Release Date: 21 July 2023
Label: Etcetera
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8711801017907
Genres: Classical  Chamber Music  
Release Date: 21 July 2023
Label: Etcetera
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8711801017907
Genres: Classical  Chamber Music  
Description
Enkin is a Japanese term that combines the concepts of distance and perspective, proximity and remoteness, here and there. For Solar Duo, ENKIN is an allegorical representation of the thin and fragile line that connects an antagonistic duality. It is the axis that unites contemporary and traditional musical concepts as well as high and low sonorities, also including melodically and rhythmically separate discourses.
ENKIN is complexity and simplicity, chaos and order. It aligns not only two worlds -- the known and the unknown -- but also as two cultures -- Western and Eastern. Its two states of mind are calm and explosiveness. ENKIN is piccolo and percussion.
ENKIN is Solar Duo's first album and was the starting point for much intellectual, cultural and emotional exploration as a result of the desire to find new possibilities in combining the piccolo with various percussion instruments.
It was a journey of experimentation with sound, one that aimed to project emotions to our listeners by offering an original and innovative sound in works that, even with a contemporary language, were intended to gather the essence of the traditions of many cultures.
This album contains three world premieres and one arrangement; all four pieces were commissioned specifically for this project and a new percussion instrument was even designed and manufactured for one of the pieces - not too mention the three existing works. It is the first time that the seven compositions that make up this album have been professionally recorded.
Tracklisting
Bruno Monteiro, Joao Paulo Santos
Hendrickje Van Kerckhove, Eddy Vanoosthuyse, Severine Sierens, Hannelore Vermeir, Hans Ryckelynck,
Nuno Cernadas
Amy Norrington, Piet Kuijken
Herman Jeurissen, Ensemble Capricorno, Geerten van der Wetering
Currende, Erik van Vevel
Thomas Blondelle, Filip Rathe
Marco Mantovani
Karolos
The Counterpoints
Narratio Quartet
Danbi Um; Juho Pohjonen
Engegard Quartet, NyNorsk Messingkvintett
Flute Alors
Louise Bessette
Jonas Batstrand, Jorn Fossheim