Echoes of Autumn and Light: New Chamber Music from Luxembourg Kammerata Luxembourg

• Marcel Reuter (b. 1973):
• 1 Reuter: No Hue of Afternoon 08:15
• Markus Brönnimann (b. 1968):
• 2 Brönnimann: El canto quiere ser luz 09:35
• Marcel Reuter: Mezza voce:
• 3 Reuter: Mezza voce: I. Feroce 02:37
• 4 Reuter: Mezza voce: II. Sospeso 01:38
• 5 Reuter: Mezza voce: III. Cantabile 04:26
• 6 Reuter: Mezza voce: IV. Fragment I 01:27
• 7 Reuter: Mezza voce: V. Fragment II 01:26
• 8 Reuter: Mezza voce: VI. Quasi un sogno 04:21
• 9 Reuter: Mezza voce: VII. Fragment III 01:26
• Georges Lentz (b. 1965): Caeli enarrant, Pt. 7, Mysterium:
• 10 Lentz: Caeli enarrant, Pt. 7, Mysterium: III. Nguurraa 11:55
• Camille Kerger (b. 1957): Lieder des Herbstes:
• 11 Kerger: Lieder des Herbstes: No. 1, Ich schau auf den Mond 02:31
• 12 Kerger: Lieder des Herbstes: No. 2, Where Are the Songs of Spring 02:23
• 13 Kerger: Lieder des Herbstes: No. 3, Grillen zirpen Traurig 02:19
• 14 Kerger: Lieder des Herbstes: No. 4, Who Hath Not Seen Thee 04:24
• 15 Kerger: Lieder des Herbstes: No. 5, Es trieb die Einsamkeit mich fort 03:44
• 16 Kerger: Lieder des Herbstes: No. 6, Season of Mists 05:00
• Total Runtime 01:07:27

Info for Echoes of Autumn and Light: New Chamber Music from Luxembourg

These five pieces – all written by Luxembourgeois composers within the past decade – draw on the flexible forces of Kammerata Luxembourg to generate a kaleidoscopic range of colours and textures. Though the music is unapologetically modernist in style, it is presented in instrumental combinations remarkable for their delicacy and gentle contours – in the aural equivalent of a walk through autumn woods.

With this recording, the Ensemble Kammerata Luxembourg wants to give visibility to contemporary Luxembourgish music in the field of chamber music. The composers are all closely associated with Luxembourg. Of the five compositions, four were composed in the Grand Duchy and one in Australia.

Marcel Reuter’s atmospheric song No Hue of Afternoon was written on an evocative poem by Emily Dickinson (1830-86).

Markus Brönnimann (b. 1968) composed El canto quiere ser luz (a Kammerata commission) for harp, bass clarinet and cello. The somewhat mysterious, varied piece is a product of the coronavirus pandemic.

Mezza Voce for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano was written by Marcel Reuter (b. 1973) in 2018. In its seven movements it repeatedly uses other constellations, quintet, quartet, trio, duo and solo. This makes the composition, which is also very different in character, exciting.

Nguurraa (Light) by Georges Lentz (*1965) belongs to his cycle Mysterium from the religiously influenced group of works Caeli enarrant (Heaven tells). Nguurraa (Light, in the language of the aborigines) was composed during a journey through the Australian desert and is a wonderful meditation on human existence and the bleakness of the landscape.

Unlike Penderecki’s Songs of Transience, which also deal with the theme of autumn, the Songs of Autumn by Camille Kerger (b. 1957) are more varied in their moods and feelings, ranging between melancholy, sadness, restrained joy, and confidence. The cycle in German and English is typical for Luxembourg and its multilingualism.

With sophisticated interpretations, technically superior, intensively describing the many moods of the individual works, this is an interesting album that gives a good impression of Luxembourg composers. (Remy Franck, pizzicato.lu)

Kammerata Luxembourg

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