Anna Meredith: Origami Songs (2013) for Recorder and Orchestra

00:00 I. Bird
04:10 II. (Two) Fish
07:04 III. Pinwheel
09:46 IV. Kite
12:48 V. Blintz
"Origami Songs" by Anna Meredith (2013) performed at Milton Court, Barbican Friday 31st May 2024.
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Conducted by Bogdan Skrypka.
Otto Hashmi - Recorders
Beñat Erro Díez - Clarinet
George Meeks - Trombone
Lucy Holmes - Violin I
Rachael Kwa - Violin II
Dominic Stokes - Viola
Mikołaj Piszczorowicz - Cello
Jess Hoskins - Double Bass
Alexander Doronin - Piano
Toril Azzalini-Machecler - Percussion

[@omramchandrajieducational]

fascinating composition. Well played!

[@miamam5484]

Suggestive, awesome performance. It carried me far away from the place I was sitting.

[@anapaulamendozadiaz8890]

Por algún motivo me recuerda a las canciones de fondo que escucharías en un videojuego que esté basado en un viaje por un bosque con criaturas mágicas.... ¡En otoño!

[@aleksandarbrzic8351]

I have no idea whether it is so prescribed in the score, but the orchestra drowned the bass recorder in the III part for most of the time, which is unfortunate because the recorder part seems very interesting and virtuoso. Was it intentional? Of course it is difficult to balance any size orchestra with any recorder (apart from a screeching garklein or something...) but maybe the conductor should have balanced this better? Well, anyway, great stuff, more please!

[@ottohashmi]

I did have a microphone amplifying my recorder playing but unfortunately it seems this didn't carry to the recorded audio very well, I believe it was much more audible in the hall