Lost in Wonder

Isolation

The 90th Minute (2022) הדקה ה-90
by Haim Permont (b. 1950)

* World Premiere Recording *
| The Israeli Contemporary Music Project

(photo by Miri Shamir)

Haim Permont: The 90th Minute | Hagai Yodan, piano

It Was Only a Dream

In Light

An Enchanted Journey

Thumb Wars (2021) (played with thumbs only)
by Guy Ben-Tov (b. 1994)

* World Premiere Recording *
| The Israeli Contemporary Music Project

Guy Ben-Tov: Thumb Wars | Hagai Yodan, piano

Flight from Fright (2022) מילוט מסיוט
by Yuval Admony

* World Premiere Recording *
| The Israeli Contemporary Music Project

Yuval Admony: Flight from Fright | Hagai Yodan, piano

Echoes of Hope


This work was commissioned by the Israeli Broadcasting Authority for the opening of the “Etnachta” 2001 Concert Season, and was premiered with the Israel Chamber Orchestra in a live broadcast of the “Voice of Music" Radio Station.

The Concerto is based on the form of Bach’s double Concerto. Both works have   similar instrumentation and the parts: Allegro, andante, Allegro, but this is where the resemblance ends.

The Concerto's music material is inspired by two completely different music genres; the Eastern European folk music on one hand and the folklore of India on the other.  In both, the dancing rhythms and the typical scales are dominant.

The work puts the two soloists in a kind of dance duet. A wide range of situations and emotions that the “couple” experience is displayed here: collaboration, dialogue, competition, anger, a search for an individual voice and the gentle balance needed to keep intact a relationship.

The work opens with a Raga Dance, based on a scale of five notes (raga) with a typical Indian color. The movement begins with a multi-layered and dense texture which sets the mood for the soloists to present the theme in unison. After the opening an intimate dialogue leads to a hectic and energetic allegro in which the soloist compete and imitate one another.

The Serenade presents a slow and romantic theme in the form of A-B-A with a nostalgic and sentimental feeling.

The Scherzo, also in a form of A-B-A, is a fast rhythmic movement full of agility and joy, based on a five note Raga. The coda presents an asymmetric pattern, acting as a background sequence for the soloists to play in a free and somewhat wild atmosphere till the ecstatic end. 

The work is dedicated to my wife Tali.        


Scherzo

Yaron Gottfried

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