Richter, who performed on piano and laptop, for the American premiere of his enigmatic “Infra.” Solitary figures, drawn in white, multiplied across a video screen as a melancholy piano tune meshed with fast tremolos in the strings. Also striking was the slow second movement, with the famous solo violin melody pulled through an eerie canvas of otherworldly harmonics.Īfter intermission members of the ensemble joined Mr. The most effective section was “Winter,” which had the violin part unfurling over startling harmonics and colorful syncopations. Richter toyed with the rhythms in the opening and concluding movements of “Autumn,” although here again the underpinnings of the low strings became cloying. He has recorded the work with the Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin for Deutsche Grammophon, part of the label’s “ReComposed” series, which invites artists to reimagine an original score. Hope demonstrating his usual combination of virtuosity and insight. Richter’s re-creation, scored for electronics and ensemble including harpsichord, reflects many of his influences, which range from Baroque composers like Purcell to electronica, dance music and punk.Įnsemble and soloist played with energy and commitment, with Mr. In a recent interview with NPR he said that he initially loved the work, but it began to grate because of its elevator-music status “the record and the project are trying to reclaim the piece, to fall in love with it again.”Īt Le Poisson Rouge on Thursday, Tito Muñoz conducted Ensemble LPR, the space’s new resident group, and the violinist Daniel Hope, in the second of two performances. The composer Max Richter wanted to “recompose” Vivaldi’s ubiquitous “Four Seasons,” a masterpiece all too often demoted to musical wallpaper. The rapper Ludacris poached the “Dies irae” of Mozart’s Requiem for his song “Coming 2 America.”
The music of Bach has proved particularly irresistible, luring jazz performers like Uri Caine, Jacques Loussier and Dave Brubeck.
Reconstructing staples of the classical repertory through a contemporary prism has long tempted artists of wide-ranging aesthetics.
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