The Silk Road - Chamber Music for Winds Oslo kammerakademi

• Camille Saint-Säens (1835 - 1921): Orient et Occident, Op. 25 (arr. by Trond Olaf Larsen):
• 1 Saint-Säens: Orient et Occident, Op. 25 (arr. by Trond Olaf Larsen): Marche. Allegro – Moderato assai sostenuto – Allegro 07:32
• André Caplet (1878 - 1925): Suite Persane:
• 2 Caplet: Suite Persane: No. 1, Scharki (Chant d’amour). Allegretto, quasi Andante 04:42
• 3 Caplet: Suite Persane: No. 2, Nihawend. Andantino 04:18
• 4 Caplet: Suite Persane: No. 3, Iskia Samaïsi. Vivo 07:54
• Gisle Kverndokk (b. 1967): The Silk Road, Suite in 10 movements:
• 5 Kverndokk: The Silk Road, Suite in 10 movements: No. 1, Venice. Song of the Silk Merchants 02:37
• 6 Kverndokk: The Silk Road, Suite in 10 movements: No. 2, Turkey. Don’t leave any Hazelnuts on the Tree 01:50
• 7 Kverndokk: The Silk Road, Suite in 10 movements: No. 3, Armenia. You are a Ploughman 04:11
• 8 Kverndokk: The Silk Road, Suite in 10 movements: No. 4, Azerbaijan. Shampan Ragsi – Country Dance 02:07
• 9 Kverndokk: The Silk Road, Suite in 10 movements: No. 5, Iran. Khayam and the Pots 03:43
• 10 Kverndokk: The Silk Road, Suite in 10 movements: No. 6, Afghanistan. Atan – Nomad Dance 01:40
• 11 Kverndokk: The Silk Road, Suite in 10 movements: No. 7, Uzbekistan. Morning in the Desert 04:04
• 12 Kverndokk: The Silk Road, Suite in 10 movements: No. 8, Kyrgyzstan. Shepherd’s Melody 05:06
• 13 Kverndokk: The Silk Road, Suite in 10 movements: No. 9, Mongolia. Dance Melody 04:14
• 14 Kverndokk: The Silk Road, Suite in 10 movements: No. 10, China. I love you, Snow in the North 04:41
• Mert Karabey (b. 1976): The Last Days of Sultan Selim III:
• 15 Karabey: The Last Days of Sultan Selim III 06:13
• Total Runtime 01:04:52

Info for The Silk Road - Chamber Music for Winds

In a world where unrest and war make constant headlines, human migration is an issue that touches peoples everywhere. On its latest release, The Silk Road, the Oslo-based wind chamber ensemble Oslo Kammerakademi presents a beautiful programme inspired by the subject of cultural migration - what happens when cultures meet, for example because of the movement of populations, trade, politics or conflict.

The Silk Road features four works. Two of them are by 19th-century composers who were fascinated by the music of North Africa and the Middle East -Saint-Saens' work for military band, L'Orient et occident (1869), and Andre Caplet's three-movement Suite Persane (1900).

The album also contains two works commissioned by Oslo Kammerakademi: the story of The Last Days of Sultan Selim III (2011) retold in music by Turkish composer Mert Karabey, and the album's title work, Gisle Kverndokk's suite The Silk Road (2017), inspired by music that might have been encountered along a trade route between Venice and China.

Oslo Kammerakademi was founded in 2009 by oboist and artistic director David Friedemann Strunck, and performs chamber music for winds with the historical Harmoniemusik instrumentation as a foundation - from its origin in Vienna in the 1780s to the music of our own time. The ensemble has established itself as a leader in Europe, with critically acclaimed CD recordings and invitations to prestigious festivals throughout Europe. The Silk Road is Oslo Kammerakademi's seventh recording for LAWO Classics.

Oslo Kammerakademi
David Friedemann Strunck, conductor

Oslo Kammerakademi
is a new ensemble with some of Scandinavia’s leading wind soloists. The Oslo Philharmonic’s solo oboist David Friedemann Strunck is the initiator and artistic director of the ensemble. The ensemble is unique in Scandinavia because it plays chamber music for wind instruments with the classical harmony music instrumentation as a basis, where the ensemble uses historical brass instruments of the baroque, classical and romantic repertoire to give the sound both authenticity and transparency. The ensemble had its debut in Oslo in December 2009 and has quickly developed a reputation for being one of Norway’s most exciting chamber ensembles. In the summer of 2010, Oslo Kammerakademi travelled on their first overseas tour. The ensemble gave two concerts as part of the program of the European capital of culture “Ruhr 2010” in Dortmund. The ensemble’s activities in 2011 consisted, among other things, of concert productions during Glogerfestspillene, Valdres Festival, festivals in Schleswig-Holstein and Rheingau in Germany, as well as a collaboration with NRK P2 in connection with the Svendsen anniversary.

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