Cat No:
ENJ94562
Release Date: 02 September 2014
Label: Enja
Packaging Type: Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 063757945628
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
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Description
'Chanson Irresponsable' takes as its starting point the anarchic and eclectic nature of the song of the sedge warbler. First an instrumental opening establishes the bird's musical habitat. In spring the Sedge Warblers arrive, represented by the two vocalists, Kate Westbrook and Matthew Sharp, and the two clarinettists, Chris Biscoe and Peter Whyman.There are basically two original texts by Kate Westbrook, one about the birds strutting territorial display, and the other about nest building and procreation. These words are heard in English, Italian, French and German, each time in a different musical setting.
Towards the close of the piece, one sedge warbler, singing philosophically until the end, is killed by a cat. A funeral hymn is followed by a New Orleans-style parade. At the end of summer the remaining birds sing one last song and are gone.
"This musically innovative and exciting new piece finds Mike & Kate working at their creative peaks and defiantly unafraid to risk everything in their pursuit of new musical forms. Working with a stunning mix of jazz and classical musicians of all ages, the Westbrooks have created a major work for contemporary music that is as startlingly original and uncategorisable as anything in their combined creative history." - Chris Albury, Mind Your Own Music
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Tracklisting
- 1. Reed Bed The Oak Treet And The Stream
- 2. Stolzierender Protz
- 3. Fight
- 4. Unbekummerte Liebe
- 5. Chattering Billy
- 6. Tu Cranes
- 7. Amore Spensierato
- 8. Insouciant Amour
- 1. Gran Vanto
- 2. Careless
- 3. Ein Vogel
- 4. Hymne Funebre
- 5. Vanto D'Amore
- 6. Gone Travel Light
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We'll Rise
Anke Helfrich
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Seems Like Yesterday
Lisa Wahlandt
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82 Days
Roy Nathanson
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350 Million Herring
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Meteora
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Gratitude
Banz Oster & The Rainmakers
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12 Tangos - Adios Buenos Aires (Original Soundtrack)
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Music From The Source
Chico Freeman
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Live 1972
Mike Westbrook
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London Bridge Live in Zurich 1990
Mike Westbrook
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In Memory of Lou Gare
Mike Westbrook
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Metropolis
Mike Westbrook
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Band of Bands
Mike Westbrook
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Love And Understanding: Citadel/Room 315 Sweden '74
Mike Westbrook
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Paris
Mike Westbrook
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The Orchestra Of Smith's Academy
Mike Westbrook
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