Release Date: 02 June 2017
Label: New World Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 093228078623
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: John King
Description
Even before you've heard a single note of Free Palestine by the composer and instrumentalist John King (b. 1953), the work may well have made an impact for its title alone: a seeming reference to one of the more daunting, divisive sociopolitical conditions in modern global history.
For King - who became politically active during his late teenage years in Minneapolis during the Vietnam War era, participating in labor actions and protests, and later wrote music inspired by the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa - the question of Palestine has been an issue of particular interest. It follows, then, that Free Palestine, a unified sequence of relatively brief string quartet pieces composed from May 2013 to August 2014, is to some extent politically motivated.
The Secret Quartet: Cornelius Dufallo, Jennifer Choi, violins;
Ljova Zhurbin, viola; Yves Dharamraj, cello with John King, oud*
Tracklisting
Jack Quartet; New Thread Quartet & Elliott Sharp
Julius Hemphill & Others
Present Music, Ariadne Greif, David Bloom
James Martin, Lynn Raley
Kate Soper; The Wet Ink Ensemble
Aki Takahashi
David Tudor
Aki Takahashi
Viviane Hagner; Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra; Lukasz Borowicz
Veneta Neynska
Various Artists; Janos Ferencsik; Gyorgy Lehel
Various Artists; Horst Stein
Valencia Baryton Project
Udo Wachtveitl; Max Simonischek; Munchner Rundfunkorchester; Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Ivan R
Toscha Seidel
The Sixteen; Harry Christophers
