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    Dobrinka Tabakova – Organum Light

    by 5:4 December 5, 2021 • 05:00
    December 5, 2021 • 05:00

    Today’s Advent Calendar piece is a short work for string quintet by Bulgarian composer Dobrinka Tabakova. Composed in 2014, Organum Light takes its inspiration, as the name suggests, from mediæval chant. Part of its allure arises from the conjoining of melody and harmony; the music continually begs the question of…

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    Proms 2019: Dobrinka Tabakova – Timber & Steel; Linda Catlin Smith – Nuages (World Premières)

    by 5:4 September 3, 2019 • 20:04
    September 3, 2019 • 20:04

    i’ve often wondered whether, in music today, energy and complexity tend to be mutually exclusive. The whole ‘clocks and clouds’ dichotomy: regularity versus ambiguity, pulse versus drift, clarity versus obfuscation. This is certainly one of the considerations that arises from the latest pair of Proms premières: Dobrinka Tabakova‘s Timber &…

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    Proms 2019: pre-première questions with Dobrinka Tabakova

    by 5:4 August 31, 2019 • 06:00
    August 31, 2019 • 06:00

    This evening’s Prom concert, given by the BBC Concerto Orchestra, is another tribute marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Henry Wood, founder and first conductor of the Proms. In addition to various piece premièred or orchestrated by Wood, the concert includes the world première of a new work,…

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