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Daniel Schnyder

Concerto "Mozart in China," movements 2 and 3  Play

Natasha Korsakova Violin
North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Olivieri-Munroe Conductor

Recorded on 03/01/2010, uploaded on 03/09/2011

Musician's or Publisher's Notes

The Concerto was written for the Mozart year and originally conceived as a Pipa Concerto (Pipa is an ancient Chinese musical instrument, it has four strings and belongs to the plucked category. Sometimes it's called the Chinese lute – Classical Connect).  This is the premier recording of the version for violin and string orchestra, which is quite different from the Pipa version.

Movement II is more of a dream.  Wooden boats on a hazy day on a river somewhere in China.  The Movement was inspired by some old Chinese art work and is rather contemplative in character.  It segues into:

The Third Movement which is rather happy and fun in character.  It has definitely a scherzando character.  The movement deals with Spanish Rhythms; the composer suggests that he had that idea since a lot of restaurants in Manhattan, where he currently resides, serve mix of Spanish and Chinese food in his neighborhood.

Daniel Schnyder is a composer/performer with a dynamic reputation in both jazz and classical fields. He recorded over ten CDs of his own music for Enja Records, Col Legno, Koch Jazz, CCnc, Universal, BIS, TCB, Arabesque and Red Records.  Daniel was born 1961 in Zurich, Switzerland and lives in New York City.