VIDEO-DEMOS
Sound-Demos
„Pachetanique – 5er Walzer“
Komposition: Alexander Loch
Arrangement: Salut! (2015)
Sateen-Tango
Komposition: Unto Mononen
Arrangement: Salut! (2015)
La Fronde & Poupette — Bourree
Komposition: Tapage
Arrangement: Salut! (2015)
Muzike Mazurka
Komposition: ZEF
Arrangement: Salut! (2015)
Telespargel
Komposition: Thomas Kuhn
Arrangement: Salut! (2015)
Die grinsende Prinzessin
Komposition: Alexander Loch
Arrangement: Salut! (2015)
Rosebud — Bourree mit Tango-Elementen
Komposition: Isabel Pignol
Arrangement: Sylex (2011)
Avallizantia — Walz 5temps
Komposition: Bruno Letron
Arrangement Sylex (2011 )
Deserteur — Walzer
italienischer Folk
Arrangement: Sylex (2011)
FROM MEDIEVAL TO FOLK & WORLD MUSIC
Beyond the geographically localised culture(s), which are adressed in training, consultancy & research, ”culture” is also created, developed — and changes. In the tropics and in this country. It is fascinating to observe how young musicians in East Timor rediscover the old Kore-Metan music or how new dance & music traditions are formed at the Carambals in Paris, the TFF in Rudolstadt or the Boombals in Belgium. This invites to join the global concert.
The duo Brinkmann & Loch is a joint venture of two Bonn musicians with different musical roots: here Klezmer music with its Eastern European sounds and ”talking instruments”, there Balfolk with its waltzes, polkas, mazurkas and Breton meditative circle dances. The result is something new — a melange of sounds, feeling and improvisation, often inspired by Tango. Performing in theaters, museums and festivals.
First compositions and arrangements by Alexander Loch (1994) can be found on the CD Mein Begehr und Wille by the Cologne medieval ensemble OSWALD (named after the minnesinger ”Oswald von Wolkenstein”). It is distributed by Verlag der Spielleute.
With SALUT! modern triangulations between folk, tango & improvisation are created on piano, hurdy-gurdy, clarinet and violin/cello. Highly danceable. The Demo-CD ”Bewegungslust” is available on request.
Sylex & Balbatruc were two ambitious projects of the Paris phase. The CD ”les trois premiers” is already sold out.
In the nineties there was an epoch of numerous performances in castles, palaces and at banquets. the German medieval scene associated the stage name ”Alexandros of Antioch” with the crowds of spectators, learning the basic steps of the old dance ”Traubentritt” …
ARS AUDIENDIARS AUDIENDI produced an intelligently designed CD with the saga of the Richmodis of Aducht — the woman who miraculously rose from the dead in the Middle Ages. The last track is th ”Song of the Richmodis” — accompanied by my hurdy-gurdy and interpreted by Claudia Immer.
In the studio of Volker Bäcker (”the Satan of strings!”) a homage to the blind Irish harpist, TURLOUGH O’CAROLAN, was created in Cologne. During his lifetime he had written melodies that not only delighted the ears of the 18th century, but that are still perfectly suited for bordun instruments today.
In the 90s, hurdy-gurdy players from all over Germany joined together in the Ensemble SURRADIAL to form a kind of ”hurdy-gurdy national orchestra” in order to take the musical range of the instrument to the extreme and combine it with elements of dance theatre. But distance killed the idealism… only occasional concert recordings remained.
Projects
With the support of the GOETHE Institute, we organized a world music workshop in East Timor, followed by a tour by JOSTAL and Asian artists.
The project is described in FOLKER. Polka-unter-Palmen
Last year, the BONNER BOEUF at the old vintner’s house in Bonn Kessenich evolved into a highly frequented forum for the exchange of contemporary folk music along the Rhine. Anyone who plays the harp, accordion, bass, hurdy-gurdy, saxophone, cello, flute, bagpipes, or similar instruments is always welcome! (Add to the private invitation list)
