IRCD 004 - BÉLA HAMVAS GROUP FOR INTUITIVE MUSIC
This is a live CD with the Danish improvising ensemble BÉLA HAMVAS GROUP FOR
INTUITIVE MUSIC, a group which cultivates the practise of working with
composed frameworks, although with free forms not fixing the details. Béla
Hamvas is an Hungarian philosopher and symbol of liberation.
Members include both professionals and amateurs, and the group has reached a
high level of creativity since its start in 1995. Various guest musicians
also participate, making the musical expression ever slightly delightfully
fluctuating. It features characteristic pieces by the founder, Ivan Vincze
as well as by Carl Bergstroem-Nielsen, Joergen Lekfeldt, Joergen Plaetner -
and by Karlheinz Stockhausen who is represented by two text-notated pieces.
How different the compositional design can be even in the short texts of
these pieces can be studied in the booklet comprising no less than 18 pages,
with a lot of other illuminating documentation and texts in English, German
and Hungarian.
Contents:
1. Carl Bergstrřm-Nielsen (b.1951): '14.august' (1996) from
improvisationskalender, vol. II. Like the other pieces presented here by
this author, the score consists mainly of short verbal hints. 6'29
2. Ivan Eugen Vincze (b. 1930): 'Summer-Swings and Jumps' (1996)
['Sommerschaukel und Sprünge'] - this is a graphic score for four players
for instruments ad libitum, also without indications of tempi and dynamics.
6'01
3. jřrgen plaetner (1930-2002): '23.september' (1996) from
improvisationskalender, vol. III. See illustration inside ... 5'38
4. Carl Bergstrřm-Nielsen: '17.maj' (1996) from improvisationskalender, vol.
II. 3'27
5. Jřrgen Lekfeldt (b.1948) : ' MO-NU-MENT' (1979) - is a text-notated
piece. 4'24
6. Carl Bergstrřm-Nielsen: '28.juli' (1996) from improvisationskalender,
vol. II. 7'00
7. Ivan Eugen Vincze: 'Taking a Walk' ['Spaziergang'] (1994) - is a piece
from the collection: '5 Texts for Intuitive Music'. 4'56
8. Karlheinz Stockhausen (b.1928): 'Presentiment' (1970) ['Vorahnung'].
Text-notated music from Work no. 33 For Times to Come. 17 Texts for
Intuitive Music. 5'18
9. Ivan Eugen Vincze: 'Tutti e Soli and One Conductor' (2003) ['Tutti e Soli
und 1 Dirigent'] - is a graphic score. The form of the piece is divided into
17 proportions. See illustration inside ...16'25
10. Carl Bergstrřm-Nielsen: '27.juli' (1996) from improvisationskalender
vol. II. 3'50
11. Ivan Eugen Vincze: 'Always Slow' (2001) ['Immer langsam']. Text-notated
music for two groups and one keyboard instrument. 5'47
12. Karlheinz Stockhausen: 'Bird Of Passage' ['Zugvogel'] (1970).
Text-notated music from Work no. 33 For Times to Come. 17 Texts for
Intuitive Music. 5'55
Béla Hamvas Group for Intuitive Music: László B. Kovács (various
instruments) - Ervin J. Lázár (various instruments) - Ildikó Ungváry
(keyboard, various instruments) and Ivan Vincze (viola).
Also participating: Béla Hirtling, Kászon Kovács, Carl Bergstrřm-Nielsen,
János Vetö, Felix Becker, Jens Balder, Nils Davidsen, Peter Ole Jřrgensen
and Szilárd Mezei (Serbia).
Recordings mainly from live concerts in Copenhagen 1997-2003.
(P) © 2004. Produced by the musicians and Intuitive Records. Cover: Ervin
Lázár. Live recordings and mastering: Nah Te. With support from Danish
Composers' Society/KODAs Fund for Social and Cultural Purposes.
Click here to download the entire booklet of 18 pages - 4,8 MB.
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Review by Federicio Marongiu, www.musicextreme.com (Reviews July 2005):
This is pure intuitive music, full of improvisation and spontaneity. here we have amazing musicians that interact between them in an amazing way creating pasages that despite using heavily experimentation and improvisation are really coherent and also they explore without falling into chaotic musical pieces. I am really amazed by this musicians that are constantly exploring new sounds with their instruments yet retaining a "group spirit" that allows them to interact in a really amazing way. the compositions here have melodies but also have background sounds and some noises and percussive sounds that surprises the listener constantly. One good thing is that the booklet comes with full explanations about intuitive music, with web links to sites where there are explanations of this type of music, so the booklet is really isntructional for people that would like to know more about Intuitive music. I recommend this to all people interested in boundaries breaker music.
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