{"id":4,"date":"2008-11-21T13:10:18","date_gmt":"2008-11-21T13:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zigory.solidvox.com\/?p=4"},"modified":"2008-11-21T13:10:18","modified_gmt":"2008-11-21T13:10:18","slug":"interview-with-composer-m-zachary-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zigory.solidvox.com\/?p=4","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Composer, M. Zachary Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Listen, download or podcast this interview<\/a><\/p>\n

Greg Zeigerson speaks with Composer, M. Zachary Johnson<\/a>, about his work, music concepts, and the Arts today.<\/p>\n

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Topics covered include …<\/strong><\/p>\n

The new CD – “Saxophone Music of M. Zachary Johnson Live at Steinway Hall” – which can be purchased through MZacharyJohnson.com<\/a><\/p>\n

An interesting collaboration with saxophone player, Brian Horner. Using an image to keep a musical theme on track while composing. What does “Romanticism” mean in music? Contrasting tonality and atonality.<\/p>\n

Ayn Rand’s hypothesis about how music affects emotions. How did M. Zachary Johnson get interested in classical music? Government funding for the arts: should artists refuse such funding? Should the National Endowment for the Arts exist? Is it all right for artists to accept funding from the NEA?<\/p>\n

Are audiences for classical music shrinking and getting older – as many claim? The concepts of “serious” music and “popular” music. Why is there a small audience for serious music today? Today’s style of performing classical music – what’s the matter with it?<\/p>\n

What is “rubato”? Why is it important in conducting and performing? Why is it missing from performances today? Playing “on the page”.<\/p>\n

Optimism about the trend of music in the future. What is M. Zachary Johnson working on now?<\/p>\n

What Robert Tracinski, editor of The Intellectual Activist<\/a>, wrote<\/a> about M. Zachary Johnson’s work:<\/p>\n

The sound [M. Zachary Johnson] creates is something entirely new: the richness and lyricism of the Romantics, rendered on an entirely different instrument, with a unique timbre and ‘voice.’ … The Scherzo’s minor key, a rhythm that moves in unpredictable stops and starts, and a melodic line that is constantly darting up and down the scale, never quite coming to rest, all combine to create a sense of mystery and intrigue … ‘Solitude’ … is more contemplative … the rich harmonies and slow, thoughtful pace give the sense of being admitted to a man’s private thoughts and reminiscences … I found myself involuntarily humming its melody … enough complexity to keep the mind constantly engaged, but with enough unity to be grasped and remembered as a single whole … The Scherzo from the Quintet for Saxophones & Piano is a fast-moving piece with a driving rhythm that keeps building to a powerful crescendo … I was astonished by the sense of explosive energy this piece was able to create.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here<\/a> to listen to musical samples or to purchase M. Zachary Johson’s CD.<\/p>\n

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