donderdag 19 juni 2008

Rzewski

In between the dishwasher and the half-packed suitcases I heard a very beautiful piece of Music on Radio Klara: Frederic Rzewski: 'The People United will never be defeated' (1975) (played by Ralph van Raat, piano). I'd never heard of this composer but apparently he's an American (°1938) based in Belgium. His piece 'The People United will never be defeated' consists of 36 virtuoso piano variations on the Sergio Ortega song 'El pueblo unido jamás será vencido'. It is conceived as a companion piece to Beethoven's 'Diabelli Variations'.
I certainly put this one on my wish list.
As well as the Swedish jazz musician Jan Johansson.

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