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John Corigliano - Symphony No. 1: NEW This semi-official site by schirmer.com offers some critical acclaim and a composerīs note on his AIDS symphony. Schirmer/Mosel also published an extensive Corigliano biography, parts of which can also be found at their internet sites. "During the past decade I have lost many friends and colleagues to the AIDS epidemic, and the cumulative effect of those losses has, naturally, deeply affected me. My First Symphony was generated by feelings of loss, anger, and frustration." |
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Modern Music Brightens NSO's Future: NEW This very informative article on John Coriglianoīs Symphony No 1 and the National Symphony Orchestra was written by Rick Sincere. "The second movement is manic in its form, which technically is a "tarantella," a wild folk dance of Italy. It is meant to represent the slowly building dementia suffered by so many people with AIDS. The third movement, by contrast, is far more lyric." |
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John Corigliano 1998-99 Biography: NEW This site offers a list of John Corigliano's works, including selected program notes and a long review of his Symphony No 1. "Halfway through this melody a second cello joins the soloist. This is the first of a series of musical remembrances of other friends (the first friend having been a professional cellist who was Giulio's teacher and who also died of AIDS)." |
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www.io.com NEW has a page by Glen C. Ford that offers lots of useful info on J. C.. It includes a biography, a short review of his oevre and some collected composerīs quotes. |
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Announcing the 1991 Winner: NEW The University of Louisville Grawemeyer Awards were established in the 1980s to recognize outstanding ideas and works in the areas of music composition, education and political science. The $150,000 prizes are among the largest in the world in their respective fields. Corigliano won this 'music noble prize' in 1991. "This is not a piece to be talked about but to be experienced." |
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The Philadelphia Orchestra NEW gives its first performance of a modern symphonic masterpiece, John Coriglianoīs Symphony No 1. This page also includes the often reprinted composerīs notes. "This powerfully and at times brutally emotional work was written in 1988-89 in response to the deaths of several of Corigliano's close personal friends from AIDS. Many of their names are inscribed on the score, and throughout the work, there are themes and motifs representing these people and their talents that have been lost forever due to the epidemic." |
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Musicians and their Media: NEW John Corigliano was keynote speaker on this conference of the same title. He talked about "Options for today and tomorrow". Here is what he said: "I write pieces that are designed for big concert halls, in which I try to reuse the space of a concert hall. My clarinet concerto has a last movement that is called "Antiphonal Toccata", antiphonal meaning stereophonic in a sense, using all the space." |
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Sony Classical: NEW Check out this site for a biography and a Corigliano discography as provided by Sony. "The symphony - Corigliano's impassioned response to the AIDS crisis - was commissioned and scheduled by virtually all of the leading orchestras in the U.S., and it later captured the 1991 Grawemeyer Award for Best New Orchestral Composition." |
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"In Concert Against AIDS": NEW An AIDS Action Announcement Benefit November 9-11, 1995. "The symphony, commissioned in honor of the centennial of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, was written by Mr. Corigliano in memory of those friends he had lost to AIDS, including three who were musicians. These evenings will constitute a unique benefit, 'In Concert Against AIDS'." |
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Another Corigliano site: NEW This one is hosted by the College-Conservatory of Music Center for Computer Music at the University of Cincinnati. It offers some biographical notes, an introduction to his well-known works and a picture. "In April 1992; the orchestra's recording of Symphony No. 1 (on the Erato Label) rose quickly to the top of the Billboard charts, where it remained for an exceptional 69 weeks. The work was also honored with two Grammy awards for 'Best Contemporary Composition of 1991' and 'Best Orchestral Performance of the Year'." |
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Corigliano at geocities.com I: NEW Here is what Yolca Mino thinks of Coriglianoīs symphony. He published a Corigliano review on his private geocities homepage. "It is one of the most powerful concert pieces I have ever experienced, and most people left the Symphony deeply moved, and I'm talking about the average Bach/Beethoven-crowd! John Corigliano wrote the symphony as kind of a requiem for the friends he lost because of the AIDS epidemic, and if you keep this background in your mind, you will easily hear the rage, the beautiful memories, the frustration which are expressed by the music." |
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Corigliano at geocities.com II: NEW Twentieth Century Ltd at geocities.com have a fairly long interview with Corigliano. The composer certainsly talks about his famous symphony. "John Corigliano, it's tempting to look at the Symphony No. 1 and the opera The Ghosts of Versailles as breakthrough works for you, in terms of the fame and the increased number of recordings of your works that have followed them. Do you regard the Symphony that way?" |
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Corigliano at geocities.com III: NEW This private page has a brief biography and some pictures/album covers. "John Corigliano was born in New York City on February 16th, 1938. John was raised in a musical enviorment, his mother was a pianist and his father the concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic." |
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www.infopoint.com: NEW Another Corigliano biography and some info on the AIDS symphony. |