(The exhibition will be open to the public every weekend, Saturdays and Sundays 3-7 p.m. from September till 3 December 2023. Beyond these hours it will be accessible by appointment)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Trio Sonata n. 5 – BMW 529 (1728) Allegro - Largo - Allegro
Michael Kosch - “Titian” for String Trio (2021)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Trio à cordes - Opus 9 Nr 1 (1797) Allegro - Largo - Allegro
Titian
The string trio Titian continues a personal project of Michael Kosch to write works for every subset of the string quartet ensemble, each piece inspired by paintings, drawings, and sculptures of Italian Renaissance artists.
Why a trio setting for Titian? “Three-ness” pervades Titian’s oeuvre, perhaps most famously in the Allegory of Prudence: three human faces, gazing in three directions, above the faces of three animals similarly positioned. This numerical undercurrent also surfaces in his full-figure groupings, architectural depictions, and compositional structure.
Further, from a biographical standpoint, the convivial trio of painter Titian, sculptor/architect Jacopo Sansovino, and poet/scholar/diplomat Pietro Aretino provided an informal yet influential cultural “think tank” in 16th Century Venice. Musically speaking, Titian is a sequence of contrasting, echoing, interlocking sections, an attempt to evoke aspects of the painter’s world: his studio, for instance, chock-a-block with finished and in-progress masterworks; or the swirling streets of Renaissance Venice crossing 'perfumed' canals filled with ships of all kinds - which open onto intricately tiled squares surrounding villas and splendid cathedrals.
But most immediately, the music is meant to convey the power, variety, and fertility of Titian’s creative achievement.
Titian is dedicated to the Suys Trio. Available on platforms.
Michael Kosch (1959)
Michael Kosch studied music composition with Dennis Kam at the University of Miami, Florida, and with composers Ben Johnston, Salvatore Martirano and Morgan Powell at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. He has written operas, orchestral scores, chamber music, and solo pieces, and has collaborated with his wife, choreographer Rachael Kosch, on many music/dance/theater productions.
Kosch’s music has been played by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Kronos Quartet, Zeitgeist, the Northstar Brass Quintet, the Unstücke Ensemble, violin soloists Yibin Li, Julie Lawrence and Muneyoshi Takahashi, as well as by solo pianists Chung-Hsi Hsieh, Michael Scales and Sohyun Ahn. Two parts of his four-part string quartet cycle Strokes of Sky, “Paris” and “Saint-Rémy”, inspired by the life and works of Vincent van Gogh, have been premiered by the Iris String Quartet. His saxophone quartet, Castle in the Air, debuted in December 2016 in a performance by the Area 9 Quartet. Circus Work, a ballet with a score by Michael Kosch, choreographed by Rachael Kosch, premiered at the Metropolitan Playhouse in New York in July 2017.
Michael Kosch has been awarded with fellowships and grants from the Bush Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation/Intermedia Arts, McKnight Foundation, Meet the Composer, the American Composers Forum and ASCAP. He has been commissioned by the Area 9 Saxophone Quartet, the Metropolitan Playhouse, the Maëlstrom Percussion Ensemble, the American Dance Festival, the Bach Society Chorus and the University of Illinois Experimental Music Studio.
His recent music draws inspiration from visual art: in April 2019, solo violist Junah Chung premiered Cimabue IV, based on the work of late-medieval Florentine artist Cenni di Pepi, known as “Cimabue”; in January 2019, violist Gregory Williams and cellist Diane Golden debuted Sassetta III & IV, inspired by some paintings of the Sienese Renaissance master Stefano di Giovanni, called “Sassetta”; and in December 2018 violinist Yibin Li premiered Giotto I, based on the Scrovegni Chapel “Nativity” fresco by the Florentine master Giotto di Bondone.
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Evénement spécial n°8 pour l'exposition sur le Kenya
Dans le cadre du Programme sans Programme
pendant l'exposition Artist in the Bush, "Kenya" il y aura plusieurs événements spéciaux
(L'exposition sera ouverte au public tous les week-ends, samedis et dimanches de 15h à 19h de septembre au 3 décembre 2023. En dehors de ces heures, elle sera visitable sur rendez-vous)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Trio Sonata n. 5 – BMW 529 (1728) Allegro - Largo - Allegro
Michael Kosch - “Titian” pour String Trio (2021)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Trio à cordes - Opus 9 Nr 1 (1797) Allegro - Largo - Allegro
Titian
Le trio à cordes TITIAN poursuit l’un de mes projets personnels consistant à écrire des œuvres pour chaque sous-ensemble de l'ensemble du quatuor à cordes, chaque pièce étant inspirée des peintures, dessins et sculptures d'artistes italiens de la Renaissance.
Pourquoi un trio pour TITIAN ? La « trinité » imprègne l’œuvre de Titien, peut-être de manière plus célèbre dans l’Allégorie de la Prudence : trois visages humains, regardant dans trois directions, au-dessus des visages de trois animaux positionnés de la même manière. Ce courant numérique sous-jacent apparaît également dans ses regroupements des figures complètes, ses représentations architecturales et sa structure de composition.
De plus, d’un point de vue biographique, le trio convivial composé du peintre Titien, du sculpteur/architecte Jacopo Sansovino et du poète/érudit/diplomate Pietro Aretino constituait un « groupe de réflexion » culturel informel mais influent dans la Venise du XVIe siècle. Sur le plan musical, TITIAN est une séquence de sections contrastées, en écho et imbriquées, une tentative d'évoquer des aspects du monde du peintre : son atelier, par exemple, regorge de chefs-d'œuvre terminés et en cours de réalisation ; ou les rues tourbillonnantes de la Venise de la Renaissance – traversant des canaux « parfumés » remplis de navires de toutes sortes – qui s'ouvrent sur des places aux carrelages complexes entourant des villas et des cathédrales splendides.
Mais plus immédiatement, la musique est censée transmettre la puissance, la variété et la fécondité de l’œuvre créatrice de Titien. TITIAN est dédié au Trio Suys.
Disponible sur les plate-formes.
Artist in the Bush “Kenya”
Tsavo West
The exhibition.
Rens Lipsius is showing his most recent works made in the bush of Kenya this year.
He left on January 26th and returned on April 1st 2023.
In the bush he produced 68 studies in oil and upon his return, he started making lithographs from these studies.
Aside from the paintings there will be photographs as well.
The lithographs and photographs come in an edition of 30.
20 % of the proceeds of the sales of the works go in support of IFAW
(International Fund of Animal Welfare)
Artist in the Bush A project in support of nature conservation.
Through this project:
Create awareness,
Incite other artists, musicians, architects to go there, exchange and bring in their network
Raise funds for different local foundations
All works are made in the bush of Kenya at different locations.
A book “Kenya“ will be published and will be available for purchase at Rens Lipsius Studio.
The book “Zimbabwe II+III, From Dawn to Dusk”, will come out and will be presented during the exhibition.
Sizes of the lithographies:
40x50 cm, 399 euros
Samburu NP
For more information;
Ideal Artist House nr. 2 / Rens Lipsius Studio
159 quai de Valmy
75010 Paris
Metro: M7 - Chateau Landon
