Bons: Nomaden
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
Atlas Ensemble, Ed Spanjaard
I’ve found the piece genuinely delightful, in the best sense of the term. It has great ambition and a lightness of touch, a rare combination. It is a landmark along the road to a new form of...
Bons: Nomaden
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
Atlas Ensemble, Ed Spanjaard
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I’ve found the piece genuinely delightful, in the best sense of the term. It has great ambition and a lightness of touch, a rare combination. It is a landmark along the road to a new form of...
About
Bons composed Nomaden for Queyras and the Atlas Ensemble – a group he himself founded in 2002, made up of 18 eminent musicians from China, Japan, Central Asia, the Middle East and Europe. From the Japanese shakuhachi and Chinese erhu to the Armenian duduk and the Persian setar, the scoring offers an untold number of combinations and an unheard spectrum of timbres. Nomaden was premièred by these performers in 2016, under the baton of Ed Spanjaard, and has been awarded the prestigious 2019 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition.
Contents and tracklist
- Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Wei Wu (sheng), Elcin Nagijev (tar), Elshan Mansurov (kamanche), Kiya Tabassian (setar), Zhao Yuanchun (erhu), Neva Özgen (kemenche), Dhruba Ghosh (sarangi), Naomi Sato (sho), Raphaela Danksagmüller (duduk)
- Atlas Ensemble
- Ed Spanjaard
- Recorded: 28 October, 5 November 2016
- Recording Venue: Amsterdam Muziekgebouw, the Netherlands
No. 1, Entrée
Track length2:00
No. 2, Nomade 1
Track length0:42
No. 3, Passage 1
Track length0:59
No. 4, Nomaden 2
Track length0:54
No. 5, Passage 2
Track length0:41
No. 6, Nomaden 3
Track length2:20
No. 7, Passage 3
Track length0:29
No. 8, Erhungi
Track length2:49
No. 9, Passage 4
Track length0:49
No. 10, Duel
Track length1:09
No. 11, Azertet
Track length4:04
No. 12, Passage 5
Track length0:39
No. 13, Nomaden 4
Track length0:51
No. 14, Segah
Track length1:33
No. 15, 13 / 8
Track length4:05
No. 16, Passage 6
Track length0:29
No. 17, Nomaden 5
Track length0:53
No. 18, Erhu
Track length2:57
No. 19, Passage 7
Track length0:31
No. 20, Nomaden 6
Track length1:08
No. 21, M
Track length3:01
No. 22, Sarangi
Track length4:01
No. 23, Nomaden 7
Track length0:43
No. 24, Passage 8
Track length1:23
No. 25, Sho
Track length1:39
No. 26, Sho / Sheng
Track length0:45
No. 27, Walkwalk
Track length3:50
No. 28, Passage 9
Track length0:30
No. 29, Scello
Track length1:37
No. 30, Dopo scello - Passage 10
Track length1:11
No. 31, Salsa
Track length1:20
No. 32, Passage 11
Track length0:24
No. 33, Nomaden 8
Track length1:12
No. 34, Raketten
Track length0:54
No. 35, Rentree
Track length1:07
No. 36, Duduk
Track length2:22
No. 37, Shur / Segah
Track length3:40
No. 38, Epilogue
Track length1:40
Awards and reviews
March/April 2020
I’ve found the piece genuinely delightful, in the best sense of the term. It has great ambition and a lightness of touch, a rare combination. It is a landmark along the road to a new form of concert music.
April 2019
The disc (plastic perforce) and the notes are up to their usual high standards. So well done BIS!
