{"id":697,"date":"2020-08-06T13:03:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T11:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juliasophiewagner.de\/?p=697"},"modified":"2020-08-06T13:59:52","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T11:59:52","slug":"charles-ives-in-the-alley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juliasophiewagner.de\/en\/charles-ives-in-the-alley\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Ives - \"In the alley\""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most connaisseurs of classical music and even most musicians will probably be on the same page like I used to be on concerning Charles Ives: of course the name is very well known, as is the fact that he is one of the important American composers, you kind of know where to put him stilistically and \"the unanswered question\" comes to mind right away. After that - nothing much. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medicitv\/videos\/932563530492188\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/juliasophiewagner.de\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6112-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Hinter den Kulissen zu den Dreharbeiten des Filmes &quot;The unanswered Ives&quot; von Anne-Kathrin Peitz. Die S\u00e4ngerin Julia Sophie Wagner und der Pianist Steffen Schleiermacher in Zirkuskost\u00fcmen in der Manege des Zirkus Busch, vorn im Bild die Kamera bei der Aufnahme.\" class=\"wp-image-443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliasophiewagner.de\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6112-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/juliasophiewagner.de\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6112-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/juliasophiewagner.de\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6112-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/juliasophiewagner.de\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6112-1066x600.jpg 1066w, https:\/\/juliasophiewagner.de\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6112-960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/juliasophiewagner.de\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6112-2000x1125.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/juliasophiewagner.de\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6112-620x350.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Together with Steffen Schleiermacher I was lucky enough to participate in the wonderful movie \"The unanswered Ives\" directed by Anne-Kathrin Peitz (available on DVD <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpc.de\/jpcng\/classic\/detail\/-\/art\/charles-ives-universe-incomplete-the-unanswered-ives-a-documentary-by-anne-kathrin-peitz\/hnum\/9449501\">here<\/a> ). This production allowed me to not only get some deeper insight in the life of the composer - he was the one who invented our modern day insurance system! - but also and most of all it prompted me to dive into the colorful oevre of the songs written by charles Ives.\nFrom well over a hundred of them Steffen and I found greatest joy in selecting a number of pieces, which can now be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/towerrecords.com\/products\/ives-wagner-ensemble-avantgarde-in-the-alley?_pos=21&amp;_sid=e8d0fe1e9&amp;_ss=r\">CD \"In the Alley\" <\/a>. Of course you can also buy it on Amazon, but I prefer to recommend shops that treat their employees better...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The label Dabringhaus und Grimm is known for highest standards of audio-quality, this is why their recordings are only available as hard copies, no streaming, no download, sorry!\nBut to feed your curiosity Steffen and I made a series of little talks on a selection of songs, after which you can listen to some of them on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLpO05gZxhQ_nQZW36UInCrezfXnvxN-oX\">Youtube<\/a> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the release date of the CD was moved up due to COVID_19 I feared that it would come and go unheard - but now we got an amazing start after all because \"In the Alley\" was picked \"CD of the month\" in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.der-theaterverlag.de\/theatermagazin\/dtm\/theatermagazin-082020\/cd-tippives\/\">Opernwelt magazine<\/a>So I am hoping that we will be able to make this beautiful and colorful music, this mix of Americana, american Impressionism, sometimes subtle sometimes not so subtle humor, compex and simple harmonics and melody, known to a lot more people. \nEnjoy! <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Den Meisten Klassik-Liebhabern und selbst den meisten Musikern wird es so gehen wie es mir ging: der Name Charles Ives ist nat\u00fcrlich gel\u00e4ufig, man wei\u00df, dass er einer der wichtigsten Amerikanischen Komponisten der neueren Zeit ist, kann ihn zeitlich und stilistisch einordnen, &#8222;The unanswered question&#8220; kommt auch sofort in den Sinn, aber dann &#8211; nicht [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-697","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-allgemein","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juliasophiewagner.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/juliasophiewagner.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/juliasophiewagner.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juliasophiewagner.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juliasophiewagner.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/juliasophiewagner.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":699,"href":"https:\/\/juliasophiewagner.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions\/699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juliasophiewagner.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juliasophiewagner.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juliasophiewagner.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}