Markus Kaitila

Recent interview with Hannah Harnest Jan D'Esopo The Gallery Inn... Jose Ramos Santana Puerto Rico International Piano Festival Old San Juan, Puerto Rico Discover Puerto Rico

Nordic Piano Duo: As Heard and Danced around the Baltic Sea by Two Pianos across the Atlantic Finland Center Foundation...Continue reading

Thomas Hardy - Gerald Finzi: Childhood among the Ferns (1949) Published as No. 1 in Finzi's Before and After Summer, Op. 16. Vincent Turregano, Baritone vincentbaritone.com... Markus Kaitila, Piano #Hardy #Finzi #artsong #remote #collaboration #Leipzig #NewYork #art #song #classical #vocal #music #baritone #voice #piano

If you missed this spectacle before Christmas... Ritual in 2020: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring Music for Thought Series... Hannah Harnest & Markus Kaitila - Piano New Chamber Ballet Miro Magloire - Choreography & Direction Anabel Alpert, Megan Foley, Amber Neff, Rachele Perla & Madeleine Williams - Dancers Dr. Hui-Ying Liu-Tawaststjerna - Introductory Text Richard Sterne - Reader Filmed at both St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery and New York City Center Stravinsky's Rite of Spring - A Reflection on Ritual in 2020 This is the third event of the virtual Music for Thought Series, which is generously being supported by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York German Consulate General New York. 'Chosen - A ritual in music to Stravinsky's Rite of Spring' is not a dance film proper. Rather, it blends music and dance elements in an equal balance. Stravinsky's own, piano-four-hands transcription of his legendary ballet is the musical base of the work: a less-known version that highlights the score's innovative power while playing down its folkloric touch. The film zooms in on the pianists' hands in their infernal dance on the keyboard, and juxtaposes it to a fragmented, solemn ritual executed by the dancers. This was a complex project to realize, with so many disparate parts, says choreographer Miro Magloire, but it's a version that really can only exist on film, and at the same time it pays tribute to what struck me so much when I listened to the piano version over and over: it's sheer, bold, raw beauty. We are grateful to the Nicholas Roerich Museum in New York, which contains the original paintings of the artist for the 1930 US Premiere of Stravinsky's work, and which made it possible for us to film a discussion with Miro Magloire, pianists Hannah Harnest & Markus Kaitila, and dancer Megan Foley about Ritual in 2020. The Rite of Spring / Le Sacre du Printemps (19121913) (first performance: 29 May 1913) Part I: Adoration of the Earth / Première Partie: L´Adoration de la Terre Introduction (Day) The Omens (or Augurs) of Spring. Dances of the Maidens. / Les Augres Printaniers. Danses des Adolescents Ritual of Abduction / Jeu du Rapt Spring Rounds / Rondes Printanièrs Ritual of the Rival Tribes / Jeux des Cités Rivales Procession of the Sage [or the Wisest One] / Cortège du Sage Adoration of the Earth [by the Sage] / Adoration de la Terre [Le Sage] Dance of the Earth / Danse de la Terre Part II: The Great (Exalted) Sacrifice / Seconde Partie: Le Sacrifice Introduction (Night) Mystic Circle of the Young Girls / Cercles Mysteriéux des Adolescentes Glorification of the Chosen One / Glorification de l’Élue Evocation of the Ancestors / Evocation des Ancêtres Ritual Actions of the Ancestors / Action Rituelle des Ancêtres Sacrificial Dance [The Chosen One] / Danse Sacrale [L’Élue] Discussion at Nicholas Roerich Museum New York

With Denis in Astoria last October.

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