From Apocryphonia's 'GinasterAmirov' Concert, October 1st, 2023.
Alexander Cappellazzo - Tenor
Narmina Afandiyeva - Piano
Amirov's opera Sevil is a favourite of mine, like many of Amirov's works. When I first heard Rashid Behbudov sing Balash's famous aria, I wanted to learn it myself and found the score. The arioso is also a great song, and it was fun to learn.
Apocyrphonia's GinasterAmirov concert was a double bill of the works of the Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera and Azerbaijani composer Fikret Amirov. It included Ginastera's 'Las Horas de una Estancia' & 'Piano Sonata 1', and excerpts from Amirov's 'Sevil' & the Canadian concert premiere of the 'Romantic Sonata'. Both composers were monumental in their synthesis of traditional classical compositional styles and national musical traditions and idioms, and share some interesting compositional similarities despite never meeting in person. The concert was produced with the support of the Ontario Arts Council, and the Canada Council for the Arts.
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