Dark Fire Joachim Eijlander

• Ahmed Adnan Saygun (1907 - 1991): Partita for solo cello, Op. 31:
• 1 Partita for solo cello, Op. 31: I. Lento 03:41
• 2 Partita for solo cello, Op. 31: II. Vivo 02:05
• 3 Partita for solo cello, Op. 31: III. Adagio 05:53
• 4 Partita for solo cello, Op. 31: IV. Allegretto 03:31
• 5 Partita for solo cello, Op. 31: V. Allegro moderato 03:13
• Anonymous: Sarı Gelin
• 6 Sarı Gelin 03:49
• Anonymous: Hiçliğe Yolculuk:
• 7 Hiçliğe Yolculuk 07:09
• Gaspar Cassadó (1897 - 1966): Suite for cello solo:
• 8 Suite for cello solo: I. Preludio-fantasia 05:58
• 9 Suite for cello solo: II. Sardana (danza) 04:49
• 10 Suite for cello solo: III. Intermezzo e danza finale 05:55
• Requiebros:
• 11 Requiebros 05:23
• Lamento de Boabdil:
• 12 Lamento de Boabdil 03:45
• Sulkhan Tsintsadze (1925 - 1991): Toccata for cello solo:
• 13 Toccata for cello solo 02:56
• 5 Pieces on Folk Themes:
• 14 5 Pieces on Folk Themes: I. Villain's Song on a Carriage 05:27
• 15 5 Pieces on Folk Themes: II. Tchonguri 01:37
• 16 5 Pieces on Folk Themes: III. Sachidao 02:45
• 17 5 Pieces on Folk Themes: IV. Nana 03:32
• 18 5 Pieces on Folk Themes: V. Dance Tune 02:48
• Total Runtime 01:14:16

Info for Dark Fire

Philosopher Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) described the encounter between the organised philosophical world of the ancient Greek and the mystical, abstruse world of the East as a dark fire. This would have caused the enlightenment in Greek poetry. It’s unclear what Heidegger really thought about it, but I found the mental image of a dark fire lit by this chance meeting beautiful and highly inspiring. For Heidegger, this was mainly about the East and West, but to me it’s about an encounter with the realms of other people’s experience, principally those of musicians. When two energies meet for the first time and are fully open to the experience, a new mirror image of themselves they have never seen before will arise.

Joachim Eijlander, cello

Joachim Eijlander
born 1975, received his first cellolessons from the Czech cellist Jan Hollinger. After finishing his studies in Utrecht, Amsterdam and Berlin, he settled as a musician in Rotterdam. He performed with the most distinguished musicians like Inon Barnatan, Karl Leister and Zuill Bailey.

Joachim is co-founder of the Rubens Quartet, an internationally celebrated string quartet. With this ensemble, he performs all over the world. Joachim taught cello and chambermusic at various conservatories, music universities as well as international music festivals in Europe and the United States. Together with Anastasia Safonova, Joachim performs the sonata-repertoire for cello and piano.

Thanks to the “Nationaal Muziekinstrumenten Fonds”, the dutch national music instrument foundation, Joachim plays on a beautiful Gaetano Chiocchi cello (Padova 1870) and with an exceptional bow made by Nikolaus Kittel (St.Petersburg 1860).

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