Poster Matt Haimovitz and Christopher O'Riley, 'Troika'
Matt Haimovitz and Christopher O'Riley, 'Troika'
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New Classical Tracks: Haimovitz and O'Riley team up on 'Troika'

Haimovitz and O'Riley team up on 'Troika'
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New Classical Tracks: Haimovitz and O'Riley pair up on 'Troika'

Matt Haimovitz & Christopher O'Riley - Troika

"Before we met we were doing similar things in different ways. Matt was playing Bach in coffeehouses, and I was bringing rock via Radiohead to the concert hall."

That's pianist Christopher O'Riley. He and cellist Matt Haimovitz are frequent collaborators. Their most recent recording, Troika, explores the music of the Slavic soul.

Matt Haimovitz and Christopher O'Riley
Cellist Matt Haimovitz and pianist Christopher O'Riley
Sarah Scott

"I think Troika is distinctive in that it represents three separate generations of Russian music in exile and in protest," O'Riley says. "That's the broad statement to be brought away from the record. And, of course the Pussy Riot song, 'Punk Prayer,' was indeed the song for which they were arrested, imprisoned, and subsequently one of them was murdered."

That pop song is one of three that Haimovitz and O'Riley decided to feature on the second CD of this two-CD set, at the heart of which are three masterful sonatas by the great 'troika' of composers: Sergei Rachmanioff, Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich.

To hear the rest of my conversation with Christopher O'Riley about Troika, download the extended podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts.

Resources

Matt Haimovitz, cello - official site

Christopher O'Riley, piano - official site

Matt Haimovitz & Christopher O'Riley, Troika (Amazon)

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