quinta-feira, 16 de julho de 2015

Lulu auf dem Berg


CD – Creative Sources Recordings – CS325, Lisbon 2015





1. Sream of Consciousness - 49'16''


VARIABLE GEOMETRY ORCHESTRA

Ernesto Rodrigues - Viola & Conduction
Gerhard Uebelle - Violin
Guilherme Rodrigues - Cello
Miguel Mira - Cello
João Madeira - Double Bass
Hernâni Faustino - Double Bass
Adriana Sá - Zither
Paulo Curado - Flute
Mariana Chagas - Flute
Bruno Parrinha - Alto Clarinet
Paulo Galão - Clarinet & Bass Clarinet
Nuno Torres - Alto Saxophone
Albert Cirera - Tenor & Soprano Saxophone
Sei Miguel - Pocket Trumpet
Yaw Tembe - Trumpet
Fala Mariam - Alto Trombone
Eduardo Chagas - Tenor Trombone
Maria Radich - Voice & Dance
Armando Pereira - Accordion
António Chaparreiro - Electric Guitar
Abdul Moimême - Electric Guitar
Carlos Santos - Synthesizer
André Hencleeday - Electronic Percussion
João Silva - Harmonium & Electronics
Nuno Morão - Drums
Carlos Godinho - Percussion


Recorded in May 2015, Lisbon


Reviews

The opening moments of “Stream of Consciousness”are disorienting. Awash in reverb, as in an empty warehouse or a bounded public square, Maria Radich’s vocals mingle with those of an audience of unknown size. Camera shutters click, men cough into their sleeves, children test their own small voices against Radich’s echoes. It’s unclear: has the performance begun? But soon other instruments can be heard, a few at a time, the texture thickening as the 26-strong band materializes.  

Lulu auf dem Berg (“Lulu on the mountain”—a clever allusion to Alban Berg’s unfinished opera) is the third release from Ernesto Rodrigues’ Variable Geometry Orchestra. Membership is variable, too: the group can swell to as many as 40 musicians, and always features some familiar names from the Portugal scene. Here we find Miguel Mira, Hernâni Faustino, and Sei Miguel, among others. 

Free improvisation is tricky with large groups. Perhaps ironically, adopting the minimalist, textural approach of electroacoustic improvisationis often a fruitful strategy. Rodrigues deftly moves his musicians through a droning series of dark, shifting shapes, the variable geometry of a flock of birds, turning on his whim. Over the course of the nearly 50 minute performance, there are a few moments of more “traditional” free improvisation, but the intense reverb in the playing space smears everything, effacing even the attack of each drum hit. 

It may be due to my recent listening, but the murky start and brooding progression brings to mind the music of Jakob Ullman. Not so much his use of extreme quiet, but the idea of holding music at a distance to elicit a form of strained listening. Attention is sustained not by following a melodic trail or the clash of counterpoint, but instead by pushing to get closer to the details, immersed in the flux of a slow-moving, all-pervasive mass of sound. Rodrigues has used the word “subliminal” in the past when talking about this music. Indeed, a session with Lulu auf dem Berg feels like something that was slowly absorbed rather than actively engaged. Moody, suspenseful—even cinematic—music. Highly recommended. Dan Sorrells (The Free Jazz Collective)


Uma das mais importantes notícias da improvisação nacional no ano ainda em curso foi o regresso da Variable Geometry Orchestra de Ernesto Rodrigues, e logo para um concerto (a 3 de Maio) num local único, o Panteão Nacional, com a sua característica ressonância. Este disco documenta essa actuação de um ensemble que, como o nome indica, tem formação diversa, dependendo esta das circunstâncias e das ocasiões. O certo é que há alguns anos que o projecto estava interrompido, sobretudo pela dificuldade de acertar agendas tão preenchidas como as dos músicos desta área tão dinâmica. A também conhecida como VGO, que já chegou a incluir 40 elementos, surge agora com 26.
Entre eles estão músicos de outros países residentes em Portugal, como Albert Cirera e Yaw Tembe, e também alguns instrumentistas de visita a Portugal, designadamente Gerhard Uebelle e André Hencleeday, mas o grosso continua a ser constituído pela prata da casa. De salientar a contribuição de alguns dos mais notáveis nomes da cena portuguesa, como Sei Miguel, Paulo Curado, Miguel Mira (Rodrigo Amado Motion Trio) e Hernâni Faustino (Red Trio).
Aquilo que define a música enquanto organização intencional de sons é o ponto de partida do registo: a longa improvisação nasce dos sons acidentais da presença humana no espaço (vozes, movimentos, cliques de máquinas fotográficas, etc.), primeiro confundindo-se com o ruído ambiente e depois eclipsando-o, ou melhor, mudando a sua natureza.
Essa particularidade transmite-nos de imediato a impressão de que não há propriamente um início (e um fim, já que o termo do disco é simplesmente um desvanecimento) neste “Stream of Consciousness” e de que pouco, na verdade, distancia a música propriamente dita do entorno sonoro – o arrastar de uma cadeira, os passos no chão de pedra, as conversas em sussurro não são propositados, mas também eles têm uma lógica intrínseca. Essa ligação é feita nos primeiros minutos pela dança audível da vocalista Maria Radich, que de resto irrompe várias vezes do magma acústico com excelente oportunidade.
Uma (a música) e o outro (o ruído) são tratados por igual pelo espaço arquitectónico, e quando o que se toca é tocado na perspectiva dos sons que ficam suspensos no ar, determinando todos e quaisquer desenvolvimentos, é o espaço, mediador da emissão sonora, que se torna determinante. Tanto assim que surge como consequência e, em simultâneo, princípio. O que aqui temos é música espacial, uma constante titilação da arquitectura e dos materiais utilizados na construção da bela Igreja de Santa Engrácia.
Não surpreende, pois, que opte amiúdes vezes por “drones” ou bordões, forma eficaz de criar massa, e de se contradizer os ditos com intervenções pontilhísticas ou em staccato, nelas se reconhecendo imediatamente o trompete de Sei Miguel, o saxofone tenor de Albert Cirera e a viola de Ernesto Rodrigues.
Não sei se a descrita indefinição entre o que é musical e o que não é, ou relativa ao momento em que o som começa a ser e deixa de ser música, foi o que levou a titular este CD com o nome da ópera inacabada de Alban Berg, “Lulu Auf Dem Berg”. Se foi, até que faz sentido, pois uma peça musical que não começa e não termina é, como aquela, uma não-obra ou pelo menos algo que está, esteve, em vias de o ser. O que abre uma questão interessante  – será que podemos aplicar o conceito de “obra” à música improvisada, que só parece tal quando fica gravada em disco? A própria designação da peça com o procedimento usado, o de “stream of consciousness”, surge como um não-título. Inclusive, dificilmente a poderemos referir como “peça” ou como “tema”, termos demasiado circunscritos para explicar o que encontramos aqui. E o que encontramos aqui é uma música que vem da vida quotidiana e que a ela é devolvida.
Aliás, é isso que a torna tão natural, tão impregnada de existencialismo e de autenticidade. A VGO está, decididamente, de volta, e com argumentos reforçados… Rui Eduardo Paes (Jazz.pt)

Composé d’un personnel imposant avec une grande variété instrumentale et sous-titré stream conscienciousness, le Variable Geometry Orchestra est un point de rencontre d’improvisateurs portugais sous la conduite du violoniste alto Ernesto Rodrigues. Cet enregistrement de mai 2015 offre des occurrences sonores entre l’aléatoire et l’intentionnel qui mettent en valeur la combinatoire des sons obtenus par les participants et leurs silences. Il y a une grande part d’invention personnelle chez les vingt-six participants, tous totalement impliqués dans cette superbe mise en commun des sons et de l’écoute. Voici la liste des musiciens : Ernesto Rodrigues viola, conduction, Gerhard Uebelle violin, Guilherme Rodrigues cello, Miguel Mira cello, João Madeira double bass, Hernâni Faustino double bass , Adriana Sá zither, Paulo Curado flute, Mariana Chagas flute, Bruno Parrinha alto clarinet, Paulo Galão clarinet, bass clarinet, Nuno Torres alto saxophone, Albert Cirera tenor & soprano saxophone, Sei Miguel pocket trumpet, Yaw Tembe trumpet, Fala Mariam alto trombone, Eduardo Chagas trombone, Maria Radich voice, dance, Armando Pereira accordion, António Chaparreiro electric guitar, Abdul Moimême electric guitar, Carlos Santos synthesizer, André Hencleeday electronic percussion, João Silva harmonium, electronics, Nuno Morão drums, Carlos Godinho percussion. Soit la nébuleuse Ernesto Rodrigues. Des drones mouvants, irisés et dont la texture et les composants se transforment insensiblement et souvent rapidement. Un changement de perspective intervient avec des interjections toutes dans le même moule quelque soient l’instrument, donnant à penser qu’Ernesto parvient à bien se faire comprendre. Les instruments électroniques / électriques colorent l’ensemble en se distinguant à peine. Un silence intervient suivi de crépitements d’orage qui se prépare, une note tenue comme une sirène bloquée entourée de bruitages aqueux puis de murmures d’outre-tombe relance une stase évasive qui tournoie lentement. La conduite d’ER est subtile. Un superbe mouvement orchestral se dessine dans l’espace, chaque instrument de souffle s’emboîtant l’un dans l’autre alors que les percussions grondent sourdement. Des bribes de sax free s’échappent suivies par des interventions de cuivres, la musique s’anime : un solo de trompette free accompagné de clusters se détache et une zone introspective quasi électro-acoustique où la trompette joue quelques notes appuyées dans l’effet de résonance du lieu (Panthéon National !?), se tait puis revient au premier plan.  On pense à Bill Dixon, mais c’est sans doute involontaire de la part du musicien. Un fond sonore permanent composé de sons électroniques et d’un agrégat impénétrable d’instruments acoustiques permettent à différents instruments d’émerger dans une sorte d’avant-plan sans crier gare et d’apporter des détails presqu’infimes à l’ensemble. Quand la majorité se rejoignent finalement dans un vrai silence, il reste un son aigu continu de corde frottée, lequel attire imperceptiblement vers lui d’autres instruments créant un continuum en mutation constante qui plonge lentement dans le silence. Soit presque cinquante minutes consistantes qui s’imposent à l’écoute. Vraiment remarquable. Jean-Michel van Schouwburg (Orynx)

Przygoda pierwsza – Strumień Nieświadomości

Czas i miejsce zdarzenia: 31 maja 2015r. Koncert w Panteão Nacional, w trakcie Escuta Profunda Festival, Lizbona

Ludzie i przedmioty: Armando Pereira - akordeon, Bruno Parrinha – klarnet altowy, Nuno Torres – saksofon altowy, Guilherme Rodrigues & Miguel Mira - wiolonczele, Paulo Galão – klarnet, klarnet basowy, Hernâni Faustino & João Madeira - kontrabasy, Nuno Morão - perkusja, Abdul Moimême & António Chaparreiro – gitary elektryczne, Mariana Chagas & Paulo Curado - flety, João Silva - harmonium, elektronika, Carlos Godinho & André Hencleeday – perkusjonalia (także elektroniczne), Carlos Santos – syntezator (także analogowy), Albert Cirera – saksofon tenorowy i sopranowy, Eduardo Chagas & Fala Mariam - puzony, Yaw Tembe & Sei Miguel - trąbki, Ernesto Rodrigues – altówka, dyrygent, Gerhard Uebelle - altówka, Maria Radich – głos i taniec, Adriana Sá - zither.

Co gramy: dyrygowana muzyka improwizowana.

Efekt finalny: utwór Stream Of Consciousness, trwający 49 minut, wydany na płycie Lulu Auf Dem Berg (Creative Sources, 2015).

Przebieg wydarzeń/ subiektywne wrażenia:

Elektroakustyczny ferment, bujne środowisko mikrozdarzeń akustycznych i elektronicznych – to dostajemy na początek, prosto na twarz, w uszy i zwoje mózgowe. Głosy zza światów, melorecytacje na ultra pogłosie, podmuchy wiatru naładowanego plusami i minusami. Muzyka drży, pełna jest niepokoju, mroku i głęboko skrywanych tajemnic. Zgrzyty, szepty, onomatopeje. Narracja jest niezwykle skupiona, składa się z dronów, które tulą się do siebie, jak węgorze w trakcie godowych interakcji. Incydenty wprost ze strun (siedem podmiotów wykonawczych), grzmoty zwartych i gotowych na wszystko dęciaków (dziesięć podmiotów wykonawczych), elektroniczny background rozbudowanej sekcji (osiem podmiotów wykonawczych). Gitarowy, psychodeliczny spleen. Muzyka jest niezwykle płynna, ale nie jest to lekki flow. Wyławianie pojedynczych, dźwiękowych perełek, to naczelne zadanie dla tych, którzy słuchają. Po 10 minucie rośnie ilość sonorystycznych stempli, kontrabasy wiją krwawe pasaże, a stosunkowo najspokojniejsza, mimo wszystko, okazuje się horda strunowców. Demokracja nade wszystko! Muzyczna emancypacja każdego użytego instrumentu, brak liderów, równouprawnienie muzyków, brak znaczących zwrotów dramaturgicznych, konstytuują jakość tej opowieści. Spostrzeżenie bystrego recenzenta: instrumentacja tej wielkiej orkiestry obywa się na ogół w parach (patrz: lista wykonawców powyżej).

Koncert toczy się prawdopodobnie w dużej sali, która momentami kreuje nadpogłos, czego efektem jest zbytni patos w wybranych momentach. Wielodźwięki zlewają się w szkliste drony, niczym filharmonia lekko upalonych freaków, która wysoko zawieszona, drży, syczy, złowieszczo pomrukuje – jakże piękny strumień uzmysłowionej nieświadomości! 


W okolicach 30 minuty doświadczamy delikatnego przeorganizowania procesu narracji. Dron jakby ustaje, umiera, by dać początek nowemu życiu tej improwizacji. Metakrzyk tabunu zaspokojonych dziewic, wsparty szczyptą literatury, wprost z głębin gardła - elektroakustyczne cacko! fajerwerki bez sztucznych ogni! Strings go to heaven! Blachy skwierczą, drewniaki skomlą, a percussions przypominają, że żyją. Narracja nawarstwia się, emocje rosną, ale nie popadamy w galop (wciąż duży pogłos upłynnia dramaturgiczne punkty przegięcia). Zresztą hamowanie następuje nader szybko i wyjątkowo zwinnie, kierując przebieg zdarzeń ku psychodelii (gitary! trąbki!). Kontrabasy uprawiają taniec śmierci, rżnąc na smykach. Myśli muzyków pętlą się wokół finalnej ekspozycji. Dysze są spocone, a struny zdają się wyjątkowo ciężkie,… ołowiane. Wybrzmienie jest diabelsko wyraziste i niewymownie piękne. Ma wiele wymiarów (zgrzyty!), ale Maestro czuwa i wygasza narrację w sposób perfekcyjny. Trybuna Muzyki Spontanicznej

Sukasaptati


CD – Creative Sources Recordings – CS305, Lisbon 2015





1. Tales I-XI - 10'34''
2. Tales XII-XXIII - 04'29''
3. Tales XXIV-XXXV - 09'21'
4. Tales XXXVI-XLVII - 07'26''
5. Tales XLVIII-LIX - 13'02''
6. Tales LX-LXX - 07'29'' 


Ernesto Rodrigues - Viola
Andrea Sanz Vela - Viola
Micha Rabuske - Flute, Soprano Saxophone & Bass Clarinet
Klaus Kürvers - Double Bass


Recorded in April 2010, Berlin


Reviews

Avec le majestueux contrebassiste berlinois, Klaus Kürvers, le quartet de Sukasaplati prend une dimension orchestrale, amplifiée par la conjonction des deux altos qui se rengorgent réciproquement. Impossible de deviner qui joue quoi : il vaut mieux se concentrer sur l’ensemble et suivre les méandres des improvisations, la vibration des cordes, le grondement léger de la flûte basse. Sur le cinquième morceau se détache un morceau épuré, ample, mystérieux et lunaire : encore une pièce importante au dossier Ernesto Rodrigues. Magnifique ! Jean-Michel van Schouwburg (Orynx)

Live recordings at Exploratorium, in Berlin, Geremany in 2010 from the quartet of Klaus Kurvers on double bass, Andrea Sanz Vela and Ernesto Rodrigues on violin, and Micha Rabuske on dlute, bass clarinet, and soprano sax, collective improvisation with complex interplay and a bright spirit as the group follows their instincts in interesting dialog. (Squidco)

In February 2023, Ernesto sent me two rarities from the early days of Rodrigues operation. The first one was "Sukasaptati", performed by a quartet with two violas, double bass and reeds. The music is inspired by the classical Sanscrit text of the same title. As Wikipedia explains: "Sukasaptati, or Seventy tales of the parrot, is a collection of stories originally written in Sanskrit. The stories are supposed to be narrated to a woman by her pet parrot, at the rate of one story every night, in order to dissuade her from going out to meet her paramour when her husband is away. The stories frequently deal with illicit liaisons, the problems that ow from them and the way to escape those crises by using one's wits. Though the actual purpose of the parrot is to prevent its mistress from leaving, it does so without moralising. At the end of the seventy days, the woman's husband returns from his trip abroad and all is forgiven. Most of the stories are ribald and uninhibited, with some verging on the pornographic. The situations depicted in the stories not only test the bounds of marriage, some stray into taboo areas of incest and, in one case, zoophilia."
The music has indeed some Indian touch, nicely and discretely supported by the two violas. The quartet plays 6 tracks, corresponding to diferent tales of the "Sukasaptati". As typical in Ernesto's music there is a mix of everything here: free improvisation, minimal music and contemporary chamber music. I personally dig the opening "Tales I-XI", with wonderful chamber music lines of the violas, and great reeds parts. But the double bass bowing and finger picking is also phenomenal. Another favorite track of mine corresponds to "Tales XLVIII-LXI". It last 13 minutes and is the most abstract and dramatic piece of the album. Very highly recommended! Maciej Lewenstein

terça-feira, 14 de julho de 2015

Ordinary Music Vol. 35 "Textures"


CD – Creative Sources Recordings – CS314, Lisbon 2015

Ordinary Music Vol.35: TEXTURES (for creative ensemble)

First of all this piece does not really meet the standards of a composition; the score is rather a working basis for a creative musical process, providing both musical and extra-musical signs, along with a range of loose instructions on how to combine them. 
The term “creative” however refers to the Braxtonian term “creative music”, which is somehow rooted in a Jazz tradition, but allows for a wider range of artistic means; in particular those that have been developed in western avantgarde music over the course of the 20th century, including a-tonality, noise production, non-thematic development and not least graphic notation.
The agreement upon a predefined set of materials enables the ensemble to create homogenous or heterogeneous sound-textures, while a conductor can influence the process, by inducing changes of tempo, register, timbre or even source material at any moment. The score’s basic function is actually to prevent free improvisation, in order to deliver the ensemble-sound in its consistency, i.e. regardless of individual inventiveness. The latter embraces both the selection and combination of instruments (almost an aspect of composition in itself) and the musicians’ collective attitude towards the interpretation of compositional guidelines. 
In terms of the western classical music tradition, the only legitimate attitude for an interpreter is devotion to the work; i.e. the musician’s individuality is supposed to stay outside the process. “Interpretation” means to fulfil the composer’s intentions to the best of one’s knowledge and belief. On the other hand in Jazz the demands are quite contrary: the interpreter regards himself not as the composer’s instrument, but as a creative artist himself. In this case however the conditions are quite the opposite: the composer is almost a mere service provider, since the composition by itself is basically a medium through which the performing artist expresses his individuality by means of his own sound. The term “sound” again is virtually a synonym for an interpretive style, embracing not only the individual approach to the instrument, but also a great deal of improvisational self-expression. 
My approach is to eliminate both composition and improvisation, in order to deliver the sound itself; however neither as a physical phenomenon, nor as sensual experience, but as an artistic form of expression. Therefore I ask the musicians to perform the most basic exercises.
Each of four tracks on this album is centred on (and named after) a single sign, indicating the source material, which is always being modified in its parameters (in correlation to other signs): track 1: “drone” (a static orchestral chord); track 2: “loop” (any sequence to be repeated a.l.); track 3 “absent minded” (simulated unintentionally); track 4: “moments” (alternation of sounds and silences).    
These basic patterns, which are more or less familiar from avantgarde music of the past fifty years, serve to provide for a before/after comparison on the basis of which the ensemble sound can be explored under ever changing conditions, while it always reveals the parametric modifications on its surface.



Since my creative agenda matches neither with New Music nor with Modern Jazz, or any other form of contemporary music, I have decided to select my own generic term “Ordinary Music” which is founded on the recognition that music by itself is not necessarily a form of art. First of all it is only a medium. Similar to spoken language, music for the most part is engaged in merely functional ways, including information transfer and rituals of interaction. That is to say, art is not to be found within the music, but rather within that which is performed through the music. In order to appreciate a work of musical art, the listener must be able to separate the artistic components from the merely functional ones, more or less in the same way as one, in order to appreciate a piece of poetry, must have a command of the language in which it is written. 
Since I intend to emphasize the performative elements of the music, I consequently must reduce the functional ones to a minimum, so to speak, to the lowest common denominator of an audience that cannot be expected to be musically educated; in fact this also includes myself. My approach as an autodidact is to transmit the process of my own self-education through the medium of music. In other words: I provide a model for the listener to educate himself and create his own music. 

Nikolaus Gerszewski, 28 February 2015


1. I - 15'23''
2. II - 14'51''
3. III - 07'06'
4. IV - 06'23'


Nikolaus Gerszewski - Piano & Melodica
Ernesto Rodrigues - Viola
Guilherme Rodrigues - Cello
Pedro Roxo - Double Bass
Nuno Torres - Alto Saxophone
Armando Pereira - Accordion
Carlos Santos - Electronics
Pedro Castello Lopes - Percussion
André Mota - Drums


Recorded in January 2011, Lisbon


Reviews

Közönséges zene – a szó egyszerű, szerény, és a legkevésbé sem pejoratív értelmében. Nikolaus Gerszewski, jelenleg Budapesten élő német zeneszerző 2007 óta írja klasszikus képzettségű-, autodidakta-, vagy éppen nem-zenészek által egyaránt előadható kompozícióit, melyek instrukciói grafikus diagramok mentén rendeződnek. A korábban vizuális művészetekkel és műkritikával foglalkozó Gerszewski darabjai az absztrakt képi gondolkodás egyenesági folytatásai, ha úgy tetszik, precízen konstruált hangfestmények, amelyek szónikus kontextusba helyezett kulcsszavai a terek, a felületek, a rétegek, vagy éppen a tárgyak.
Ahhoz, hogy megkíséreljük körülírni Nikolaus Gerszewski közönséges, egyben megfoghatatlan zenéjét, a vizuális ábrázolás, az elvonatkoztatott képzőművészetek felől kell közelítenünk. A konceptualista szerző érdeklődésének középpontjában mindig is az absztrakt, a konkrét vagy a nem-ábrázoló festészet állt: informális művészet vagy tachizmus, konstruktivizmus, absztrakt expresszionizmus, minimalizmus, radikális- vagy akciófestészet. Ezek voltak tipikusan azok az irányzatok, amelyek az ötvenes-hatvanas évek New York-i kortárs zenéjére is meghatározó befolyást gyakoroltak. A New York-i iskolához hasonlóan, Gerszewski Ordinary Music kompozíciósorozatát is ez az erős képi gondolkodás jellemzi.
Az autodidaktaként induló zeneszerző addig tanulmányozta és játszotta John Cage, Christian Wolff és Cornelius Cardew egyes grafikus partitúráit (Four6, Edges, Treatise és a többi), mígnem megtalálta azt, amit maga is szeretne. Főként képes instrukciókon alapuló, kellő előadói szabadsággal interpretálható zenét, ami megszólaltatása után pontosan annak tűnik, mint ami: predeterminált agyagból épülő ad-hoc kompozíciónak. Jelen darab sem igazán találkozik a hagyományos művekkel szemben támasztott elvárásokkal. A kotta például sokkal inkább egy kreatív zenei folyamatot segítő munkaalap, ami vegyesen biztosít zenei és nem-zenei jeleket, továbbá megengedő utasítások sorozatát, hogy ezeket a jeleket az előadók hogyan-miként használják.
Gerszewski célja az Ordinary Music-darabok esetében, hogy kijátssza a kompozíció és az improvizáció fogalmát és gyakorlatát. Mindkettőt megpróbálja kiküszöbölni, kizárólag magukra a hangokra koncentrál, ám azokra sem mint fizikai jelenségekre vagy szenzuális élményekre, sokkal inkább mint a kifejezés művészi formájára. A zeneszerző bevallása szerint például grafikus kottáinak alapvető funkciója, hogy meggátolja a szabad improvizációt, mindvégig konzisztens zenekari hangzást biztosítson, ami teljesen független az előadásban részt vevő zenészek leleményességétől, egyéni invencióitól.
A szériában a harmincötödik darab címe: szövetek; vagy struktúrák. Konkrétan meghatározott hangszer-összeállítás ezúttal nincsen, a zárójeles alcím mindössze ennyit köt ki: kreatív nagyzenekarra. Az előadó együttes egy Gerszewski portugál zenészbarátait tömörítő elektroakusztikus nonett, a zongorán és melodikán játszó szerző mellett Nuno Torres szaxofonossal, Armando Pereira tangóharmonikással, Ernesto Rodrigues brácsással, Guilherme Rodrigues csellistával, Pedro Roxo nagybőgőssel, Carlos Santos laptopzenésszel, Pedro Castello Lopes ütőhangszeressel és André Mota dobossal. A négytételes, szűk háromnegyed órás darabot négy és fél éve rögzítették Lisszabonban, lemezen való megjelenésére egészen mostanáig kellett várni. Megérte. Dusted Hoffman (Improv.hu)