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The Bells Bow Down / Kim, Aizuri Quartet
Innova Recordings

The Bells Bow Down / Kim, Aizuri Quartet

$16.99

Details

Composer
KAILA, ILARI
Artist
Kim
Format
CD
Label
Innova Recordings
Released
Mar 20, 2020
Catalog #
INN036
UPC
726708603625

About

In an interview with the Hong Kong website Interlude, Ilari Kaila said, “I hope to never write music that doesn’t feel personal.” The Finnish-born composer was talking, on that occasion, specifically about The Bells Bow Down (Kellojen kumarrus), a single-movement work for piano quintet composed in memory of his friend, pianist Hanna Sarvala. But as each of the works here shows, Kaila’s vision is intensely personal, as is his musical language and style. Much of his work is shaped by extra-musical stimulus: his grief for a lost friend; visual and aural images celebrating the natural world; a love of the (sometimes multilingual) punning title. He has a strong awareness of music from outside the Western classical canon; he creates striking harmonic effects from within the diatonic system, and he has a keen ear for subtle gradations of sound, especially those made possible by the string family.—Gordon Kerry, excerpted from the liner notes. Ilari Kaila (b. 1978) is a Finnish-American composer who has written chamber, orchestral, vocal, and stage music. His music has been described as “haunting”, “intriguing”, “engaging ... soulful” (The New York Times), “powerfully resonating” (Helsingin Sanomat), and “melodically euphoric” (Rondo Classic). Kaila received his PhD in Music Composition in 2011 from Stony Brook University, New York, having previously studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. Between 2011 and 2014, he taught at Columbia University and as a teaching artist with the New York Philharmonic, before moving to Hong Kong where he currently works as Composer-in-Residence on the faculty of the School of Humanities at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 The Bells Bow Down (Kellojen kumarrus) 09:25
    Track
    1
    Title
    The Bells Bow Down (Kellojen kumarrus)
    Duration
    09:25
    Composer
    Ilari Kaila
    Performer
    Adrienne Kim
    Ensemble
    Aizuri Quartet
  2. 2 Cameo 08:11
    Track
    2
    Title
    Cameo
    Duration
    08:11
    Composer
    Ilari Kaila
    Performer
    Isabel Gleicher, Ayane Kozasa, Adrienne Kim
  3. 3 Hum and Drum 11:46
    Track
    3
    Title
    Hum and Drum
    Duration
    11:46
    Composer
    Ilari Kaila
    Performer
    Karen Ouzounian, Adrienne Kim
  4. 4 Wisteria 06:21
    Track
    4
    Title
    Wisteria
    Duration
    06:21
    Composer
    Ilari Kaila
    Ensemble
    Aizuri Quartet
  5. 5 I. Sarabande 03:14
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Sarabande
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Ilari Kaila
    Performer
    Adrienne Kim
  6. 6 II. Rosary 02:25
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Rosary
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Ilari Kaila
    Performer
    Adrienne Kim
  7. 7 III. Xianwei: Tail-biting Fish 02:32
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Xianwei: Tail-biting Fish
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Ilari Kaila
    Performer
    Adrienne Kim
  8. 8 IV. Taonta 03:40
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Taonta
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Ilari Kaila
    Performer
    Adrienne Kim
  9. 9 V. The Caudal Fin 03:34
    Track
    9
    Title
    V. The Caudal Fin
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Ilari Kaila
    Performer
    Adrienne Kim
  10. 10 Jouhet 09:37
    Track
    10
    Title
    Jouhet
    Duration
    09:37
    Composer
    Ilari Kaila
    Ensemble
    Aizuri Quartet