CW Christensen - Almost in G | Col Legno COL20444

CW Christensen - Almost in G

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Label: Col Legno

Cat No: COL20444

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 30th August 2019

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A distinctive language, an original tone, a unique voice – all these phenomena are rarely experienced as convincingly as in Christian Winther Christensen’s music. Earlier periods may flicker up once in a while, yet this music is fundamentally and radically of the 21st century. Yes, these are classical instruments. And yes, this is New Music. But the familiar elements are assembled and rearranged in ways that make you want to listen to this music again and again, wherever you are, whatever you’re doing. On his first encounter with this album while sitting in a Berlin park our First Listener, radio maker Peter Meanwell, noted: “... within this music is an obsession with the detail of being human. The peculiarities that make us unique, the infirmities that construct character. It is the embrace of the everyday ...”

SCENATET are one of the most innovative ensembles in Europe – we are delighted to welcome them here with us at col legno! SCENATET consist of twelve musicians as permanent members and are recognized as one of the most innovative and experimental ensembles for music and art in Europe. They work with the younger generation of composers of the Danish and international avant-garde scene and have performed compositions by e.g. Peter Ablinger, George Aperghis, Joanna Bailie, Kaj Duncan David, Jagoda Szmytka, Christian Winther Christensen, Juliana Hodkinson, Simon Løffler, Jessie Marino, Sarah Nemtsov, Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri, Niels Rønsholdt, François Sarhan, Salvatore Sciarrino, Simon Steen-Andersen, Bent Sørensen, Manos Tsangaris, or Jennifer Walshe.

Christian Winther Christensen has his own unmistakable style and has proven himself to be an entirely contemporary composer pushing the boundaries while at the same time relating to music history through quotations and intimations that comment on and create ironic distance from new music, turn it upside down, and give it a completely new dimension. His works have been presented at the Tage für Neue Musik 2010, ISCM Festival Sydney 2010, Festival di Nuova Musica 2008, as well as Nordic Music Days, UNM Festival, SPOR, Athelas, Wundergrund, Suså, and Musikhøst.

SCENATET:
- Hannah Törnell Wettermark (flute)
- Vicky Wright (melodica, clarinet, bass clarinet)
- Karl Husom (trumpet)
- Marias Seibæk (melodica, percussion)
- Frederik Munk Larsen (guitars)
- Tine Rehling (harp)
- Sven Micha Slot (piano)
- Kirsten Riis-Jensen (violin)
- Mina Fred (viola)
- Karolina Ôhman (cello)
- Manuel Nawri (conductor)
- Anna Berit Asp Christensen (artistic director)

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