Jolivet: Chamber Music Ensemble MidtVest

• André Jolivet (1905 - 1974): Sérénade for Wind Quintet (1945):
• 1 Jolivet: Sérénade for Wind Quintet (1945): I. Cantilène 03:53
• 2 Jolivet: Sérénade for Wind Quintet (1945): II. Caprice 03:38
• 3 Jolivet: Sérénade for Wind Quintet (1945): III. Intermède 04:09
• 4 Jolivet: Sérénade for Wind Quintet (1945): IV. Marche Burlesque 05:11
• Sonatine for Flute and Clarinet (1961):
• 5 Jolivet: Sonatine for Flute and Clarinet (1961): I. Andantino 03:45
• 6 Jolivet: Sonatine for Flute and Clarinet (1961): II. Quasi Cadenza 02:42
• 7 Jolivet: Sonatine for Flute and Clarinet (1961): III. Intermezzo 03:31
• Controversia for Oboe and Harp (1968):
• 8 Jolivet: Controversia for Oboe and Harp (1968) 10:14
• Petite Suite for Flute, Viola and Harp (1941):
• 9 Jolivet: Petite Suite for Flute, Viola and Harp (1941): I. Prélude. Modéré 01:50
• 10 Jolivet: Petite Suite for Flute, Viola and Harp (1941): II. Modéré sans Traîner 02:00
• 11 Jolivet: Petite Suite for Flute, Viola and Harp (1941): III. Vivement 02:15
• 12 Jolivet: Petite Suite for Flute, Viola and Harp (1941): IV. Allant 03:07
• 13 Jolivet: Petite Suite for Flute, Viola and Harp (1941): V. (Without Tempo Indication) 02:38
• Sonatine for Oboe and Bassoon (1963):
• 14 Jolivet: Sonatine for Oboe and Bassoon (1963): I. Ouverture 02:13
• 15 Jolivet: Sonatine for Oboe and Bassoon (1963): II. Récitativo 03:02
• 16 Jolivet: Sonatine for Oboe and Bassoon (1963): III. Ostinato 02:52
• Pastorales de Noël for Flute, Bassoon and Harp (1943):
• 17 Jolivet: Pastorales de Noël for Flute, Bassoon and Harp (1943): I. L'Étoile 03:11
• 18 Jolivet: Pastorales de Noël for Flute, Bassoon and Harp (1943): II. Les mages 03:07
• 19 Jolivet: Pastorales de Noël for Flute, Bassoon and Harp (1943): III. La vierge et l'enfant 03:04
• 20 Jolivet: Pastorales de Noël for Flute, Bassoon and Harp (1943): IV. Entrée et danse de bergers 02:22
• Total Runtime 01:08:44

Info zu Jolivet: Chamber Music

Ein hervorragendes dänisches Kammerensemble stellt eine einzigartige Zusammenstellung von Kammerstücken eines in den Schatten gestellten Zeitgenossen Messiaens zusammen.

Die Musik von André Jolivet (1905-1974) wird nach Jahrzehnten der Vernachlässigung langsam wiederbelebt, was es uns ermöglicht, eine unverwechselbare Stimme in der kaleidoskopischen Vielfalt der französischen Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts zu entdecken. Jolivet folgte einigen seiner bekannteren Zeitgenossen – darunter Messiaen – nie auf dem Weg des Serialismus, doch seine harmonische Technik übte einen verborgenen Einfluss auf sie aus (einschließlich des jungen Pierre Boulez). Die Serenade (1945) für Bläserquintett, die diese Sammlung von Kammermusik eröffnet, verbreitet in ihrer einleitenden Cantilene eine mystische Stimmung, bevor sie in der Caprice in wildes instrumentales Gelächter ausbricht. Die Welt von Poulenc und Strawinsky ist nicht so weit entfernt, aber Jolivets Kompositionen weisen eine geerdete Dichte auf, die völlig individuell ist.

Die Controversia für Oboe und Harfe aus dem Jahr 1968 zeigt Jolivet in seiner gestisch experimentellsten Form, wobei er die vereinten Talente und innovativen Techniken von Heinz und Ursula Holliger nutzt. Die Aufregungen und Konfrontationen der Controversia waren vom Komponisten der nachdenklichen Miniaturen, aus denen die Petite Suite (1941) für Flöte, Viola und Harfe besteht, in Anlehnung an Debussys späte Sonate, kaum vorhersehbar. Tatsächlich dient die Sammlung als Ganzes als aufschlussreiche Demonstration von Jolivets Bandbreite und seiner Entwicklung im Laufe einer Karriere, die die turbulenten ästhetischen Kämpfe des letzten Jahrhunderts umspannt. Die Pastorales de Noël (1943) für Flöte, Fagott und Harfe erfüllen den Anspruch malerischer und festlicher Illustration, während die Sonatinen für Flöte und Klarinette (1961) und Oboe und Fagott (1963) mit unvorhersehbarer Stravinskyscher Geschmeidigkeit zwischen ihren Instrumenten hin und her schwingen. Modale und exotische Tonleitern, spanische Rhythmen, Debussysche Sinnlichkeit: all diese unterschiedlichen Elemente und mehr halten den Hörer (und die Musiker) in dieser Musik auf Trab. Das Album wird durch einen neuen Essay von Paul Griffiths bereichert, einem herausragenden Experten für neue und moderne Musik.

André Jolivet (1905-1974) gilt als einer der interessantesten französischen Komponisten des 20. Jahrhunderts. Sein umfangreiches Werk umfasst nahezu alle Musikgenres. Er war offen für alle Musikgenres (er hatte nie eine richtige Konservatoriumsausbildung) und entwickelte einen persönlichen Stil, der eindeutig avantgardistisch war.

Diese neue Aufnahme präsentiert eine Auswahl an Kammermusik, in der die Flöte eine herausragende Rolle spielt: Serenade für Bläserquintett, Sonatine für Flöte und Klarinette, Petite Suite für Flöte, Viola und Harfe, Pastorale de Noel für Flöte, Fagott und Harfe und andere kürzere Stücke: Musik voller schillernder Farben, lebendig und lebhaft, aber auch abwechselnd heiter und melancholisch. Gespielt mit erstaunlicher Virtuosität und Lebensfreude vom dänischen Ensemble MidtVest.

Ensemble MidtVest

Ensemble MidtVest
When ten brilliant young musicians come together in a newly founded ensemble, an energy that as a whole is much greater than the sum of the ten individuals emerges. If you then add the support of a whole region, a solid basis for future development has been created. The Ensemble MidtVest was founded in 2002 and consists of a string quartet, a wind quintet and a pianist. With this versatile and colourful cast it is our main goal to perform and convey a wide repertoire of classical chamber music.

With its background in classical music the Ensemble MidtVest repeatedly moves onto new and experimental ground. Our projects on boundless music in line with other art genres and styles address everyone who would like to discover new areas. For this reason the ensemble received its first artistic consultant in 2007: The jazz star Carsten Dahl will develop - together with the musicians of the ensemble - new musical concepts in the borderland between the various music aesthetic genres and forms of expression.

But also when the ensemble performs in smaller settings, there is often room for very versatile music and the possibility to integrate other art genres. The Ensemble MidtVest often works together with both composers and writers, and film and dance will play a greater role in our upcoming projects. This highly varied artistic range will expand even more when the Ensemble MidtVest moves into the new House of Art in Herning in 2009; then the visual arts will also increasingly be integrated into the ensemble's program.

No matter how good the music is, the audience usually gets the most out of the performance if it is challenging and especially formed to suit the different audience groups. The Ensemble MidtVest is the country's only ensemble that employs its own music mediator: Steen Chr. Steensen is the contact person for schools, music schools, museums and other interest groups. He also develops educational projects, holds "concert introduction talks" and coaches the ensemble's musicians for when they themselves talk on stage about music, musicians and the musical life.

The Ensemble MidtVest is one of Denmark's five basis ensembles and is based in Herning. The musicians perform both in large and small cities in Western Jutland and often also in other parts of the country and in the capital Copenhagen. The local connection to our region is strengthened through a wide network of event organisers, artistic partners, local music societies and, last but not least, the Friends of the Ensemble. Every year in the beginning of July, all the fans meet at the ensemble's own chamber music festival on the manor Nørre Vosborg on the Danish West coast.

Despite its young age the Ensemble MidtVest has travelled abroad several times, last in 2006 when the ensemble performed together with actors from the Odin theatre at the Ravenna Festival in Italy. In March 2007 the ensemble toured through Sweden together with the jazz pianist Lars Jansson and his trio, and in September the ensemble had a very successful performance at the Royal Danish Embassy in Berlin.

The Ensemble MidtVest is financially supported by the music committee of the Danish Art Council and by the four municipalities Herning, Holstebro, Ikast-Brande and Struer. Apart from that, the ensemble collaborates closely with several sponsors.

Vagn Holmboe (1909-1996) - Composer
Vagn Holmboe (1909-96) is the most prominent Danish symphonist since Carl Nielsen. With his teaching and his many works from a composing career of over sixty years, Holmboe has a great influence on Danish music and Nordic music in general. He composed about 400 works, and has now finally achieved his definitive international breakthrough. Holmboe`s music is luminously clear and precise, striking in its lines and rhythms. Over the years Holmboe was greatly preoccupied with the folk music principle of going straight to the core of the music. He combined this with his own symphonic turn of mind, with roots as far back as Haydn. Even in his shorter pieces Holmboe was unmistakably a symphonist. The structures are clear and strong, and the music develops organically from simple material into a balanced totality. Holmboe`s central genres are the symphony and the string quartet. He composed fourteen symphonies and 21 string quartets in the finest European tradition. In addition we must single out his instrumental concertos (from 1939 until 1956 he wrote thirteen concertos for one or more soloists and chamber orchestra), and the choral works, several of which are already classics of Nordic music and are sung by both professionals and amateurs. Holmboe himself has long enjoyed classic status as one of the leading Nordic composers of this century.

Booklet für Jolivet: Chamber Music