{"id":2234,"date":"2022-07-21T15:58:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T19:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kjmaclean.com\/wordpress\/?p=2234"},"modified":"2022-07-21T16:05:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T20:05:38","slug":"musical-interlude-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjmaclean.com\/wordpress\/musical-interlude-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Musical Interlude"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of my favorite artists is the generational talent, guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel. In any band he&#8217;s ever been in, his solos and compositions stand out as exceptional and inspirational. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nowhere is this more evident than in his 2021 release, &#8220;The Chopin Project.&#8221; Here, Kurt and his band interpret the music of Frederic Chopin, a composer whose music is still very much alive almost two centuries after his death. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wikipedia says of Chopin, &#8220;He has maintained worldwide renown as one of the best composers and musicians in history, one whose &#8216;poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation.'&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same can be said, in my view, of Rosenwinkel. To illustrate this I want to play two versions of Chopin&#8217;s Prelude in E Major, Opus 28, No. 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first is a standard classical version of this short piece by pianist Evgeny Kissin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"24 Preludes, Op. 28: Prelude in E Major, Op. 28, No. 9\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VRMKqqe_fVE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is Rosenwinkel&#8217;s interpretation of this (in my opinion) rather plodding piece. Somehow he finds something truly joyful, bright, hopeful, and happy in the original.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pr\u00e9lude in E major (Op. 28, No. 9)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rn8lyXfmc8Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some listeners might think that reinterpreting a classical music work in this fashion is heretical. But I think it&#8217;s inspirational!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite artists is the generational talent, guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel. In any band he&#8217;s ever been in, his solos and compositions stand out as exceptional and inspirational. 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