Z'areh Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 (edited) what joyous news about a new set of Komtas originals that was premiered yesterday in Yerevan and later to be recorded by a German company later. The really interesting part is that we, for the first time, will have the chance to hear Komitas in a non-Armenian context, which is music put to words of Goethe and other German poets. It was known that Komitas had done sketches in his stay in Berlin, but few knew that there were complete works....gathering dust in a Yerevan music archives volts...for heaven's sake!!!! What's wrong with these people!!!!! There is just one little mistake in the article below it is not “influences of Schumann, Hugo and Wolf” it should read “influences of Schumann and Hugo Wolf” Hugo Wolf is arguably the greatest (and saddest) composer of German Lieder, next to Schubert and Brahms. What Komitas gems are these going to be!!!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORLD PREMIERE OF 9 SONGS BY KOMITAS TODAY Hasmik Papian and Vartan Mamikonian to Perform in Yerevan Azg/arm 20 July 05 At 8:00 pm on July 20, famous soprano Hasmik Papian and pianist Vartan Mamikonian will play a two-part concert at Aram Khachatrian Concert Hall dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Armenian Genocide and 70th anniversary of Komitas' death. Along with known melodies by Komitas, they will perform compositions that have never been presented. While a student in Berlin, Komitas was inspired by the works of Goethe, Lenau, Uhland and created songs that long rested at Culture and Literature Museum after Charents. Hasmik Papian took up the task of reviving the aforesaid songs in Vienna, representing them in different concert halls of the world and writing them on CDs. Those 9 songs of early Komitas, bearing the influence of Schuman, Hugo and Wolf, are valuable for being the predecessors of well-known and beloved "Antuni" and "Kroonk". After the premiere of Komitas' German songs in Yerevan, Bayerischer Rundfunk will record them in Munich. Afterwards, the songs will be preformed in New York, Paris and Munich. "It's difficult to come out with such a program after 11 months of tough concert tour and amid summer heat but those two anniversaries are obliging", Hasmik Papian said adding, "This is a devotion, an incense to great Komitas". "It's a great responsibility for us to perform unknown songs of Komitas in Armenia first", Vartan Mamikonian says, "Komitas' melodies passing beyond national boundaries do not leave foreigners indifferent. I am sure the Yerevan concert will draw people's attention". By Anahit Hovsepian Edited July 22, 2005 by Z'areh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 It was known that Komitas had done sketches in his stay in Berlin, but few knew that there were complete works....gathering dust in a Yerevan music archives volts...for heaven's sake!!!! What's wrong with these people!!!!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- style_images/master/snapback.png No way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 Zareh, where can I find more information about these pieces? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z'areh Posted July 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 Zareh, where can I find more information about these pieces? style_images/master/snapback.png I have as much information about these pieces as the above article states, but I will be looking for them, relentlessly I might add!!!! If, as indicated in the article, this German company records these songs then it will be easier to trace them, BUt i'd be also interested in having the copies of the scores in print, Yerevan Conservatory should publish these works without any delay. We should keep tabs on things and let each other informed if anything concrete pops up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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