Drawing on a sound poem from French poet Stéphane Malarmé published in 1875, pianist Michel Wintsch and multi-reedist Udo Schindler on bass clarinet and alto saxophone tubax (a modified contrabass saxophone) perform five expressive and assertive improvisations with titles "borrowed from Stéphane Malarmé, who sees his texts as instruments."
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Udo Schindler-bass clarinet, alto saxophone tubax
Michel Wintsch-piano
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Label: FMR
Catalog ID: FMR696
Squidco Product Code: 34979
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2024
Country: UK
Packaging: digDigipack
Recorded live rec. at Seidlvilla, in Munchen, Germany, on November 21st, 2023, by Udo Schindler.
"The poem of Stéphane Malarmé (pure vibrations of the whole soul) is first published in 1875 at la Figaro. The titles of the pieces are borrowed from Stéphane Malarmé, who sees his texts as instruments. The sound harmonies of the French language challenge the reader to decipher and combine the complexity and ambiguity. You will not be devoured. The reader / listener has to get involved and be creative himself, give his fantasies space."-Schindler/Wintsch
"Toute l'âme résumée
Quand lente nous l'expirons
Dans plusieurs ronds de fumée
Abolis en autres ronds
Atteste quelque cigare
Brûlant savamment pour peu
Que la cendre se sépare
De son clair baiser de feu
Ainsi le chœur des romances
À la lèvre vole-t-il
Exclus-en si tu commences
Le réel parce que vil
Le sens trop précis rature
Ta vague littérature."-Stéphane Malarmé
Artist Biographies
• Show Bio for Udo Schindler "Udo Schindler is a German improvisation musicians (bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, saxophone, flute, cornet, also accordion, guitar, percussion, analog synthesizer) and architect. Schindler was active in the 1970s in Franconia first as rock and rock jazz musician before he had flute lessons at the conservatory Nuremberg. Subsequently, he studied architecture at the Technical University of Munich and worked as an architect. In the 1990s he turned to contemporary music (Arch.Ensemble) and improvised music (Schindler.Interferenz.3). In addition to the single tube instruments (saxophones and clarinets), he studied the cornet. In addition to his sound research, he also worked as a director, performer, musician and composer for various theater productions. In the following years he performed with solo and duo projects at new music festivals (Musica Viva, Klangaktionen, etc ...), jazz, experimental music, among others. This led to collaborations with musicians like Hubert Bergmann, Gerry Hemingway, Eddie Prevost, Sebi Tramontana, Georg Wissel, John Russell, Blaise Siwula, Frank Gratkowski, Hans Koch, Urs Leimgruber, Elisabeth Harnik, Katharina Weber and Frank Paul Schubert. In addition to his activities in solid cast he initiated in Munich a series of concerts to free improvisation in ad hoc to test instrumentation." ^ Hide Bio for Udo Schindler • Show Bio for Michel Wintsch "Pianist and composer Michel Wintsch's unflagging inspiration springs from a rich and varied musical background. Linking jazz tradition with the raw power of "progressive" rock, freewheeling improvisation with the rigors of orchestral composition, virtuoso playing with digital editing and mixing techniques, he takes an approach that is both syncretic and poetic. A way of composing that leaves plenty of creative space to fellow musicians, yet establishes a style that is his alone. He has been touring regularly with the WHO trio, among others, for the past 10 years on a worldwide scale. He has published many records and played with many musicians (Fred Frith, Han Bennink, Michel Doneda etc). He has worked as a composer for cinema (Alain Tanner), theatre and ballet as well as many other musical projects." ^ Hide Bio for Michel Wintsch
10/2/2024
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Track Listing:
1. Toute L'Ame Resumee 12:32
2. ... Le Choeur Des Chansons De 9:58
3. De Tes Levres S'Elev 9:30
4. ... Les Sons Ne Sont Pas Trop Forts 15:18
5. Derange Les Chants Suspendus 3:37
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