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28
Edmund von Borck
The UE catalogue contains six
works of Edmund von Borck, including
the Concerto for Orchestra,
which Israel Yinon conducted and
recorded at WDR Cologne this
September.
Borck's contemporaries were full of
praise: What makes one listen is his
determined creativity, melodic logic
and positively formal talent ... it is
the musical language of a loner,
which culminates in raw power. …
composition which quite decidedly
goes its own way.
VITTORIO RIETI
rediscoveries
One who was
forgotten ...
Not even the recently revived interest
in so-called "degenerate composers"
has helped to achieve a
true rediscovery of the Italian composer
Vittorio Rieti (1898-1994),
who emigrated to the USA.
In the 1920s, his ballet compositions
met with great success: Balanchine
choreographed Barabau
with scenery by Maurice Utrillo
and Le Bal with scenery by Giorgio
de Chirico, and the Concerto for
wind quintet and orchestra was
premièred under Alfredo Casella.
This coming January, Le Bal is to receive
a new chance in Rome. And
on 28 October 2005, students of
Wright State University will play
Concerto in Dayton, Ohio.
Of this work, Rieti wrote:
This concerto is written somewhat
in the spirit of the old Italian concerto
grosso. In spirit, but not in
form, because the form has more to
do with modern concerti for solo instruments,
that is to say, sonata
form.