Wickihalder: Narziss und Echo

Wickihalder Orchestra;
Krohn, Tim

INT 209

Tim Krohn: Narrator, Text
Jeannine Hirzel: Soprano
Sonoe Kato: Mezzosoprano
Mia Lindblom: Violin
Frantz Loriot: Viola
Seth Woods: Cello
Jürg Wickihalder: Composition, Saxophones
Florian Egli: Altosaxophone, Flute
Michael Jaeger: Tenorsaxophone, Clarinet
Damian Zangger: Trumpet
Bernhard Bamert: Trombone

Manuel Perovic: Arrangement
Chris Wiesendanger: Piano
Daniel Studer: Doublebass

The story of Narcissus and Echo, as told by Ovid, demands music of uncharacteristic directness. It is about the call which waits for resonance, for instance, but also about the life-giving principle of mutation, of constant, startling change. And of course it is about eroticism in all its forms.

A genuinely theatrical music is being played out here: the stylistic uniformity is of less interest than the colouration. Or, to put it better; the music gains its unique character through diversity and contradiction. And the text, stringently orientated toward music, acquires a theatrical presence. Manuel Perovic's precisely coloured orchestration and the exquisite performances of all involved created a seductive, erotic atmosphere and contribute to the game of stimulating, astonishing dramatically tension – here too a surprising range of stops are pulled out. • LIner notes:Tim Krohn, Daniel Fueter

CD

Jazz

Intakt Records

01-03-2013

7640120192099