[TPIN] 'Nightmare Quality' of the two second movements and First teacher

[Ben Rydell]

Did anyone else listen to Håken (Hoe' ken) Hardenberger's (Har' 
den-bear' ger )
performance this evening -online?

Not only was it a great performance, but an interesting interview occurred
(pre-recorded of course) before Hardenberger made his Cincinnati Music
Hall debut http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Hall_%28Cincinnati%29

The two Estonian pieces for trumpet were:

ARVO PÄRT: Concerto Piccolo über B-A-C-H (“Little Concerto on B-A-C-H”)
EINO TAMBERG: Concerto for Trumpet, Op. 42

Hardenberger mentioned how the second movements of both pieces contained a
'nightmare quality in which something starts out beautiful and then goes 
all wrong'.
This drew upon how the two pieces relate to one another.

Hardenberger also related the piece by Pärt to a portrait of Bach that 
would have
been done by the figurative artist Francis Bacon (the painter, not the 
philosopher
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon_%28painter%29)

Another interesting tidbit from the interview Hardenberger had to offer 
was the
ultra-importance of having a fine, first teacher as a student. This comment
certainly resonated within me -for sure.

I personally enjoyed hearing both pieces for the first time ever, and 
would very
much like to hear them both again real soon!



-Ben Rydell