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Cellist Chang Han-na to release her first Vivaldi album worldwide
By Kim Young-gyo
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Chang Han-na said Monday that her first album of the cello concertos of Antonio Vivaldi, best-known for "The Four Seasons," will be released worldwide next month.
"There are many beautiful pieces by Vivaldi other than 'The Four Seasons,'" said
Chang to reporters in a press briefing held in central Seoul.
The collaboration with the London Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Christopher
Warren-Green, music director and regular principal violin of the orchestra, is
Chang's first recording of Baroque repertoire.
The album was recorded at London's Abbey Road Studios in June 2008 following a
performance at St. John's Smith Square.
"In Vivaldi's time, the cello was seldom used as a solo instrument," Chang said
in Korean. "I wanted to experience how the cello was in the first place, before
it was full-fledged as an instrument."
The cello was just starting to be used as a solo instrument when Vivaldi composed
his cello sonatas and concertos from the early 1700s to the late 1730s.
None of his nearly 30 cello concertos were published in his lifetime, but they
survived in manuscript form. Vivaldi composed them for colleagues, patrons, and
the Ospedale della Pieta, the orphanage where he taught violin and directed an
orchestra for many years.
The fact that Vivaldi was a virtuoso violinist is reflected well in the pieces,
Chang said.
"He did not set bounds to what cellos can do. He knew how the strings should be
treated, what was possible with the strings," she said.
"You would be surprised to hear how high and rhythmic cellos can go."
The Russian-born composer Igor Stravinsky, who is considered among many to be the
most influential composer of the twentieth century, notoriously underrated
Vivaldi's works, saying, "Vivaldi would compose the same form over many times in
his concertos."
Chang defied such criticism.
"Yes, they might sound similar, even to professional performers," Change said.
"However, I strongly believe it totally depends on how performers inject what the
composer intended into their performances."
Her newest album, released in South Korea last week, is scheduled to be released
worldwide Nov. 3.
Chang and the orchestra will start a six-day South Korean tour in early November
that will take them from Seoul to Tongyeong, located in southern part of the
country, where an international music festival honoring the late South Korean
composer Yun Isang will be held.
ygkim@yna.co.kr
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SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Chang Han-na said Monday that her first album of the cello concertos of Antonio Vivaldi, best-known for "The Four Seasons," will be released worldwide next month.
"There are many beautiful pieces by Vivaldi other than 'The Four Seasons,'" said
Chang to reporters in a press briefing held in central Seoul.
The collaboration with the London Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Christopher
Warren-Green, music director and regular principal violin of the orchestra, is
Chang's first recording of Baroque repertoire.
The album was recorded at London's Abbey Road Studios in June 2008 following a
performance at St. John's Smith Square.
"In Vivaldi's time, the cello was seldom used as a solo instrument," Chang said
in Korean. "I wanted to experience how the cello was in the first place, before
it was full-fledged as an instrument."
The cello was just starting to be used as a solo instrument when Vivaldi composed
his cello sonatas and concertos from the early 1700s to the late 1730s.
None of his nearly 30 cello concertos were published in his lifetime, but they
survived in manuscript form. Vivaldi composed them for colleagues, patrons, and
the Ospedale della Pieta, the orphanage where he taught violin and directed an
orchestra for many years.
The fact that Vivaldi was a virtuoso violinist is reflected well in the pieces,
Chang said.
"He did not set bounds to what cellos can do. He knew how the strings should be
treated, what was possible with the strings," she said.
"You would be surprised to hear how high and rhythmic cellos can go."
The Russian-born composer Igor Stravinsky, who is considered among many to be the
most influential composer of the twentieth century, notoriously underrated
Vivaldi's works, saying, "Vivaldi would compose the same form over many times in
his concertos."
Chang defied such criticism.
"Yes, they might sound similar, even to professional performers," Change said.
"However, I strongly believe it totally depends on how performers inject what the
composer intended into their performances."
Her newest album, released in South Korea last week, is scheduled to be released
worldwide Nov. 3.
Chang and the orchestra will start a six-day South Korean tour in early November
that will take them from Seoul to Tongyeong, located in southern part of the
country, where an international music festival honoring the late South Korean
composer Yun Isang will be held.
ygkim@yna.co.kr
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