Composer: Per Nørgård, Kaija Saariaho
Performer: Jakob Kullberg
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia
Conductor: Michael Francis, John Storgårds, Szymon Bywalec
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BIS
Catalogue: BIS2602
Release: 2021
Size: 1.47 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Nørgård: Cello Concerto No. 1 ‘Between’
01. I. In Between
02. II. Turning Point
03. III. Among
Saariaho: Notes on Light
04. I. Translucent, Secret
05. II. On Fire
06. III. Awakening
07. IV. Eclipse
08. V. Heart of Light
Nørgård: Remembering Child – Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra
09. I.
10. II.
On “Remembering”, the Danish cellist Jakob Kullberg continues his collaborations with two of the foremost Nordic composers: Per Nørgård and Kaija Saariaho. Praised internationally for his performances of the modern cello concerto, Kullberg regards the concerto form as the encounter of an individual soloist with the sound world of a composer. With living composers this approach often results in an unusual degree of collaboration, as the works gathered here bear witness to. Since 1999, Kullberg has enjoyed a close and unique partnership with Nørgård which has resulted in a large number of works.
Between, the opening work hails from a time before this, but Nørgård’s viola concerto Remembering Child in its version for the cello is very much an example of Kullberg’s process. He has not only transferred the concerto to his own instruments, but has also – in consultation with the composer – written his own cadenza as well as added details to the score. Likewise, at a climactic point exactly halfway through Saariaho’s concerto Notes on Light, Kullberg creates an expressive space of his own, with a two-minute cadenza he has composed himself. In this work, as well as in Nørgård’s Between, Kullberg is supported by the BBC Philharmonic, with Sinfonia Varsovia appearing in the closing concerto.