As someone who found something resembling an odd joy to be had in Gabriel Prokofiev’s Concerto for DJ and orchestra, I found something moderately satisfying in listening to this Violin Concerto. Personally, I find the first two movements enjoyable (if you think those movements are duds, go listen to Fazil Say’s violin concerto, the last movement should have been labeled “Blue Balls”), certainly not ground breaking, but there’s really no better way to display misplaced enthusiasm of 1914 than a bit of military march pastiche, and the typewriter-esque bit was delightfully propulsive, at least to my ears. Yes, the second two movements were far more evocative, but it’s nice to see Prokofiev Jr.’s style expanding from its clubbing roots… but dang, if that wasn’t one of the most amazing flute solos I’ve ever heard.
J Simon van der Walt
10 years ago
That Jonathan Dove really is rather tired and derivative, isn’t it!
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As someone who found something resembling an odd joy to be had in Gabriel Prokofiev’s Concerto for DJ and orchestra, I found something moderately satisfying in listening to this Violin Concerto. Personally, I find the first two movements enjoyable (if you think those movements are duds, go listen to Fazil Say’s violin concerto, the last movement should have been labeled “Blue Balls”), certainly not ground breaking, but there’s really no better way to display misplaced enthusiasm of 1914 than a bit of military march pastiche, and the typewriter-esque bit was delightfully propulsive, at least to my ears. Yes, the second two movements were far more evocative, but it’s nice to see Prokofiev Jr.’s style expanding from its clubbing roots… but dang, if that wasn’t one of the most amazing flute solos I’ve ever heard.
That Jonathan Dove really is rather tired and derivative, isn’t it!
[…] Roustom’s Ramal is as much a “reflection” on the situation in Syria as Jonathan Dove’s work was one on Gaia Theory. Which is to say it isn’t in the slightest—not in any meaningful […]