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Steffen Schorn and the Norwegian Wind Ensemble: Tiefentraume
ByIt's an ambitious project that was arranged and composed by Schorn, who wields his variety of lower end wind instruments. The ensemble as a whole displays a space-like, nebulous feeling on one endflutes, piccolos, oboesjuxtaposed with a deeper, oceanic tidal surge foundation from Schorn's low reeds teamed with the orchestras low reeds and brass.
The title tune expands and contractsa universe in the throws of its creationin a magisterial fashion, with searing solos by Schorn and Hanschel. "Dantie's Dance" features low groans and a down-bound train rhythm as it leaves the station, with the high end reeds singing like birds before the ensemble gives way to frenetic sax solo buoyed up by the vibraphone. Then the orchestra surges, under the gravitational influence of the rhythmic pulls of a fast orbiting moon, before they fade off to open the space for Schornon a very deep reedto duet with a Hanschel's on-fire alto sax.
"Tauspiegelungen," at nearly fifteen minutes in length, is the third of the disc's trio of extended piecesthe thirteen-and-a-half minute "Tiefentraum" and twelve-and-a-half-minute "Dantie's Dance" bring the other two. This longest piece sounds like a symphony celebrating timeless mysteries, with its luminous harmonic murk, sweet smears of sound and, initially, a separate-from-temporal-time mood that shifts abruptly to a truculent fanfare approach interspersed with fragile luminosity supplied by the flutes and clarinets and piccolos.
Schorn and The Norwegian Wind Ensemble have created a magnificent and beautiful recording, a new musical universe with Tiefentraume.
Track Listing
Intro; Tiefentraume; Intermesso; Dantie's Dance; Intermezzo; Tauspielgelungen; Intermezzo; Coda; Epilogue.
Personnel
Steffen Schorn
saxophone, sopranoRoger Hanschel: alto saxophone, f-messosoprano saxophone; Steffen Schorn: conductor, alto flute, bass flute, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, contraalto clarinet, b-tubax, percussion; Eyvind Haavik: flute; Linn Cecilie aavik: flute; Inga Eeg Henriksen: oboe; Karin Seppola: oboe; Erik Jordal: Eb clarinet and clarinet; Knut Henriksen: clarinet; Thorlief Bergby: clarinet; Roar Alnes: clarinet and bass clarinet; Tor Egil Hansen: bass clarinet; Geir Holm: soprano and baritone saxophones; Kristen Haagensen: saxophone; JaranStenvik: bassoon; Embrik Snerte: bassoons; Frank Brodahl: trumpet; Marious Haitli: trumpet; Torgeir Haara: trumpet; Brit Larsen: horn; Steiner Nilsen: horn; Tarjei Grimsby: trombone; Torlid Grytting Berg: trombone; Arlid Hillestad: trombone; Roger Fjeldet: tuba, cimbasso; Roger Morland: bass; Andre Fjortoft: percussion; Rob Waring: vibraphone; Rune Arnesen: drums; Knut Aalefjaer: drums.
Album information
Title: Tiefentraume | Year Released: 2013 | Record Label: Self Produced
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About Steffen Schorn
Instrument: Saxophone, soprano
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