 12 Hemsi: Quintet, Op. 28: III. Berceuse 04:37
- 13 Hemsi: Quintet, Op. 28: IV. Rondò 02:38
- Méditation, Op. 16:
- 14 Hemsi: Méditation, Op. 16 06:42
Info for Hemsi: Chamber Works
Alberto Hemsi wurde 1898 in Turgutlu (auch bekannt als Cassaba) in Anatolien (der heutigen Türkei) geboren. Obwohl es in Anatolien seit mehr als 2000 Jahren eine jüdische Präsenz gab, wuchs die Bevölkerung nach dem Alhambra-Dekret von 1492 mit der Ankunft von Sephardim aus Spanien und Portugal beträchtlich. Mit dem Zerfall des Osmanischen Reiches, dem Aufkommen des Nationalsozialismus, der Gründung des Staates Israel und der Eskalation des Antisemitismus in der arabischen Welt ging die Zahl der Juden jedoch rapide zurück. Nach Abschluss seiner Ausbildung am Konservatorium in Mailand kehrte Hemsi nach Anatolien zurück, fest entschlossen, so viel traditionelle sephardische Musik wie möglich zu sammeln und zu notieren. Die Faszination für nationale Volksmusik hatte in ganz Europa Wurzeln geschlagen - Bartók und Kodály in Ungarn, Dvorák und Smetana in Böhmen und Vaughan Williams und Gustav Holst in England sind die bekanntesten Beispiele. Da sich seine Forschungen nicht an politischen oder geografischen Grenzen orientierten, war Hemsi gezwungen, die zahllosen Gemeinschaften in der riesigen sephardischen Diaspora zu untersuchen. Er war von diesem musikalischen Erbe ebenso fasziniert wie besorgt um sein Überleben, aber wie so viele Komponisten verstand er auch, wie traditionelle Melodien zusammen mit den verschiedenen Aufführungsstilen und Konventionen, die sie unterstützten, Inspiration und Nahrung für seine eigene Musik bieten konnten.
ARC-Ensemble
ARC Ensemble
Nominated for its third Grammy Award in 2016, the ARC Ensemble is among Canada's most distinguished cultural ambassadors. Although the ensemble performs a wide range of music, its preoccupation continues to be the research and recovery of music that was suppressed and marginalized under the 20th century's repressive regimes. A growing number of hitherto unknown masterworks are rejoining the repertoire as a result of the ARC Ensemble's work.
The ARC Ensemble has appeared at major festivals and series, including the Budapest Spring Festival, the Enescu Festival (Bucharest), New York's Lincoln Center Festival, Canada's Stratford Festival, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, London's Wigmore and Cadogan Halls and Washington's Kennedy Center. The ARC Ensemble's “Music in Exile” series has been presented in Tel Aviv, Warsaw, Toronto, New York and London, and its performances and recordings (on Sony's RCA Red Seal label and Chandos) continue to earn unanimous critical acclaim and regularly broadcasts on stations around the world.
Comprised of the senior faculty of the Royal Conservatory's Glenn Gould School, with special guests drawn from the organization's most accomplished students and alumni, the ARC Ensemble's core group consists of piano, string quartet and clarinet with additional forces as repertoire demands. The ARC Ensemble collaborates with a range of artists, they include the pianist Leon Fleisher, the novelist Yann Martel, actors Saul Rubinek and R.H. Thompson, and composers R. Murray Schafer, Omar Daniel and Vincent Ho.
EXIT: MUSIC, a documentary describing the ensemble's work premiered in November 2016 and has been screened at a number of international festivals. It is distributed internationally by First Run Features in the US and Euroarts, Berlin in other territories. The ARC Ensemble's most recent release, its sixth, is devoted to the music of the Auschwitz survivor and onetime conductor of the camp's orchestra, Szymon Laks. The recording was nominated for a 2018 Juno Award. Highlights of ARC's 2019 season includes concerts at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, the Parco della Musica, Rome, and UCLA's Schoenberg Hall.
James Conlon, Music Director of the Los Angeles Opera and a pioneer in the recovery of lost twentieth century repertoire, is the ARC Ensemble's Honorary Chairman, its Artistic Director is Simon Wynberg.
Booklet for Hemsi: Chamber Works