English Horn concerto for Cor Anglais and orchestra BROKEN RONDO music Miguel del Aguila Mester Diaz

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BROKEN RONDO
concerto for solo English Horn and orchestra
Concertino for Cor Anglais / Englischhorn / corno inglés and orchestra /y orquesta / und Orchester /et orchestre
music Miguel del Aguila
Pedro Díaz, english horn / cor anglais / corno inglés
Jorge Mester, conductor
Orquesta Filarmónica de Boca del Río
Teatro Fernando Gutierrez Barrios
Veracruz, México
recorded live June 10 2016
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Broken Rondo is a one-movement English horn concerto or concertino. The work begins with a slow introduction where the English horn, accompanied by the strings and clarinet, sings quasi-free cadenzas and arabesques, setting a calm, somewhat nostalgic mood. Soon, the rondo theme begins. This simple, upbeat modal theme drives the piece forward with an ostinato rhythm of Andean character. At first light and dance-like, it becomes progressively more dramatic until the rondo is interrupted by an extended orchestral interlude. The English horn finishes the piece with a slow, somber, extended cantilena as the piece dissolves in darkness.
The orchestration is light, bright and always focused on the solo instrument. The word “broken” of the title suggests not only the fact that the rondo form breaks down towards the end, but also implies an unexpected emotional struggle and a fracture from which the piece never recovers.
The work was commissioned by Johanna Cox with a grant from the University of Oklahoma Research Council and from Mr. Carl Rath. The work is dedicated to Johanna Cox who premiered it on June 26, 2010 in Norman, Oklahoma during the International Double Reed Society Conference with the IDRS Orchestra under conductor David Lockington.
Miguel del Aguila
Three-time Grammy nominated American composer Miguel del Aguila was born 1957 in Montevideo, Uruguay. In more than 115 works that couple drama and driving rhythm with nostalgic nods to his South American roots, he has established himself among the most distinctive and highly regarded composers of his generation. His music has been performed worldwide by over 60 orchestras, by thousands of ensembles and soloists, and recorded on 31 CDs. His training took place in both the Americas and Europe. After graduating from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music he traveled to Vienna, where he studied at the Hochschule für Musik and Konservatorium . Early premieres of his works in Vienna’s Musikverein, Konzerthaus and Bösendorfer halls won him praise from audiences and press. In 1989 he introduced his works in New York’s Carnegie Recital Hall and Lukas Foss premiered his Hexen with Brooklyn Philharmonic. CDs of his works were released on Albany Records and KKM-Austria by 1990.
Del Aguila returned to the U.S. in 1992 where soon The Los Angeles Times described him as "one of the West Coast's most promising and enterprising young composers." He received the Kennedy Center Friedheim Award in 1995, and was music director of Ojai Camerata until 1999. In the 1990s his works were performed at Lincoln Center, London’s Royal Opera House, and in most European capitals.
2001-2004 he was Resident Composer at Chautauqua Festival and 2005-2007 Composer in Residence with New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, through a New Music USA/Music Alive Award. This residency culminated in the premiere of his opera Time and Again Barelas, commemorating Albuquerque’s tricentennial. He received a New Music USA Magnum Opus Award in 2008, the Lancaster Symphony Composer of the Year Award 2009, and the Copland Foundation and Argosy Foundation awards among others.
In 2010 he received two Latin Grammy nominations, for the CD Salón Buenos Aires and for his work Clocks. In 2015 a third Grammy nomination for his Concierto en Tango which, two years after its premiere has already been scheduled 21 orchestra performances worldwide. His works are recorded on Naxos, Dorian, Telarc, New Albion, Albany, Centaur and Eroica among others and published by Peermusic Classical.
See also english horn concertino by Donizetti, Dvorak english horn solo from Symphyony No.9, Tristan und isolde English horn solo Wagner, Ned Rorem English horn concerto, Rossini English horn solo from Wilhelm Tell. - sdfhjefjh189efjkAFQ(I#(J_