“Chaconne alla Zappa” (2014) for two harpsichords

Performances:
April 09, 2015, Minkin-Shemer duo at the Wolfinsohn Recital Room,
Longy School of Music at Bard College, Cambridge, Boston;
23 March 2017 – The Jerusalem Bach Festival – “Conversations”
Minkin-Shemer duo at the Mishkenot Shaananim Music Center;
25 May 2017 – Frankfurt Music Academy small hall,
Minkin-Shemer duo

Recordings: “Conversations – contemporary music for two harpsichords” (Omnibus Classics CC5012) [NAXOS Direct] 

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A piece recently released by the Ombnibus Classics label [NAXOS Direct] was commissioned and recorded by the Minkin-Shemer harpsichord duo (Marina Minkin – David Shemer).
The piece emerges and exists on the narrow boundary between the classical Renaissance form known as “chaconne” with its characteristically repeating patterns and the sharp, rough sound of 20th century rock-music. The work is a tribute to a one of the great musicians of the late 20th century, Frank Zappa; a modest homage to a great “musical law breaker”, whose contribution to the development of music is yet to be appreciated and understood.

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