{"id":44940,"date":"2024-07-09T11:55:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T09:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/583f7891-a022-49bd-b640-332af977371e"},"modified":"2024-07-09T12:37:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T10:37:24","slug":"eleanor-alberga-strata","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/eleanor-alberga-strata\/","title":{"rendered":"Eleanor Alberga: Strata"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 09 July 2024 at 09:55 AM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>From core to crust, Rebecca Franks enjoys the distinctive levels of \u2018Strata\u2019, Eleanor Alberga\u2019s delightfully fresh First Symphony<\/p><p><strong>Eleanor Alberga<\/strong><br\/>Tower*; Symphony No. 1 \u2018Strata\u2019; Mythologies<br\/>*Castalian String Quartet; BBC Symphony Orchestra\/Thomas Kemp<br\/><em>Resonus RES10340\u00a0\u00a0\u00a066:21 mins\u00a0<\/em><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/REVIEWS-ORCHESTRAL-CHOICE-Eleanor-Alberga-Symphony-No.-1-Strata-VI.-Plumes.mp3\"\/><\/figure><p>Contrary to popular belief, composers are still writing symphonies. And here comes a wonderfully fresh First Symphony from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/eleanor-alberga\">Eleanor Alberga<\/a>, a composer in her seventies whose music is currently flourishing. <\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/musical-terms\/what-symphony\">What is a symphony?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>A pianist by training, she worked for many years at the London Contemporary Dance Theatre as music director, before turning more of her energy towards composing. <\/p><p>In recent years she\u2019s focused attention on traditional classical forms: a Trumpet Concerto in 2021, this Symphony in 2022 and a Piano Concerto for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra earlier this year.<\/p><p>Symphony No. 1, subtitled \u2018Strata\u2019, sprang from a commission in memory of a viola player, David Nash, for his Brandon Hill Chamber Orchestra in Bristol. The BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Thomas Kemp give a meticulous and colourful performance here, but Nash\u2019s love of geology and sailing shape its six, titled movements. <\/p><p>Echoes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/bela-bartok\">Bart\u00f3k<\/a>\u2019s nature music give it rustling, flurrying energy; a love of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/igor-stravinsky\">Stravinsky<\/a> surely shapes how Alberga handles tension. Like both composers, she always finds moments for the music to dance. <\/p><p>Earth\u2019s processes are vividly depicted in \u2018Core\u2019, \u2018Mantle\u2019 and \u2018Crust\u2019: from rumbling, murky plate tectonics to the final eruptions of \u2018Plumes\u2019.<\/p><p>It\u2019s tempting to think of\u00a0<em>Mythologies<\/em>\u00a0as a companion to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/gustav-holst\">Holst<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/recordings\/best-recordings-holsts-planets\">The Planets<\/a><\/em>, in the way it paints mythological figures (including Venus, goddess of peace and Mars, god of war) in characterful strokes. <\/p><p>If this earlier work from 2000 has perhaps less of the confident fluency and sharp focus of the Symphony, her voice is still distinctive.\u00a0<em>Rebecca Franks<\/em><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Published: Tuesday, 09 July 2024 at 09:55 AM From core to crust, Rebecca Franks enjoys the distinctive levels of \u2018Strata\u2019, Eleanor Alberga\u2019s delightfully fresh First Symphony Eleanor AlbergaTower*; Symphony No. 1 \u2018Strata\u2019; Mythologies*Castalian String Quartet; BBC Symphony Orchestra\/Thomas KempResonus RES10340\u00a0\u00a0\u00a066:21 mins\u00a0 Contrary to popular belief, composers are still writing symphonies. 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