Edmund von Borck - Introduction and Capriccio, Op. 11
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- - Composer: Edmund Konstantin Wilhelm von Borck (22 February 1906 -- 16 February 1944)
- Performers: Frank Lunte (alto saxophone), Tatjana Blome (piano)
- Year of recording: 2002
Introduction and Capriccio in A major, for Saxophone & Piano, Op. 11, written 1934.
In Berlin of the 1930s an attempt was undertaken to come to terms with the saxophone as a classical instrument. Broken off because of repression and war, it found a continuation only in the 1980s.
Edmund von Borck wrote in 1932, "Only now does the saxophone begin its real triumphant advance, in fact also in modern, serious opera and concert music. One only slowly dares to go near this strange instrument with its highly individual timbre...it is not difficult to recognize the importance that the use of one or more saxophones can attain in the future in serious art music."
Borck was called for military service in 1940, and he fell during the Allied invasion during the Battle of Anzio in Nettuno, Italy. He never really got to see the rise in popularity of the saxophone, but in jazz music instead of classical music as he predicted... - Hudba
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Very nice little piece. It's too bad that Von Borck's life was cut short. Many years ago, back in the 1980s, I wrote a small piece for tenor sax and piano. Like Von Borck's piece it was more in the classical tradition. Frankly, I like his piece more than mine. It's interesting that certain instruments get "type cast". And the moment we hear a sax, we expect to hear something like a Charlie Parker solo, or John Coltrane or Stan Getz. The list is long and it's mostly jazz. A similar thing happens with the accordion. Back at the University of Minnesota, a fellow music student gave a recital on a free bass accordion. He played his own arrangements of classical pieces. He was impressive and I later wrote a piece for him. But like the sax, we have too many associations with certain kinds of music for certain instruments. The accordion is more polka and Lawrence Welk oriented. But my friend, Larry could play a Bach fugue on his free bass accordion and make you into a believer.
+Charles McHugh I once heard a street musician play a Bach organ prelude on a chromatic button accordion, it was fantastic! I know what you mean, certain instruments are bound to certain styles of music.
Indeed, the saxophone IS the sound of jazz. But only a marginal player in the symphony orchestra. But I can think of twice when it shined, both in works by Vaughn Williams: sixth symphony and Job.
I wonder if this piece was written for Sigurd Rascher as was his Concerto? I've never heard this piece before. Very Hindemith-esque.
Yes, this work was written for Rascher and played often by him in the 30s and 40s. After Rascher fled Germany, von Borck made a version for violin and piano.
Semi related.. My favorite instrument is violin but more than anything else I'm most influenced by sax players, don't they play the most interesting notes? Before I bought a violin I played guitar bass and piano, one time I joined a band as a bass player, the rest of the band included sax drum and guitar, at some point the guitar player dropped out and we added a second sax player and that was interesting 2 saxes bass and drums, that was a real education in music living that stuff every day. If one day I could play like coltrane on violin and flute and bill Evans on vibraphone is my dream. As a lover of Hindemith's music I bought a recording of sax sonatas that also featured creston and densoiv by a sax player named Arno bornkamp, well worth checking out ...oops looks like its out of print, give me a few days and I'll upload it, check back at this page and I'll post a link. Unrelated Sonny Rollins did a 2 CD thing at the vanguard with bass drum and sax only, Coltrane did a duet with only sax and drum on interstellar space and if I remember correctly bass drum trumpet and sax recording the avant garde with don Cherry if I remember correctly. If you don't know much about Coltrane I think the best place to start is giant steps, blue trane, and miles Davis 58 sessions. Give me a few days and I'll put up the Hindemith, my favorite modern composer, unless olla vogala (all birds) puts it up before me?
My previous message reveals a love for Hindemith and flute, well I was just digging out my Hindemith sax CD and next to it is a CD of Hindemith flute music that also just happens to be out of print so I'll upload that too in a few days if no one beats me to the punch. I'll post a link for both on this page when I do. Cheers and nostrovia...
+scottbos68 Yes please post those, I'll be uploading Hindemith string quartets but not other works by him, so go ahead. I know Coltrane/Miles/Evans etc. very well, love most of all jazz!
+morerareviolintreasures Thank you, I'll listen to them this evening!