Edward Gardner; Sara Ovinge; N - Patientia [CD]

Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.This release marks a musical homecoming for Sara Ovinge, since she has chosen a slightly more convoluted career path than most violinists. Sara has sought out and immersed herself in contemporary music, Iranian music, composition, improvisation, and art-pop amongst several other musical pursuits. Her entire M.O. points to a strong and intrinsic need to be a 'co-creating' musician, one who leaves her mark on the musical expression in a more comprehensive way than simply playing the notes on the stand.rr

This record is no exception, being a result of her commissioning, her curating, and a substantial dose of willpower.

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Meeting with Kjetil Bjerkestrandin 2019, Sara found something she was looking for. He is the epitome of the symbiotic musician, drawing on experience and inspirations from a wide range of musical styles, from rock, pop through to contemporary. He describes the composition process as one part search for fixation points in a series of possible events, and one part exploration of friction caused by the union of the elastic and the mechanical.

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A theme that Sara aimed to pursue in the project was the juxtaposition of the electronic and the organic. Philip Glass's 2nd Piano Concerto is arranged for synthesizer and strings, a kind of updated version of Vivaldi's string orchestra with continuo. But where previous recordings have gone for an electronic sound resembling the baroque harpsichord, Sara wanted to create a more electro-acoustic soundscape, thus achieving a common thread between the two works.

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'Pacy, repeated motifs and catchy, fragmented melodies are contrasted with electronic humming landscapes.' x96 BBC Music Magazine; Recording 5 STARS, Performance 3 STARS

rr'the Glass is a real concerto, and [xd6ving] is magnificent. [x85]. Her rich and beautiful tone in more cantabile passages is balm to the mind. [x85] Listening to [the disc] is unalloyed pleasure.' x96 MusicWeb Internationalrr

'The label LAWO is establishing itself as questing, infinitely curious, and ambitious. No release shows these aspects better than this. [x85] Violinist Sara xd6vinge is superb, both in lyrical rumination and cumulative repetition' x96 Classical Explorer

Philip Glass: Violin Concerto No. 2, The American Four Seasons: I. Prologue

II. Movement I

III. Song No. 1

IV. Movement II

V. Song No. 2

VI. Movement III

VII. Song No. 3

VIII. Movement IV

Kjetil Bjerkestrand: Violin Concerto No. 1, Patientia: I. Vaghals

II. En & tyve

III. Descent & Ascent

IV. Seven

V. Ups & Downs

VI. Patientia

Philip Glass: Violin Concerto No. 2, The American Four Seasons: I. Prologue

II. Movement I

III. Song No. 1

IV. Movement II

V. Song No. 2

VI. Movement III

VII. Song No. 3

VIII. Movement IV

Kjetil Bjerkestrand: Violin Concerto No. 1, Patientia: I. Vaghals

II. En & tyve

III. Descent & Ascent

IV. Seven

V. Ups & Downs

VI. Patientia

• Genre: Classical
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 7090020182773

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