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Oleg Gotskosik (born 1951) From the Jewish Folk Tradition
(1990)
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| Oleg Gotskosik comments on the world around us in his ”From the Jewish Folk tradition”. In this painful piece of music Jewish and Muslim traditions meet in a kind of lament over the present state of the world. Gotskosik is a master of versatility. His tonal language belongs to our time both in regard to form and expressive elements. |
His contribution to the recital was moving... ”
From the Jewish Folk Tradition” was composed for a Baltic festival.
Tonight’s performance was glowing. Overlapping, gliding rhythms made
out of a few notes created the sensation of an ocean of people, a space,
a road of pain fading out like the consciousness of a dreamer. The listener who prefers more rabid progressions could
gormandize in Oleg Gotskosik’s ”From the Jewish Folk Tradition”.
This passionate, tragic musical language gave a reminiscence of Bartók
but spiced with Jewish folklore. Its impact was profound, painful, gorgeous. |
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