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Mintchev Georgi Contrasts Orch54

Georgi Mintchev
Contrasts

Music for Orchestra

for symphony orchestra

  • Duration: 21'
  • Genre: contemporary
  • Composed: 2002

Reference: ORCH54d
CHF33.00
Study score

Details

  • Instrumentation:

    3.2.3.2-4.3.3.1-perc.(3), 4 timp., strings

  • Publisher: Editions Bim

Audio samples

Contrasts

Composer

Georgi Mintchev

Georgi Mintchev (*1939)

Georgi Mintchev was born in 1939 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He finished his studies in 1963 at the Bulgarian National Conservatory in the composition class of Marin Goleminov. Later (1968-1970) he did fur... Read more

About Contrasts

Musical fireworks

Georgi Mintchev wrote Contrasts at the request of Thomas Kalb, GMD of the Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra (Germany),  for the 2003-2004 music season. A poetic and emotional, yet virtuosic piece where the dynamic and rhythmic content covers a wide range of sequences, from the aggressive to the peaceful, drawing on the resources provided by contemporary schools of musical composition, but respectful of the basic tenets of traditional music.

To challenge the virtuosity of the orchestral soloists and their various sections, some jazz and chamber music elements have been artfully included. The work discreetly contains some historical and cultural references to Bulgaria, the composer's country. The result is a sort of musical fireworks display or, stated differently, a kaleidoscope of sound colors with rhythmical and dynamic variations.