Sawer - Rumpelstiltskin
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Label: NMC Recordings
Cat No: NMCD251
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 27th September 2019
Contents
Artists
Anne Denholm (harp)Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Conductor
Martyn BrabbinsWorks
April-MarchBetween
Cat's Eye
Rumpelstiltskin Suite
Artists
Anne Denholm (harp)Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Conductor
Martyn BrabbinsAbout
All three of the pieces on this album (David’s third for NMC) have a connection with dance: the Rumpelstiltskin Suite (2011) originated in Sawer’s 2009, 70-minute ballet Rumpelstiltskin; the early ensemble piece Cat’s-Eye (1986) was choreographed by Richard Alston for Rambert in 1992; and premiered in concert in 2016, April\March was commissioned for the Royal Ballet.
David Sawer describes Rumpelstiltskin as “a grotesque fable for our times”. He leaves it to us to ponder the modern-day resonances of this dark tale of greed, deceit, cruelty and abuse.
Cat’s-Eye is inspired by the fantascope projector, with its spectacular optical tricks that shocked audiences in the 1800s. A simple device called “l’oeil-de-chat”, caused these images to appear and disappear: as the eye closed, the source of light was extinguished. In this piece Sawer brings in instruments together – often in pairs – then they are pulled apart or pitted against others. Past and present are explored in April\March – the back to front calendar of the title pointing to a reversal in time.
This album also includes the bonus track Between, a gentle, beautifully ethereal work which captures a kind of otherworldly essence of the harp completely without sentimentalism.
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