Edward Cowie (1943 - )

Concerto for Orchestra (1982)

Studies in the Movement of Water

Besetzung: Orchester

Bemerkung: R.J. Lambert: "He also draws inspiration from the interpretations of other artists, like Leonardo da Vinci’s studies of the movement of water, which inspired the Concerto for Orchestra": https://www.allmusic.com/artist/edward-cowie-mn0002196121. Siehe auch: Anthony Burton, Places, People, Pictures: The Recent Music of Edward Cowie, in: The Musical Times, Vol. 123, No. 1668, 1982, pp. 99 - 103.

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Guten Morgen, Herr Kandinsky! (2023)

Point and Line to Plane

Besetzung: Flöte und Klavier

Bemerkung: John France (2023): An understanding of Kandinsky’s art theories infuses Guten Morgen, Herr Kandinsky! The artist insisted that Points, Line and Planes are “the three basic structural and dynamic paradigms of not only the cosmos and nature but also of music and the visual arts”. The Point is the beginning of all things, the Line is in effect a moving Point, and a Plane represents multiple Lines, producing a composition 
 Kandinsky reveals how “geometrical, physical, aesthetic, and spiritual concepts coexist naturally”:https://musicwebinternational.com/2024/03/duo-menurida-in-two-minds-metier

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Harlequin Dances (1977/2019)

Besetzung: Harfe solo

Bemerkung: La Primavera is a series of ‘sound portraits’ for solo flute, inspired by the nine figures in Botticelli’s painting, one of the most beautiful, mysterious, and cryptic of all time [...] In the painting, most of the characters are either dancing or posed in dance-like actions, linking it to Harlequin Dances for solo harp, one of the ‘satellite’ works inspired by characters from Cowie’s opera Commedia (1977). In Harlequin Dances, Cowie fuses music of the 16th century with some of the gestures and theatrical devices of the Commedia itself: https://metierrecords.com/recording/edward-cowie-darkness-into-light/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

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Kandinsky (2003)

FĂŒr Gitarrenquartett

1. Points
2. Lines
3. Planes

Besetzung: Gitarrenquartett

Verlag: United Music Publishers Ltd.

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Kandinsky's Oboe (2009)

FĂŒr Oboe

1. Points
2. Lines
3. Planes

Besetzung: Oboe solo

Verlag: United Music Publishers Ltd.

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La Primavera (2021)

Nine Figures in an Orange Garden

1. Prelude: The Orange Garden I
2. Zephyrus
3. Chloris
4. Flora
5. Venus
6. Cupid
7. The Three Graces
8. Mercury

Besetzung: Flöte solo

Bemerkung: La Primavera is a series of ‘sound portraits’ for solo flute, inspired by the nine figures in Botticelli’s painting, one of the most beautiful, mysterious, and cryptic of all time. The painting radiates light and movement, and this is reflected in Cowie’s music, which epitomises the limpid and hugely flexible sonorities and brilliance of the flute. The series of variants follow the figures in the painting from left to right, ‘blown’ into the music by Zephyrus, signifying the breath of the flautist. In the painting, most of the characters are either dancing or posed in dance-like actions [...]: https://edwardcowie.com/recordings

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Stonehenge Thunderstorm and Skylark (1980)

Besetzung: Klavier

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ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Monika Fink-Naumann
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Institut fĂŒr Musikwissenschaft / Department of Musicology
UniversitÀt Innsbruck / University of Innsbruck
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