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Reminiscence
Reminiscence is mvt. 2 from
Flute Concerto No.1 Op.70
- dedicated to Emily Beynon.
Composer: Fred Jonny Berg
- Berg is one of a handful of composers who are able to create the rare experience of enchanted silence in their music – Berg's Flute Concerto No.1 Op.70 contains several such moments. Even though his tools are a "conventional" orchestra using "conventional" instruments, an unreal atmosphere of calm and celestial flight arises. One of the most fascinating aspects in this regard is that he does not use any minimalist or modernist devices at all; he simply allows the music and its inner qualities to speak in full. In our current age of constant hectic activity, where it is barely permitted to think a complete thought, music such as this is of the greatest importance: it gives the listener the chance to experience time as a benefit and not as a punishment. The concerto is dedicated to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's eminent flautist Emily Beynon, and it received its premier performance in London in February 2009.
- Wolfgang Plagge
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Not really Gone
Ragnvald Jacobsen (1905-1997)
Composer: Fred Jonny Berg
Not really Gone is a part of the four movements symphonic poem About my Grandfather Op.37 - written in memory of the composer´s grandfather who was a semi-professional athletic. Hence the titles of the movements. He often trained athletics with his grandson.
This work has appeared in the movie Montagna con Forza as well as on the CD with the same name, About my Grandfather.
Not really Gone - Information page
Vicino alla Montagna Op.58b
'Vicino alla Montagna' doesn't only sound like a movie score, it actually is the music to a film with the same title. Again Berg paints whole landscapes with his music; in this case we are taken to the mountains. I have not seen the movie, but I imagine his intent was not merely to describe a beautiful mountain view, but to show us a powerful panorama that reminds us of how little influence we can take over nature. A remarkable composition. Blu-rayDefinition.com
Fred Jonny Berg as pictorial artist is also abundantly present in his music – Vicino alla Montagna Op.58b is music to a film with the same title. Berg paints landscape panoramas with a steady, sure hand. And, from his point of view as a film maker, he seeks long lines in the artistic discourse – like Richard Strauss in his Alpensinfonie he uses the entire expressive register of the orchestra to describe the magnificent peaks in all their inward and outward facets. Unlike Strauss, however, Berg's portrayal is darker and more stringent: we are certainly not in the Alps, rather in the weatherbeaten mountains of northern Norway where nature, not man, decides.
- Wolfgang Plagge
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Vicino alla Montagna Op.58b
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Composer: Fred Jonny Berg
Vicino alla Montagna Op.58b
Performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Fred Jonny Berg
From the Grammy nominated recording Flute Mystery (2L-058-SABD) and the movie Vicino alla Montagna
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