ECLAT 14

Birke J. Bertelsmeier: sunnūntag
for voices and ensemble (2019/20) ^WP*/15′

Augustin Braud: Le soupçon des tombeaux
for vocal and instrumental ensemble (2019) ^WP /19′

Anna Korsun:Vertigo
for voices and instruments (2019/20) ^WP** 12′

Mikel Urquiza: Songs of Spam
for ensemble (2019/20) ^WP**/15′

Neue Vocalsolisten
Johanna Vargas, soprano/Susanne Leitz-Lorey, soprano/Truike van der Poel, mezzo-soprano/Martin Nagy, tenor/Guillermo Anzorena, baritone/Andreas Fischer, bass

Ensemble C Barré
Annelise Clément, clarinets/Joël Versavaud, saxophones/Fanny Vicens, accordion/Claudio Bettinelli, drums/Florentino Calvo, mandolin/Caroline Delume, guitars/Cyril Dupuy, cimbalom/Charlotte Testu, double bass bass
Conductor Sébastien Boin

* Composition commissions from Ensemble C Barré
**Composition commission by Ensemble C Barré,
financed by the
Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation

Supported by Impuls Neue Musik. German-French-Swiss Fund
for contemporary music With the kind support of the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung

With their »joint adventure«, the two adventurous and challenge-seeking ensembles from France and Germany are fulfilling a long-cherished wish to build up a joint repertoire that, through the special instrumentation of C Barré with bass clarinet, saxophone, accordion, percussion, mandolin, (electric) guitar, cymbalon and double bass in combination with the voices, allows great diversity and unique sound colors. The themes on which the four young composers commissioned by the ensembles–all of them no strangers to ECLAT–draw their inspiration are just as diverse and personal: from dealing with grief and loss to bitingly ironic commentary on populism, climate change and other explosive topics of world affairs.