Rachel Portman: Tipping Points Niklas Liepe, WDR Funkhausorchester & Erina Yashim

• Rachel Portman (b. 1960): Tipping Points:
• 1 Portman: Tipping Points: Invocation (Poem) 01:14
• 2 Portman: Tipping Points: I. Invocation 03:18
• 3 Portman: Tipping Points: Air (Poem) 01:18
• 4 Portman: Tipping Points: II. Air 05:03
• 5 Portman: Tipping Points: Water (Poem) 01:26
• 6 Portman: Tipping Points: III. Water 03:04
• 7 Portman: Tipping Points: Fire (Poem) 01:13
• 8 Portman: Tipping Points: IV. Fire 04:25
• 9 Portman: Tipping Points: Earth (Poem) 01:12
• 10 Portman: Tipping Points: V. Earth 05:09
• 11 Portman: Tipping Points: Epilogue (Poem) 01:15
• 12 Portman: Tipping Points: VI. Epilogue 04:05
• Total Runtime 32:42

Info for Rachel Portman: Tipping Points

For his new album, which will be released on 5 April, violinist Niklas Liepe has collaborated with Oscar-winning composer Rachel Portman to create a powerful musical appeal for the preservation of nature. "Tipping Points" is a film music-like, six-part suite for violin and orchestra, recorded with the WDR Funkhausorchester under the direction of Erina Yashima. Four of the sound-painting movements are dedicated to the four elements of nature: fire, water, earth and air. The suite is introduced by a call for mindfulness towards nature ("Invocation") and ends with an "Epilogue", which calls for a rethink and active action for the preservation of nature. The second world premiere recording on the album is "The New Four Seasons", an almost cinematic-sounding new version of Antonio Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" by Wolf Kerschek, which also deals with the changing of the seasons over the course of time.

Niklas Liepe, violine
WDR Funkhausorchester
Erina Yashim, conductor

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