{"id":3317,"date":"2011-08-16T20:24:03","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T19:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/?p=3317"},"modified":"2011-08-16T20:25:18","modified_gmt":"2011-08-16T19:25:18","slug":"bobby-and-hans-take-naptown-indy-star-on-galschumann-3rd-symphonies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2011\/08\/16\/bobby-and-hans-take-naptown-indy-star-on-galschumann-3rd-symphonies\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobby and Hans take Naptown- Indy Star on Gal\/Schumann 3rd Symphonies"},"content":{"rendered":"

A very nice new review of Bobby and Hans vol. 1 from Jay Harvey of the Indianapolis Star. \u00a0Read the whole thing at the Indy Star website here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Revelatory Schumann from Orchestra of the Swan<\/a><\/h3>\n
Written by\u00a0Jay Harvey<\/span><\/h6>\n

Aug. 16, 2011<\/p>\n

Two third symphonies make up an arresting release from\u00a0Avie Records:<\/a>\u00a0Robert Schumann\u2019s in E-flat, op. 97, sometimes called \u201cthe Rhenish,\u201d and Op. 62 in A by Hans Gal, a long-lived Austrian-British composer who died in 1987.\u00a0 The latter is a premiere recording that will introduce many listeners to Gal, who combines in this work skill at orchestration with a tendency to bring a complex view of structure to bear. The three-movement work concludes with a purposeful, but often blithe, virtuoso finale for the excellent British orchestra, in residence at Stratford-upon-Avon, conducted by\u00a0Kenneth Woods.<\/a><\/p>\n

Woods shows his luminous interpretive vision in the Schumann, which blasts away the cobwebs of\u00a0 the composer\u2019s reputation as a dull, borderline inept, orchestrator. As Schumann\u2019s final of four works in the symphonic idiom, Op. 97 is\u00a0 full of energy and inspiration. Never has the outline of Schumann\u2019s composition been clearer. Woods shapes exemplary phrasing from Orchestra of the Swan; the clarity does not amount to some kind of antiseptic dissection, but something more at the opposite extreme: a new lease on life for a familiar masterwork.<\/p>\n

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The Bobby and Hans project depends on the generous sponsorship of music lovers and friends of the Orchestra of the Swan and fans of the music of Hans Gal and Robert Schumann. Without your help, the orchestral music of Gal will remain unheard. We hope you will give what you can to keep the music playing.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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