Organization

Conductor

Bastien Stil

Instrumentalist

Michal Rataj

Piano I

Live electronics I

Oskar Török

Piano II

Trumpet

Live electronics II

Jaromír Honzák

Double-bass

David Dorůžka

Electric Guitar

Vítek Křišťan

Piano

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Luboš Soukup

Saxophone

Martin Novák

Bicí Nástroje

Orchestra

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

SOČR uvádí: Rataj–Török–Honzák

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Letters from Sounds:
Krajina současné jazzové trubky, živé ambientní elektroniky a symfonického zvuku

Spolupráce obou hudebníků navazuje na předchozí projekty, odehrávající se v poli mezi sou­časným jazzem a vážnou hudbou, tradičními hudebními nástroji a živou elektronikou. Nejprve to byl Points­–Rataj Quintet (CD 2016), z nějž se vyvinulo elektroakustické trio se saxofonis­tou Lubošem Soukupem (Hornscape, 2020). Hudební slovník Michala Rataje a Oskara Töröka se rozpíná od elektronického ambientu přes názvuky klubové elektroniky až po různé polohy současného jazzu a akusmatické hudby. Bohaté zkušenosti Michala Rataje se zvukem součas­ného symfonického orchestru (Raining Inside, Spatialis, Temporis, Movis) se zde pojí s prokom­ponovanou živou elektronikou post­akusmatického střihu intarzovanou virtuózní Törökovou hrou na trubku.

The Blues of a String Hanging in the Wind:
Kontrabasista a skladatel Jaromír Honzák přichází s novým programem The Blues of a String Hanging in the Wind, který napsal pro jazzové kvinteto a SOČR. Základem programu je stej­nojmenná skladba, napsaná původně pro jazzové a smyčcové kvarteto u příležitosti koncertní přehlídky vydavatelství Animal Music v Rudolfinu v roce 2008. Poprvé tak Honzák propojí ve vlastních kompozicích zvuk svého stálého jazzového kvinteta se současným zvukem symfo­nického orchestru. Spojení těchto dvou těles představuje pro autora výzvu probádat jinou dimenzi vlastního hudebního vesmíru.

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Letters from Sounds:
A landscape of contemporary jazz trumpet, live ambient electronics and symphonic sound

The collaboration of the two musicians builds on previous projects in the field between contemporary jazz and classical music, traditional instruments and live electronics. First it was the Points-Rataj Quintet (CD 2016), which evolved into an electroacoustic trio with the saxophonist Luboš Soukup (Hornscape, 2020). The musical vocabulary of Michal Rataj and Oskar Török extends from electronic ambient through the hints of club electronics to various positions of contemporary jazz and acousmatic music. Michal Rataj’s rich experience with the sound of the contemporary symphony orchestra (Raining Inside, Spatialis, Temporis, Movis) is combined here with the complex live electronics of a post-acousmatic style inlaid with Török’s virtuoso trumpet playing.

The Blues of a String Hanging in the Wind:
The double bassist and composer Jaromír Honzák presents his new programme “The Blues of a String Hanging in the Wind”, which he wrote for a jazz quintet and the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. The basis of the programme is the composition of the same name, originally written for a jazz and a string quartet on the occasion of a concert showcase of the Animal Music label in the Rudolfinum concert hall in 2008. For the first time, Honzák combines the sound of his permanent jazz quintet with the contemporary sound of a symphony orchestra in his own compositions. The combination of these two bodies represents a challenge for the composer to explore another dimension of his own musical universe.

English

SOČR uvádí: Rataj–Török–Honzák by Rataj, Honzák, From (2023/2023), Conductor Bastien Stil

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