Norrbotten NEO & Fredrik Burstedt - Djuro Živković: Citadel of Love (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Serbian-Swedish Djuro Živković has quickly established himself as one of Europe’s leading young composers. His musical style is strongly marked by Byzantine Orthodox music – spiritual, mystical and characterized by fantastic narration, virtuosic instrumentation and a stylistic, highly profiled sound. Živković’s music presents a profound and abstract space to reflect on the subject matter of mystery, ecstasy and transcendence.

Citadel of Love is a highly personal ensemble work which manages to create a mystical aural experience. The narrative voice of the piano together with the other six instruments, subtly adding voices as well as percussion instruments, carries the listener from beginning to end through an inner drama of intensity and fullness of soundscapes. I Shall Contemplate… II is an intimate chamber piece for viola and small ensemble, stylistically similar to a sacred cantata, in which improvisatory techniques contribute to the free and unencumbered compositional process. Here, Živković’s use of ancient scales creates an archaic, echoing space. The text, spoken by the soloist, comes from old Byzantine mystical books. Finally, Night Music is a fascinating crossover work in which piano works by Alexander Scriabin are mixed with newly composed musical layers, thus adding to the Russian composer an absurd fantasy, estranged passion and exotic illusions.

Tracklist:
01. Zivkovic: Citadel of Love - Invocation. Fluid, with watchfulness
02. Zivkovic: Citadel of Love - De profundis. With peace
03. Zivkovic: Citadel of Love - Rejoice, o Michael! Toccatoso
04. Zivkovic: Citadel of Love - Peace, Bring Unto All
05. Zivkovic: I Shall Contemplate… II
06. Zivkovic: Night Music - I. Poème languide
07. Zivkovic: Night Music - II. Danse languide
08. Zivkovic: Night Music - III. Nuances
09. Zivkovic: Night Music - IV. Feuillet d'album no 1
10. Zivkovic: Night Music - V. Feuillet d'album no 2
11. Zivkovic: Night Music - VI. Poème


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