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ROSE, JON / CHRIS ABRAHAMS - Peggy

Format: CD Label & Cat.Number: ReR Megacorp ReR JRCA Release Year: 2018 Note: CHRIS ABRAHAMS (THE NECKS), known also for some fabulous solo-albums such as "Memory Night", in first-time collaboration with JON ROSE; non-entertaining improvisations on (diverse) violins and piano, using non-standard tunings and strange noises of the instruments... "piano and violin are typecast as ‘classical’ but here they sound more electronic and industrial. Probably not for everybody, but the real innovators seldom are..." Price (incl. 19% VAT): €13.00 More Info Jon Rose and Chris Abrahams (of The Necks), after four decades of being parts of other projects, finally got around to recording as a duo. Jon uses a number of violins, including the bird - a specially made tenor hardanger fiddle with sympathetic strings; his tunings are non-standard, and create complex microtonal dissonances with the standard keyboard. Abrahams is unfazed and somehow manages to make the conversation coherent; they’re still speaking one language – probably because these are both virtuosi and they’ve been around the block a few times. So this is not easy music; the simple problems aren’t stimulating, so these negotiations begin at masterclass level. Though pitch and counterpoint are the main topics, the third extended piece pushes timbral exploration to the edge; piano and violin are typecast as ‘classical’ but here they sound more electronic and industrial. Probably not for everybody, but the real innovators seldom are. / THE NECKS-Pianist CHRIS ABRAHAMS trifft in dieser spannenden Zusammenarbeit auf JON ROSE. ´Peggy´ ist der Komponistin PEGGY GLANVILLE-HICKS gewidmet und erscheint als CD auf RECOMMENDED. Avantgarde trifft auf Contemporary Classic. JON ROSE und CHRIS ABRAHAMS kennen sich seit fast vier Jahrzehnten. In dieser Zeit haben sie in einer Reihe von Formaten zusammengearbeitet, darunter z.b. bei ´Violin Music in the Age of Shopping´. ´Peggy´ ist allerdings das erste Mal, dass sie als Duo zusammen arbeiten. Man merkt den beiden Musikern ihren reichen Erfahrungsschatz an. Mühelos spielen Piano (ABRAHAMS) und Geige (ROSE) zusammen, klingen dabei harmonisch und (gewollt) dissonant. Das Album ist PEGGY GLANVILLE-HICKS, einer angesehenen Musikkritikerin (New York Herald) und Opernkomponistin gewidmet, die ihr Haus, nach ihrem Tod, Musikern und Künstlern zur Verfügung stellte.