ANDREW KEELING - THE DEMISE OF MICHAEL WISE (2023)

From the concert at Gunnar Sævigsalen, May 8th 2023
The composer writes:
My piano sextet remembers one of the most gifted seventeenth century English Restoration composers, Michael Wise. Wise was attacked and killed by a member of the Salisbury night watch in 1687. To that end, the piece includes a quotation of Wise’s anthem, ‘The Ways of Zion do Mourn’ and comprises five movements resembling a Baroque Suite. The Demise of Michael Wise is dedicated to Ricardo Odriozola
I - THE DEMISE OF MICHAEL WISE - A stately dance - 00:00
II - VICIOUS CIRCLE - An aggressive circle dance - 03:20
III - PLAIN AIR - A simple, lyrical song - 07:21
IV - MAYA DANCES - A fast dance - 11:38
V - GONE TO GROUND - A slow, melancholic ground -14:50
Jarle Rotevatn, piano
Ricardo Odriozola
Sergio Lorente, violins
Hans Gunnar Hagen, viola
Adrianna Arapinowicz, cello

[@AlessandroStaiti]

Gorgeously beautiful!

[@johnhaines6768]

Magnificent! Grateful for this splendid ensemble and beauty of sound - admired from the Southern US!

[@robcamfield]

Very enjoyable and certainly 'English'!

[@sanderconron971]

that is something!

[@gerardeaton7338]

Spellbinding…!