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Remembering: Norgard & Saariaho - Cello Concertos | BIS BIS2602

Remembering: Norgard & Saariaho - Cello Concertos

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Label: BIS

Cat No: BIS2602

Barcode: 7318590026021

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 1st October 2021

Contents

Artists

Jakob Kullberg (cello)
BBC Philharmonic
Sinfonia Varsovia

Conductors

Michael Francis
John Storgards
Szymon Bywalec

Works

Norgard, Per

Cello Concerto no.1 'Between'
Violin Concerto no.1 'Remembering Child' (arr. J Kullberg for cello)

Saariaho, Kaija

Notes on Light

Artists

Jakob Kullberg (cello)
BBC Philharmonic
Sinfonia Varsovia

Conductors

Michael Francis
John Storgards
Szymon Bywalec

About

On Remembering, the Danish cellist Jakob Kullberg continues his collaborations with two of the foremost Nordic composers: Per Nørgård and Kaija Saariaho. Praised internationally for his performances of the modern cello concerto, Kullberg regards the concerto form as the encounter of an individual soloist with the sound world of a composer. With living composers this approach often results in an unusual degree of collaboration, as the works gathered here bear witness to. Since 1999, Kullberg has enjoyed a close and unique partnership with Nørgård which has resulted in a large number of works.

Between, the opening work on the disc, hails from a time before this, but Nørgård’s viola concerto Remembering Child in its version for the cello is very much an example of Kullberg’s process. He has not only transferred the concerto to his own instruments, but has also – in consultation with the composer – written his own cadenza as well as added details to the score. Likewise, at a climactic point exactly halfway through Saariaho’s concerto Notes on Light, Kullberg creates an expressive space of his own, with a two-minute cadenza he has composed himself. In this work, as well as in Nørgård’s Between, Kullberg is supported by the BBC Philharmonic, with Sinfonia Varsovia appearing in the closing concerto.

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