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Ibert - Chamber Music | Farao B108105

Ibert - Chamber Music

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Label: Farao

Cat No: B108105

Barcode: 4025438081052

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 5th November 2021

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About

In 2017, the Ensemble arabesques began realising its idea of devoting albums to composers with a special predilection for woodwind instruments. The series was launched with the highly successful CD Gustav Holst Kammermusik. This was followed in 2019 by works of Francis Poulenc. For the third album, Jacques Ibert was an obvious choice. As with Holst, the particular charm of Ibert's works derives from the various combinations of woodwind and brass instruments, strings and harp that he uses.

But the final impetus to devote an album to Jacques Ibert came from a meeting with Véronique Ibert Péréal, the granddaughter of the composer. She heard the Deux mouvements by her grandfather live for the first time in a concert at the Goethe Institute in Paris – a very special experience for Madame Ibert Péréal! After the concert, she movingly expressed her thanks to the Ensemble arabesques. A wonderful evening with intensive discussions followed, leading to the firm resolution to carry through with the idea for an Ibert CD.

The highlight of the album is probably the Capriccio, a work that is by no means an everyday part of the core musical repertoire. Employing 10 instruments – a combination of strings, woodwinds, brass and harp – it is on the borderline between orchestral and chamber music.

“Each of the instruments in the score is almost always treated in the concertante style. The aesthetics of this piece simply obey my fantasy, inasmuch as it does not adhere to any procedure or preconceived system.” – Jacques Ibert on the Capriccio

In 2011, the German-French cultural festival arabesques was launched in Hamburg. With more than 50 events each year, it is now the biggest festival of its type in northern Germany. The Ensemble arabesques, which to begin with was active only during the festival, has now developed its own momentum and performs in Germany and abroad throughout the year. The ensemble is made up of musicians from the three major Hamburg orchestras – the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra. In varying combinations, the artists focus mainly on unusual musical projects ranging from baroque to modern. Little-known composers or works that have fallen into oblivion form a central part of the ensemble's work.

Ensemble arabesques:
- Eva Maria Thiébaud (flute)
- Nicolas Thiébaud (oboe)
- Patrick Hollich (clarinet)
- Pascal Deuber (horn)
- Christian Kunert (bassoon)
- Markus Czieharz (trumpet)
- Michael Durner (violin)
- Corinna Desch (violin)
- Bettina Bachofer (viola)
- Peter Wöpke (cello)
- Christoph Bielefeld (harp)
- Ronith Mues (harp)
- Philipp Pointner (conductor)

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