a r t i s t : Klas Torsetensson
t i t l e : Licks & Brains
d a t e : 1990
l a b e l : Donemus
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Jul/2006
t r a c k s : 03
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 79,1 MB
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1. Leo Van Oostrom: bass saxophone solo, recorded in the Royal
Hall Conservatory's Schoenbergzaal (The Hague), 4 November
1988
2. Licks & Brains I - Netherlands Saxophone Quartet,
Conductor: Klas Torstensson - recorded in the Royal Hall
Conservatory's Schoenbergzaal (The Hague), 10, 11 September
1988
3. Licks & Brains II - Netherlands Saxophone Quartet, ASKO
Ensemble, Conductor: Davis Porcelijn - recorded live 13
October 1988 in the Music Theatre's Dr Anton Philipszaal (The
Hague), 13 October 1988
"Both tone production and mechanism (action) are amplified out
of all proportion, evoking the sensation of an extremely heavy
and complex piece of machinery being revved into motion; the
musical development comes off the ground with a great deal of
struggle."
"The listener hears lesser known sides of the bass saxophone.
An interchanging of percussive sounds from the reed,
breathtaking multiphonics and muscular tones that are pressed
out like some sort of pulse. The score indication directing
the player to groan is a conscious emphasis of the player's
efforts.
The second movement of Licks & Brains is written for saxophone
quartet functioning as a compact group and gives free rein to
virtuosity (both in the sense of agility of the fingers as the
technical capability of mastering difficult articulations and
discovering new ways of playing). In the final movement the
quartet is only one layer of a larger musical whole of which
the surrounding orchestra provides an entirely new musical
context." Klas Torstensson
In the Solo, the inside of the instrument is of primary
importance. Both tone production and mechanism (action) are
amplified out of all proportion, evoking the sensation of an
extremely heavy piece of machinery being revved into motion;
the musical development comes off the ground with a great deal
of struggle. Solo is dedicated to Leo van Oostrom who first
performed the work on 8 october 1988 at the Stedelijk Museum
in Amsterdam.
With the second piece, Licks & Brains I, we find ourselves, as
it were, within the music itself; music that develops a high
level of virtuoso activity. The quartet, as the sax section in
a big band, plays as a solid unit, striving to keep together
and to build up to a continually more extended and refined
repertoire of pitch, articulation and ways of playing. Licks &
Brains I was written for the Netherlands Saxophone Quartet.
In the third piece, Licks & Brains II, the music of the qartet
is presented in a new setting. The music now appears in
relation to a large entity built up of several layers. The
orchestra furnishes a new musical context, at times enforcing
a re-interpretation of the saxophone music.
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01-Solo For Bass Saxophone [10:03]
02-Licks & Brains I [22:24]
03-Licks & Brains II [25:22]
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57:49 min