Wild Territories Spark

• Kamran Ince (1960-): Songs in Other Words
• 1 Songs in Other Words: Folk Song 01:57
• Chiel Meijering (1954-): When the Cock Crowed His Warning
• 2 When the Cock Crowed His Warning 04:51
• Candybox
• 3 Candybox 03:58
• Kamran Ince: Silvester Falls in the Heart of the Forest
• 4 Silvester Falls in the Heart of the Forest 03:22
• Kamran Ince: Songs in Other Words
• 5 Songs in Other Words: Obsession 01:00
• 6 Songs in Other Words: Restless 01:05
• Chiel Meijering: Cruiser
• 7 Cruiser 03:18
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741): Concerto in G Major, RV 151 Alla rustica
• 8 Concerto in G Major, RV 151 Alla rustica: I. Presto 01:24
• Kamran Ince: Songs in Other Words: Agitation
• 9 Songs in Other Words: Agitation 02:07
• Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767): Concerto in E Minor, TWV 52:e1
• 10 Concerto in E Minor, TWV 52:e1: IV. Presto 02:46
• Kamran Ince: Songs in Other Words: Venetian Gondola Song
• 11 Songs in Other Words: Venetian Gondola Song 04:40
• Chiel Meijering: Beyoncé
• 12 Beyoncé 04:36
• Kenji Bunch (1973-): Alpha Dog
• 13 Alpha Dog: I. Lively 04:49
• 14 Alpha Dog: II. Moderate 06:14
• 15 Alpha Dog: III. Interlude - Fast 04:05
• Kamran Ince: Songs in Other Words: Lost Happiness
• 16 Songs in Other Words: Lost Happiness 00:33
• 17 Songs in Other Words: Dance of Rebels 02:23
• Johannes Motschmann (1978-)
• 18 Encore 06:52
• Total Runtime 01:00:00

Info for Wild Territories

The ECHO-winning group Spark pursues the logical development of its wholly personal sound in the space between Post Classical, Minimal music and Avant-garde. Virtuosic and unfettered, the five young musicians move between the poles of contrasting musical worlds and eras and forge tradition and innovation into a thrilling new sonic experience attuned to the zeitgeist. The album title tells a story. These are five young artists determined to chart virgin musical territory, confound convention and give free rein to their imagination. Together they conjure up a luxuriant rainforest that spreads its fronds from baroque times to the present day.


'Wild Territories' is the plunge into cold water, the playing with fire, the lust for adventure. Abounding energy and unbounded delight in music-making characterize the way in which flautists Andrea Ritter and Daniel Koschitzki, violinist Stefan Glaus, cellist Victor Plumettaz and pianist Mischa Cheung attack their pieces, performing without a safety net or a false floor. They are constantly driven to the verge of the technically possible. But that is the very attraction for these five musicians. They want to do what the album title says: go wild, strike sparks, set new frontiers and make intensive contact with themselves and their listeners. Welcome to the wild territories of Spark, the classical band!

Andrea Ritter, recorder
Daniel Koschitzki, recorda, melodica
Stefan Glaus, violin, viola

Victor Plumettaz, cello

Mischa Cheung, piano

Spark
Hot chamber music that ignites passion: This provocative collective is a coming together of five individual performers from five diverse cultural backgrounds. They’re from Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Slovakia and Bohemia. Their destination is the stage. Together they are radical and incredibly sexy. They are the Classical Band. Together they are Spark!

The group’s founders, Andrea Ritter and Daniel Koschitzki, emerged from the world’s leading recorder quartet, the Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet. With Spark they resort to extreme measures and extreme flutes like the Paetzold Bass, Modern Alto and Helder Tenor. Together with violinist Stefan Glaus, cellist Victor Plumettaz and pianist Mischa Cheung they are designing a new classical style, smashing the boundaries between various genres. Balkan beats and jazzy grooves pop into the classical avant-garde. Baroque tunes melt into movie sounds and minimal music.

In addition to their own songs and arrangements, Spark plays music by internationally renowned composers. The majority of these pieces were commissioned especially for the group. Film composer Ljova, rising stars of the American composing scene, such as Kenji Bunch and Daniel Kellogg, German newcomer Johannes Motschmann and Dutch enfant terrible Chiel Meijering are currently collaborating with Spark. For this purpose, this lively ensemble received funding from the Ernst von Siemens Foundation for Music. Additional support came from the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S. Their CD-debut "Downtown Illusions" was awarded with "ECHO Klassik 2011". Only one year later their CD "Folk Tunes" is published with Deutsche Grammophon. Again the five musicians stick to their principles. They are interested in the interplay of Old and New, they adapt folk music for the 21st century and basically have a lot of fun playing their music on stage and entertaining their audience.

This unconventional fivesome captivates audiences with 30 different recorders, three string instruments, two pianists, melodica, vocal performances and moments of spontaneous improvisation. It’s music at the highest artistic level and now right at your fingertips. Young people will be astounded.

Spark – a unique classical act from a new generation at the cutting edge.

Booklet for Wild Territories