Anima Music Works

12/28/2018

Anna Clyne’s multi-piece work ‘The Violin’ celebrates collaboration! Violin lessons were bartered for the commission and composition lessons for the rehabilitation of an antique instrument; also, animated short films were created to accompany the music and poetry by the composer’s mother is heard during several of the pieces. This work’s creation is a product of the weaving together of peoples’ lives, while the beautifully entwined music of the two soloists is interlaced with spoken word and visual meditation.

Hear ‘Tea Leaves’ below performed by dedicatees Amy Kauffman and Cornelius Dufallo, with stop-motion animation by Josh Dorman. Then come out hear it live on our Warp and Woof concert, January 5th, in Socorro.

Josh Dorman animation. Anna Clyne music.

12/21/2018

Thrilled once again to present music by Polish-Soviet musician Mieczyslaw Weinberg! Full of exciting and delicate virtuosity, he wrote the sonata for two violins for imminent soloists Leonid Kogan and Elizabeth Gilels, sister of pianist Emil Gilels. Weinberg meets the contrapuntal challenge of weaving together two full-throated equals with a tapestry rich in detail, invention, charm, and expressive immediacy. Even as Weinberg’s star rises beyond Russian borders, this work is rare to hear in performance.

Listen at the link below to the third movement, as performed by Elena Prokhorova and Alexander Trostjanskij. Then, come hear it live on our Warp and Woof concert, January 5th, at 2:00pm in Socorro.

Mieczyslaw Weinberg Elena Prokhorova, Violine (5-16) Olga Makarova, Klavier (1-5, 16) Alexander Trostjanskij, Violine (6-8) Sonate Nr. 1 für Klavier op. 5 (1940) Aleksey Klumov gewidmet

12/10/2018

By the hand of Isang Yun, traditional Korean musical technique flourishes as an instrument of the Western avant-garde. A nearly mystical golden thread runs through his Sonatina, a masterfully intimate web woven of tradition and innovation, simplicity and ornament. Hear the opening performed by sisters Angela and Jennifer Chun, below, and hear it live at our concert: Warp and Woof on January 5th.

I-Sang Yun's Sonatina for Two Violins performed by Angela and Jennifer Chun.

12/07/2018

Warp & Woof: Backstory. Read a snapshot interview of Jack Larsen, whose work inspired composer Victoria Bond to write the first piece on our program. See some exquisite examples of Larsen's textile innovation at the bottom, after the jump. A link in the comments gives a more thorough profile of this amazing and storied artist, courtesy NY Times.

Come hear Bond's "Woven" for two violins at our concert: Warp and Woof on January 5th.

Jack Lenor Larsen has translated travel into textile innovation.

12/03/2018

The weavings of Jack Larsen inspired composer Victoria Bond to write Woven for two violins. Here is the first of five exquisitely crafted miniatures you will hear at our concert: Warp and Woof. Performed here by Susan Jolles and Sheila Reinhold.

Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises Woven: Spinning · Renee Jolles · Susan Jolles · Sheila Reinhold · Kenneth Cooper · Daniel Panner · Birds and P...

03/05/2018

It's been a while, but we're preparing a new show for Palm Sunday! I'm very excited to play with Ed Pias, Native American flutes, and Susie Welch, drums. Please stay tuned for more information and an event page, coming soon!

08/30/2017

The myth of Pan and Syrinx as conceived for the flute by Claude Debussy. This beautiful late addition to our program is played below by Emmanuel Pahud. Hear Denise Gilson perform it live(!) tonight at our Summer Lyric event. August 30, 7:00pm, at Epiphany Episcopal Church in Socorro.

Emmanuel Pahud, flute Directed by Stéphan Aubé · Filmed in December 2010 at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Denmark) Soundtrack by kind permission of EMI Cla...

08/24/2017

Eric Whitacre's music sings the moon to sleep with the classic text of Goodnight Moon. Children will love hearing this magnificient telling of the beloved story. Claire Chandler will perform it with Dawn Chambers on our Summer Lyric program, August 30, 7:00pm, at Epiphany Episcopal Church.

Arielle Nachtigal, soprano Cory Chang, piano M.M. Recital spring 2016

08/23/2017

So excited to be playing The Lark Ascending again, with Dawn Chambers! Hilary Hahn's live take here with Camerata Salzburg and Louis Langrée is full of eloquence and probity. Hear it in Socorro on our Summer Lyric program, August 30, 7:00pm, at Epiphany Episcopal Church.

Hilary Hahn performs The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams at the George Enescu Festival. Disclaimer: I do not own the rights for this material, I jus...