Colori Ensemble

Evasio

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Label: Aliud
UPC: 8717775551263
Catnr: ACDBJ 1072
Release date: 08 November 2019
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ACDBJ 1072
Release date
08 November 2019

"The rich Frisian heritage."

nederlands dagblad, 17-4-2020
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About the album

The title of this CD reflects the mission of the Colori Ensemble. To evade, the literal translation of the Latin evasio, is symbol to the ensemble’s wish to escape daily musical routine and to elude the beaten track. To throw new light on the existing, but also to create new sounds by playing new compositions by contemporary composers. To emphasize that these composers stand on the shoulders of illustrious predecessors, this CD is combining these new compositions with arrangements of well-known repertoire by composers whose works have withstood the test of time already. The chosen compositions are fitted to the specific musical cast of the Colori Ensemble. The result can be compared to add subtle colouring to a black-and-white photograph, revealing details that might be overlooked, or in this case overheard, in the original. The four contemporary composers on this CD, all originating from or working in the Dutch province of Friesland, each in their own way stand on the shoulders of the great composers from the past: sometimes reminiscent, but at the same time looking toward a bright musical future. The musicians consider the posthumous contribution of the Frisian poet Tsjêbbe Hettinga as an inspiring gift. So it is no coincidence that this poet has the first and final word on this CD. Starting from distant shores (Frjemde Kusten), the Colori Ensemble depicts an imaginary and musical journey, escaping from (un)known places and presenting different views. Upon arrival (Oankomst) the cycle is completed by the poet’s welcoming words Kalispera file (greetings to you, my friend).
De titel van deze cd geeft de missie van het Colori Ensemble weer. Ontduiking, de letterlijke betekenis van het Latijnse woord evasio, staat symbool voor datgene wat het ensemble wil realiseren: ontsnapping uit de dagelijkse sleur, nieuw licht werpen op bestaande dingen maar ook nieuw licht, in dit geval geluid, laten creëren door hedendaagse componisten. Dat deze componisten in een rijke muziektraditie staan wil het ensemble benadrukken door ze op deze cd te combineren met een aantal grote klassieke componisten. Hiervoor zijn orkestwerken en pianoversies gekozen die zich lenen voor een nieuwe blik, daarbij gestuurd door de bezetting van het ensemble. De arrangementen laten zich vergelijken met een zwart-wit foto die op sommige plaatsen is ingekleurd, waardoor details nog beter uit de verf komen. De vier hedendaagse componisten op deze cd, afkomstig uit, dan wel werkzaam in Friesland, staan elk op hun eigen wijze in de muziektraditie: soms terugblikkend, maar ook vooruitkijkend. De ensembleleden beschouwen de postume medewerking van de Friese dichter Tsjêbbe Hettinga als een geschenk. Niet toevallig heeft hij het eerste en laatste woord. Het ensemble wil, startend vanaf vreemde kusten (Frjemde Kusten), een denkbeeldige, muzikale rondreis presenteren met omzwerving en ontsnapping naar (on)bekende oorden en nieuwe vergezichten. Na aankomst (Oankomst) is de kringloop voltooid, getuige de goedmoedige slotwoorden van Hettinga: Kalispera file (gegroet, mijn vriend).
Der Titel dieser CD spiegelt die Mission des Colori Ensemble wider. Ausweichen, die wörtliche Übersetzung des lateinischen evasio, ist Symbol für den Wunsch des Ensembles, dem musikalischen Alltag zu entkommen und sich den ausgetretenen Pfaden zu entziehen. Neues Licht auf das Bestehende zu werfen, aber auch neue Klänge zu erzeugen, indem man neue Kompositionen zeitgenössischer Komponisten spielt. Um zu betonen, dass diese Komponisten auf den Noten berühmter Vorgänger beruhen, kombiniert diese CD diese neuen Kompositionen mit Arrangements bekannter Repertoires von Komponisten, deren Werke bereits den Test der Zeit bestanden haben. Die ausgewählten Kompositionen sind auf die spezifische musikalische Besetzung des Colori Ensembles abgestimmt. Das Ergebnis ist vergleichbar mit einer subtilen Farbgebung bei einem Schwarz-Weiß-Foto, die Details offenbart, die im Original übersehen oder in diesem Fall belauscht werden könnten. Die vier zeitgenössischen Komponisten auf dieser CD, die alle aus der niederländischen Provinz Friesland stammen oder dort arbeiten, sind jeweils auf ihre Weise auf den Spuren der großen Komponisten der Vergangenheit: manchmal erinnernd, aber gleichzeitig auf eine strahlende musikalische Zukunft gerichtet. Als inspirierendes Geschenk betrachten die Musiker den posthumen Beitrag des friesischen Dichters Tsjêbbe Hettinga. So ist es kein Zufall, dass dieser Dichter das erste und letzte Wort auf dieser CD hat. Ausgehend von weit entfernten Ufern (Frjemde Kusten) stellt das Colori Ensemble eine imaginäre und musikalische Reise dar, die aus (unbekannten) Orten entkommt und verschiedene Ansichten präsentiert. Bei der Ankunft (Oankomst) wird der Zyklus durch die Begrüßungsworte des Dichters Kalispera file (Grüße an Sie, mein Freund) abgerundet.

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Arjan Jongsma (marimba)

Arjan Jongsma (1995) has been performing at various concert venues since the age of 12. During his career to date he has performed at the International Chamber Music Festival Schiermonnikoog, Festival Wonderfeel ’s-Graveland, Bach Festival Dordrecht and the International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht. Furthermore he has performed as a soloist with orchestras including the Residentie Orchestra, Noordpool Orchestra, Philips Symphony Orchestra, Dutch Theater Orchestra, Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands and the Haydn Youth String Orchestra. In addition, as a freelance orchestral musician, Arjan has substituted with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (timpani), RCO Brass (timpani), Ballet Orchestra (percussion) and various other orchestras and is associated as a timpanist with the Nieuwe Philharmonie Utrecht.  During his studies he has won many awards including 1st price...
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Arjan Jongsma (1995) has been performing at various concert venues since the age of 12. During his career to date he has performed at the International Chamber Music Festival Schiermonnikoog, Festival Wonderfeel ’s-Graveland, Bach Festival Dordrecht and the International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht. Furthermore he has performed as a soloist with orchestras including the Residentie Orchestra, Noordpool Orchestra, Philips Symphony Orchestra, Dutch Theater Orchestra, Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands and the Haydn Youth String Orchestra. In addition, as a freelance orchestral musician, Arjan has substituted with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (timpani), RCO Brass (timpani), Ballet Orchestra (percussion) and various other orchestras and is associated as a timpanist with the Nieuwe Philharmonie Utrecht.

During his studies he has won many awards including 1st price during the National Finals of the Prinses Christina Concours in The Hague, the KPMG Pressprize, the Rubens Kwartet Prize, the Accelerando Classic Award and the jury and audience prize at the Haydn Music Festival 2007 in Groningen. Arjan is a member of the Colori Ensemble and with this ensemble he could be heard on the Dutch radio and seen on the Dutch television show ‘Vrije Geluiden’. The Colori Ensemble has been performing concerts throughout the Netherlands including venues like the Recital Hall and Mirror Hall of the Concertgebouw. Arjan is a teacher at the Percussion Friends-Sweelinck Academy at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. In 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 (online) he gave lessons and recitals during the International Marimba Summer Camp of Theodor Milkov in Greece and was teaching during the Percussion Friends Chamber Music Academy in 2017, 2018 en 2020 (online).

Arjan plays a Yamaha YM-5100 marimba, which has been made possible by the Prince Bernhard Culture Fund and Stichting Eigen Muziekinstrument. He obtained his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree, with specialization marimba and timpani, at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.


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Frans Douwe Slot (piano)

Frans Douwe Slot (1983) received his bachelor’s degree at the former Noord-Nederlands Conservatorium, where he studied with Tamara Poddubnaya and Nata Tsvereli. He then continued his studies at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Utrecht with Klára Würtz, where he graduated cum laude for his master’s degree. In 2009, he studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest with Balázs Szokolay. Frans Douwe has won several prises in competitions like the Prinses Christina Concours, the international music competition Hopes, Talents, Masters, the Schubert Competition in Bulgaria, and the Maria Yudina Festival in Saint-Petersburg. He has recorded two solo CDs and he has performed in Germany, Hungary, Bulgaria, Russia and Guatemala. In November 2014, after a long medical search,...
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Frans Douwe Slot (1983) received his bachelor’s degree at the former Noord-Nederlands Conservatorium, where he studied with Tamara Poddubnaya and Nata Tsvereli. He then continued his studies at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Utrecht with Klára Würtz, where he graduated cum laude for his master’s degree. In 2009, he studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest with Balázs Szokolay. Frans Douwe has won several prises in competitions like the Prinses Christina Concours, the international music competition Hopes, Talents, Masters, the Schubert Competition in Bulgaria, and the Maria Yudina Festival in Saint-Petersburg. He has recorded two solo CDs and he has performed in Germany, Hungary, Bulgaria, Russia and Guatemala. In November 2014, after a long medical search, Frans Douwe was diagnosed with focal dystonia. After an intensive medical rehabilitation, he has returned to the concert stage, starting by playing in ensembles. Since 2021, Frans Douwe is giving solo recitals again and is very active in various chamber music performances.

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The rich Frisian heritage.
nederlands dagblad, 17-4-2020

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01.
Frjemde Kusten (2018)
04:24
(J. le Cointre, S. Rachmaninov, W. van Ligtenberg, M. Ravel, P. Visser, S. Hoekstra, M. de Falla) Rianne Jongsma, Wilma Jongsma, Arjan Jongsma, Frans Douwe Slot
02.
Symphonic Dances op. 45: Non allegro
12:11
(J. le Cointre, S. Rachmaninov, W. van Ligtenberg, M. Ravel, P. Visser, S. Hoekstra, M. de Falla) Rianne Jongsma, Wilma Jongsma, Arjan Jongsma, Frans Douwe Slot
03.
ORBIS per oboe solo (2016): Intro e Orbis I
06:12
(J. le Cointre, S. Rachmaninov, W. van Ligtenberg, M. Ravel, P. Visser, S. Hoekstra, M. de Falla) Rianne Jongsma, Wilma Jongsma, Arjan Jongsma, Frans Douwe Slot
04.
ORBIS per oboe solo (2016): Evasio
02:20
(J. le Cointre, S. Rachmaninov, W. van Ligtenberg, M. Ravel, P. Visser, S. Hoekstra, M. de Falla) Rianne Jongsma, Wilma Jongsma, Arjan Jongsma, Frans Douwe Slot
05.
ORBIS per oboe solo (2016): Orbis II e Coda
03:15
(J. le Cointre, S. Rachmaninov, W. van Ligtenberg, M. Ravel, P. Visser, S. Hoekstra, M. de Falla) Rianne Jongsma, Wilma Jongsma, Arjan Jongsma, Frans Douwe Slot
06.
Ma Mère l’Oye: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant
01:43
(J. le Cointre, S. Rachmaninov, W. van Ligtenberg, M. Ravel, P. Visser, S. Hoekstra, M. de Falla) Rianne Jongsma, Wilma Jongsma, Arjan Jongsma, Frans Douwe Slot
07.
Ma Mère l’Oye: Petit Poucet
03:11
(J. le Cointre, S. Rachmaninov, W. van Ligtenberg, M. Ravel, P. Visser, S. Hoekstra, M. de Falla) Rianne Jongsma, Wilma Jongsma, Arjan Jongsma, Frans Douwe Slot
08.
Ma Mère l’Oye: Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes
03:38
(J. le Cointre, S. Rachmaninov, W. van Ligtenberg, M. Ravel, P. Visser, S. Hoekstra, M. de Falla) Rianne Jongsma, Wilma Jongsma, Arjan Jongsma, Frans Douwe Slot
09.
Ma Mère l’Oye: Le Jardin féerique
03:15
(J. le Cointre, S. Rachmaninov, W. van Ligtenberg, M. Ravel, P. Visser, S. Hoekstra, M. de Falla) Rianne Jongsma, Wilma Jongsma, Arjan Jongsma, Frans Douwe Slot
10.
Fantasia per flauto e marimba (2016)
06:55
(J. le Cointre, S. Rachmaninov, W. van Ligtenberg, M. Ravel, P. Visser, S. Hoekstra, M. de Falla) Rianne Jongsma, Wilma Jongsma, Arjan Jongsma, Frans Douwe Slot
11.
Sonatina for flute, oboe and marimba (2018): Moderately fast
04:23
(J. le Cointre, S. Rachmaninov, W. van Ligtenberg, M. Ravel, P. Visser, S. Hoekstra, M. de Falla) Rianne Jongsma, Wilma Jongsma, Arjan Jongsma, Frans Douwe Slot
12.
Sonatina for flute, oboe and marimba (2018): Freely
03:13
(J. le Cointre, S. Rachmaninov, W. van Ligtenberg, M. Ravel, P. Visser, S. Hoekstra, M. de Falla) Rianne Jongsma, Wilma Jongsma, Arjan Jongsma, Frans Douwe Slot
13.
Sonatina for flute, oboe and marimba (2018): With energy but not too fast
04:02
(J. le Cointre, S. Rachmaninov, W. van Ligtenberg, M. Ravel, P. Visser, S. Hoekstra, M. de Falla) Rianne Jongsma, Wilma Jongsma, Arjan Jongsma, Frans Douwe Slot
14.
El Amor Brujo: Danza Ritual del Fuego
04:30
(J. le Cointre, S. Rachmaninov, W. van Ligtenberg, M. Ravel, P. Visser, S. Hoekstra, M. de Falla) Rianne Jongsma, Wilma Jongsma, Arjan Jongsma, Frans Douwe Slot
15.
Oankomst (2018)
07:07
(J. le Cointre, S. Rachmaninov, W. van Ligtenberg, M. Ravel, P. Visser, S. Hoekstra, M. de Falla) Rianne Jongsma, Wilma Jongsma, Arjan Jongsma, Frans Douwe Slot
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