Chisnau 3: New Music for Orchestra

Featuring

Mihail Agafita
Alexandr Zavalii
National Philharmonic "Serghei Lunchevici"
Ruth Alon
Jerome de Bromhead
Lars Fetzek

Brian T. Field
Juan Pablo Medina
Christian Paterniti
Neil Stipp

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Composer Biography

Jerome de Bromhead, born in Waterford, Ireland, in 1945, is described as a "reformed serialist" whose recent music explores the edge of tonality.

Performer Biography

Mihail Agafiţa, hailed as "one of Europe's most talented young conductors," has conducted over 750 symphonic concerts, operas, and ballet performances in 25 years.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in April 2022 at Life.N.Co Records in Chisinau, Moldova, with Andrei Lifenco handling recording, editing, and mastering.

Compositional Technique

Lars Michael Fetzek's "Cycle of Eleven Canons" employs manifold symmetries, including melodic inversion, retrogradation, pitch spiraling, and his own invention, progressive/iterative prolation.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Jerome de Bromhead's piece, "The Melting Point of Ice," aims to evoke the astonishment he feels when considering the science of water's phase changes.

Historical Context

The Symphonic Orchestra of the National Philharmonic 'Serghei Lunchevici' was founded in 1930 and has been a significant cultural emissary in Moldova.