| Kutschera, Ulrich. / First Incarnation: Hiruda 1983, Final Version 2017, The |
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| Album: | First Incarnation: Hiruda 1983, Final Version 2017, The | Collection: | Classical | |
| Artist: | Kutschera, Ulrich. | Added: | Apr 2017 | |
| Label: | Unvasonar Media Pool | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2017-04-27 | Pull Date: | 2017-06-29 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
| Week Ending: | Jun 18 | May 14 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 17, 2017: | Music Casserole Bazarella (8:32) | 3. | May 13, 2017: | Music Casserole Bazarella (8:32) | |
| 2. | Jun 13, 2017: | Waste FM Cyrillus (6:30) | ||||
| Album Review |
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| Gary Lemco Reviewed 2017-04-25 | ||
| Ulrich Kutschera (b. 1955) is a leading evolutionary biologist, Chair of the Dept. of Evolutionary biology at U. Kassell, Germany and a Visiting Scientist at Stanford (2016-). He also composes neoclassical music. Produced in Freiburg, Germany, this set responds to paintings shown in the booklet and done by his father, Alfred Kutschera (1928-2004). The strong impression of the six songs (recorded in 1983) is one of electronic “space-music,” with a basically tonal syntax and a thick sound. The combination of piano and synthetic keyboards allows for symphonic effects, some of which evoke the theremin (an early electronic musical instrument) and/or the music for the movie Forbidden Planet. “Bazarella” and "Bolero" have a military cast; the rest are lyrical. “Bolero” utilizes Ravel’s opening snare drum motif. “Cyrillus” evokes evening fireworks outside a country church. “Avocado” is essentially a waltz. The title-piece has ceremonial and processional aspects befitting its religious subject matter. At moments, its rhetorical, voluminous sound reminds us of organ music at a theater, by way of organist Virgil Fox. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Romance (5:22) | 4. | Cyrillus (6:30) | |||
| 2. | Bazarella (8:32) | 5. | Avocado (5:12) | |||
| 3. | Bolero ?83 (3:08) | 6. | The First Incarnation, 2017 (13:54) |