{"id":2978,"date":"2012-04-13T06:33:26","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T11:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=2978"},"modified":"2012-04-13T06:33:26","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T11:33:26","slug":"visual-art-and-piano-become-one-in-music-videos-commissioned-by-inon-barnatan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2012\/04\/13\/visual-art-and-piano-become-one-in-music-videos-commissioned-by-inon-barnatan\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual art and piano become one in music videos commissioned by Inon Barnatan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Portland&#8217;s go-to piano man, Harold Gray, turned me on to Israeli pianist <a href=\"http:\/\/inonbarnatan.com\/web\/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Inon Barnatan<\/a>, who has a new solo album out on the Avie label.<\/p>\n<p>Trying to do something a little different to get attention for <em>Darknesse Visible<\/em>, Barnatan commissioned a series of music videos to go with excerpts of individual pieces. (For more videos and album details, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.avie-records.com\/album_detail.php?id=569\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>The results are striking, especially two videos. The first, featuring &#8220;Scarbo&#8221; from Maurice Ravel&#8217;s <em>Gaspard de la nuit<\/em>, is one of the best classical music videos I&#8217;ve ever seen:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7dZfWyFkCRU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The second one is more subtle in its charms. As with the other videos, the visuals (art by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zacksmithey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zack Smithey<\/a>, video by <a href=\"http:\/\/tristan-cook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tristan Cook<\/a>) team seamlessly with the musi. This is from veteran Scots composer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ronaldstevensonsociety.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ronald Stevenson<\/a>&#8216;s 1971 <em>Fantasy on Peter Grimes<\/em>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZO05SY8a0w0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>The video uses the final third of the piece, which somehow captures the full colour, shimmer and menace of Benjamin Britten&#8217;s music in 10 fingers and 88 keys. Here&#8217;s the whole <em>Fantasy<\/em>. I don&#8217;t know who recorded this.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pSdrSeRbTqI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><em>John Terauds<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portland&#8217;s go-to piano man, Harold Gray, turned me on to Israeli pianist Inon Barnatan, who has a new solo album out on the Avie label. Trying to do something a little different to get attention for Darknesse Visible, Barnatan commissioned a series of music videos to go with excerpts of individual pieces. 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