From the Ground Up: The Chaconne O/Modernt

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Album-Release:
2019

HRA-Release:
07.06.2019

Label: Signum Classics

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Chamber Music

Artist: O/Modernt

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  • William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616):
  • 1Sound the Trumpet00:49
  • Alberto Mesirca, Elsa Bradley, Gareth Lubbe, Hugo Ticciati, Johannes Marmén, Jordi Carrasco Hjelm & Julian Arp:
  • 2Ground (Improvisation)01:43
  • Domenico Pellegrini (16?? - 1682): Armoniosi concerti sopra la chitarra spagnuola:
  • 3Armoniosi concerti sopra la chitarra spagnuola: Chiaccona in parte variate alla vera spagnuola04:13
  • Anonymous:
  • 4Yo soy la locura02:26
  • Dušan Bogdanović (b. 1955):
  • 5Suite Breve: IV. Chaconne01:41
  • Anonymous:
  • 6Vuestros ojos tienen d’amor no sé qué02:21
  • Alessandro Piccinini (1566 - 1638): Intavolatura per Liuto et di Chitarrone, I libro:
  • 7Intavolatura per Liuto et di Chitarrone, I libro: Ciaccona in partite variate01:28
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Partita in D Minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004:
  • 8Partita in D Minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004: Ciaccona14:05
  • Alberto Mesirca, Gareth Lubbe, Hugo Ticciati, Johannes Marmén, Jordi Carrasco Hjelm, Julian Arp:
  • 9Being (Improvisation)04:49
  • Henry Purcell ( 1659 - 1695):
  • 10Chacony in G Minor, Z. 73002:27
  • Alberto Mesirca, Gareth Lubbe:
  • 11Breath (Improvisation)05:41
  • Johannes Marmén (b. 1980):
  • 12Inside One Breath01:36
  • Henry Purcell:
  • 13Chaconne Ground in D Minor Remix03:59
  • 14Dido’s Lament Remix04:31
  • 15Two Grounds in C Minor Remix03:35
  • Total Runtime55:24

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Originating as a sexy South American dance, the chaconne crossed the Atlantic to sixteenth-century Spain, where it acquired a reputation as a dangerous pleasure. Constructed on repeating ground basses, the form’s sinuous flexibility articulated two facets of the modernist urge to self-expression: the boisterous delights of turning the world upside down and the sweet sadness of melancholy introspection.

From the Ground Up: The Chaconne explores the history of the chaconne in Spain and Italy, and its acceptance into high musical culture. In England it became a chief inspiration for Purcell, while in Germany it triggered the sublime achievement of Bach’s ‘Ciaccona’ from the Partita in D minor for Solo Violin. Also springing from this fertile soil are works by contemporary composers Johannes Marmén and Dušan Bogdanović, and three sets of improvisations – ‘Ground’, ‘Breath’, ‘Being’ – based on themes from Purcell. These include the elemental art of overtone singing, performed by Gareth Lubbe, who studied with the Tuvan people of Siberia. Returning to the chaconne’s Renaissance roots, readings from Shakespeare by actor Sam West inspire extempore reflections by beat poet Baba Israel.

Samuel West, reader
Hugo Ticciati, violin
Johannes Marmén, violin
Gareth Lubbe, viola & overtone singer
Julian Arp, cello
Jordi Carrasco Hjelm, double bass
Alberto Mesirca, guitar, theorbo
Christoph Sommer, guitar, theorbo
Karl Nyhlin, guitar, theorbo
Nora Thiele, percussion
Leandro Mancini-Olivos, percussion
Elsa Bradley, percussion
Cecilia Knudtsen, viola da gamba
Luciana Mancini, mezzosoprano
Baba Israel, beat poet
Henrik Måwe, piano
Svante Henryson, electric bass



O/Modernt
Julian Arp (cello), Gareth Lubbe (viola), Daniel Rowland and Hugo Ticciati (violins) have known each other for a number of years, making music together at numerous festivals across Europe. In February 2016 at Musikaliska all four musicians performed together for the first time as a string quartet, officially marking the inauguration of the O/MODERNT String Quartet. Like its namesake, Festival O/MODERNT, the quartet will combine old and new music in innovative and daring ways, nurturing the hallowed ground of the great quartet tradition while challenging its established order, pushing the traditional boundaries of the form and (dare we say) releasing the quartet from the safety of its ivory tower. With four musicians who are used to doing things very much outside the ‘classical’ box, the quartet hopes to open up new imaginative spaces, unravelling multiple strands of quartet playing and reweaving them to reveal unforeseen potentialities and create fresh and original musical textures.

The quartet will be collaborating with an eclectic array of artists including percussionist Evelyn Glennie, choreographer Marc Brew, Brazilian dancer Ederson Rodrigues Xavier, DJ Jeff Mills and more.

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