Touch of Time
Arve Henriksen & Harmen Fraanje
The pianist is peaceable and calmly resolved, Henriksen sublimely reaching for wonder, both ending near suspended in cool waters.
Touch of Time
Arve Henriksen & Harmen Fraanje
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The pianist is peaceable and calmly resolved, Henriksen sublimely reaching for wonder, both ending near suspended in cool waters.
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A striking musical rapport between Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen and Dutch pianist Harmen Fraanje is palpable in the duo's quietly lyrical investigations on Touch of Time. These are delicate melodies and textures, flowing between two musicians, who care deeply for the nuances of tone-shadings and the detailed development of a musical idea. In both freely improvised forms and carefully wrought themes, their instruments connect gracefully, picking up and finishing each other's phrases.
Touch of Time, recorded in January 2023 at the Auditorio Stelio Molo in Lugano, was produced by Manfred Eicher.
Arve Henriksen: trumpet, electronics
Harmen Fraanje: piano
Contents and tracklist
Side 1
1. Melancholia (3:43)
2. The Beauty Of Sundays (3:19)
3. Redream (8:42)
4. The Dark Light (3:45)
Side 2
1. What All This Is (3:48)
2. Mirror Images (2:43)
3. Touch Of Time (3:16)
4. Winter Haze (1:03)
5. Red & Black (2:28)
6. Passing On The Past (4:05)
Awards and reviews
March 2024
The pianist is peaceable and calmly resolved, Henriksen sublimely reaching for wonder, both ending near suspended in cool waters.
The music on Touch of Time feels beautifully natural and grounded with a true sense of collaboration.
