Rochberg, G.: Piano Music, Vol. 1 - Circles of Fire
8/23/2010, 15 Tracks, 1:09:53
Featuring
Sally Pinkas
Evan Hirsch
Hirsch-Pinkas Piano Duo
George Rochberg
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Recording & Production
This recording of George Rochberg's "Circles of Fire" was made possible with support from the Hopkins Center and the Dean of Faculty Office at Dartmouth College.
Performer Biography
The Hirsch-Pinkas Piano Duo, consisting of Sally Pinkas and Evan Hirsch, gave the premiere performance of George Rochberg's "Circles of Fire."
Composition History
George Rochberg's "Circles of Fire" for two pianos was co-commissioned by several institutions, including the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College and Duke University.
Compositional Technique
Two movements, "Chiaroscuro" (II and XIV), are named after the Renaissance painting style characterized by luminous colors emerging from dark backgrounds.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Rochberg's artistic philosophy states that the artist's project is to express the "fire in the mind" and create beautiful things, not to make the world a better place.
Compositional Technique
The overall structure of "Circles of Fire" is symmetrical, featuring five "Solemn Refrains" placed at balanced intervals throughout the fifteen movements.
Composer's Artistic Vision
George Rochberg, the composer, believed that music expresses a "mental fire" that drives human passions and shapes them into symmetry and asymmetry.
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