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Jan Garbarek & The Hilliard Ensemble.
In 1994, while fearlessly searching for new conceptions of sound and not caring where he found them, Jan Garbarek joined hands with the classical early-music movement, improvising around the four male voices of The Hilliard Ensemble. Now here was a radical idea guaranteed to infuriate both hardcore jazz buffs and the even more pristine more-authentic-than-thou folk in early music circles. Yet this unlikely fusion works stunningly well — and even more hearteningly, went over the heads of the purists and became a hit album at a time when gregorian chants were a hot item. Chants, early polyphonic music, and Renaissance motets by composers like Morales and Dufay form the basic material, bringing forth a cool yet moving spirituality in Garbarek’s work. Recorded in a heavily reverberant Austrian monastery, the voices sometimes develop in overwhelming waves, and Garbarek rides their crest, his soprano sax soaring in the monastery acoustic, or he underscores the voices almost unobtrusively, echoing the voices, finding ample room to move around the modal harmonies yet applying his sound sparingly.
Garbarek and The Hilliard Ensemble have continued their collaboration on two more records, both released on ECM Records.
In 1994, while fearlessly searching for new conceptions of sound and not caring where he found them, Jan Garbarek joined hands with the classical early-music movement, improvising around the four male voices of The Hilliard Ensemble. Now here was a radical idea guaranteed to infuriate both hardcore jazz buffs and the even more pristine more-authentic-than-thou folk in early music circles. Yet this unlikely fusion works stunningly well — and even more hearteningly, went over the heads of the purists and became a hit album at a time when gregorian chants were a hot item. Chants, early polyphonic music, and Renaissance motets by composers like Morales and Dufay form the basic material, bringing forth a cool yet moving spirituality in Garbarek’s work. Recorded in a heavily reverberant Austrian monastery, the voices sometimes develop in overwhelming waves, and Garbarek rides their crest, his soprano sax soaring in the monastery acoustic, or he underscores the voices almost unobtrusively, echoing the voices, finding ample room to move around the modal harmonies yet applying his sound sparingly.
Garbarek and The Hilliard Ensemble have continued their collaboration on two more records, both released on ECM Records.
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theseasonisours wrote:
phenomenal..
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lastffm wrote:
"Der Wohlklang ist das Wichtigste" Mit "Officium" wurde der norwegische Saxofonist Jan Garbarek berühmt, jetzt kommt "Officium Novum". Ein Gespräch über Jazz, Spiritualität und Entspannungsmusik. http://www.zeit.de/kultur/musik/2010-09/jan-garbarek-officium
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morthvargr wrote:
When I first heard about this combination I thought there's no way it would work but it really really does. Fantastic stuff.
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MirkoFait wrote:
I like his music :)
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sinisha wrote:
simply masterful!
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blueniversity wrote:
great sound - where was it recorded again?
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agnosticmystic wrote:
Gorgeous
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Hoertl wrote:
Great concert in Würzburg thanks
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juanddperez wrote:
great music
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- Feb 16 Officium Novum - The Hilliard Ensemble & Jan Garbarek Aarhus Domkirke, Aarhus, Denmark
- Feb 17 Officium Novum - The Hilliard Ensemble & Jan Garbarek Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark
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Officium Novum - The Hilliard Ensemble & Jan Garbarek
Szent István Bazilika, Budapest, Hungary
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