The Trinity Concerto was commissioned by the Trinity Episcopal Church in Indianapolis to commemorate the 75th anniversary of a new cathedral.
Compositional Technique
Grigoriu introduced tape music to Romania with his score for the 1962 Mihai Berechet film Macbeth.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The cycle Byzantium after Byzantium, which includes the works on this album, reconsiders the contemporary destiny of Byzantine religious music and its millennial tradition.
Compositional Technique
Grigoriu was the first Romanian composer to use the idea of heterophony, a polyphony of infidelities towards a matrix, in his orchestral work Homage to Enescu.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Grigoriu's music is deeply rooted in Romanian poetic sensitivity, communicating the untranslatable term 'dor,' which indicates a profound sadness.
Performer Biography
Ian Hobson, the pianist and conductor on this album, won First Prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition in 1981.
Composer Biography
Theodor Grigoriu, a prominent Romanian composer, studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Aram Khachaturian.
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