Musica Politica: Brecht, Andriessen u.a. vertont von Esecutori di Metallo su Carta

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Esecutori di Metallo su Carta, eine Art Haus-Ensemble des 19m40s-Labels bestehend aus Sebastiano De Gennaro, Enrico Gabrielli, Francesca Biliotti, Francesco Fusaro, Marcello Corti und Roberto Rettura, bringt kurz vor den Feiertagen eine Sammlung politischer (Protest-)Lieder heraus, wobei der Begriff Lied hier tatsächlich auf die entsprechende Stuktur und in bestimmten Fällen auch die Bedeutung des Gesangs gemünzt ist. Es werden Stücke von Frederic Rzewski (“Coming Together”), Louis Andriessen (“Workers Union“), Hanns Eisler & Bertolt Brecht (“Solidaritätslied”) sowie eine Eigenkomposition (“Sciopera!”) umgesetzt. Verschiedene Blasinstumente, Stimme, Ideophone, Kontrabass, Piano, Percussion und diverse Elektronik kommen zum Einsatz. Die Musiker betonen einen engen Zeitbezug des Projektes: “When we saw the results of the Italian parliamentary elections, we decided for a change in our editorial schedule that would respond to the new political situation with the language that is closest to us, music”, so Enrico Gabrielli, einer der Gründer des Labels und der Veröffentlichungsreihe. “After Musica Spirituale and Musica Razionale, we have come to this Musica Politica (Political Music), which is very dear to us because it also represents a realistic

cross-section of who we are as individuals, beyond the musician masks we wear in front of others”. Sebastiano de Gennaro ergänzt ““The release opens with a song that we performed for the first time in a live set last year at the Puntuale Festival in Settignano [...]. Coming Together by Frederic Rzewski has a strong political stance, albeit veiled by the symbolism of the text and a hypnotic musical treatment, which I enjoyed reworking to give our interpretation a different touch from the versions already available in the market”. Die konkrete Umsetzung und Ergänzung des ausgesuchten Materials folte strengen Entscheidungen: “Precisely because of this veiled symbolism, I decided to interpolate the original text with some data taken from the latest report of the Antigone Association”, erklärt Francesco Fusaro. “Coming Together was born in response to the 1971 riots in the prison of Attica, which caused 43 deaths. Given what happened during the pandemic, which continues to happen in our prison system, adding a part in Italian to the original text lends Coming Together with an updated interpretation of the context in contemporary Italy“. Das Album erscheint als CD und Download.

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Speaking Rzewski: Stephane Ginsburgh interpretiert Frederic Rzewski

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Im Rahmen der “Unclassical”-Reihe bringen Sub Rosa ein Album mit Stephane Ginsburghs Interpretationen des Komponisten Frederic Rzewski (1938-2021) heraus. In den vergangenen Jahren pflegten die beiden eine enge kreative Freundschaft, einige der vorliegenden auf Piano und fragmenthaften Spoken Words basierenden Tracks wurden speziell für den jüngeren Musiker geschrieben. Das Album erscheint auf CD mit ausführlichem Booklet, sowie als Download.

“This album is the result of years of work and friendship with the composer. It started with De Profundis, a piece which has had a deep impact on me as a musician and a person, and ended with it. Frederic attended many of my performances of the piece, the last one during our last public concert together in early 2020 in Brussels. In the meantime, he wrote Dear Diary (2014) and America: A Poem (2020) for me which were both premiered at ARS MUSICA festival. I am very happy to present these pieces to you on this new and special album coming out on Sub Rosa. (Stephane Ginsburgh)

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Musica Politica: Brecht, Andriessen u.a. vertont von Esecutori di Metallo su Carta

Speaking Rzewski: Stephane Ginsburgh interpretiert Frederic Rzewski