Mirrored in Time / Jörgen van Rijen, Alma Quartet

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BIS
Release Date
January 6, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Bela Bartok, Dimitar Bodurov, Bryce Dessner, John Dowland, Gabriel Faure, Florian Magnus Maier, Chie
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Alma Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      Jorgen Van Rijen
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 06, 2023
    • UPC
      7318599926162
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2616
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Trombone Concerto: I. — (version for trombone and string quartet)

      Composer: Bryce Dessner

      Ensemble: Alma Quartet

      Performer: Jörgen van Rijen

    2. Book of Songs, Book 2: I Saw My Lady Weep (arr. N. Muhly for trombone and string quartet)

      Composer: John Dowland

      Ensemble: Alma Quartet

      Performer: Jörgen van Rijen

    3. All Perfections Keep (Variations on Dowland's I Saw My Lady Weep)

      Composer: Nico Muhly

      Ensemble: Alma Quartet

      Performer: Jörgen van Rijen

    4. Mikrokosmos, BB 105, Vol. 4: No. 113. Bulgarian Rhythm I (arr. D. Bodurov for trombone and string quartet)

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Alma Quartet

      Performer: Jörgen van Rijen

    5. Inner Voice

      Composer: Dimitar Bodurov

      Ensemble: Alma Quartet

      Performer: Jörgen van Rijen

    6. Mikrokosmos, BB 105, Vol. 6: No. 149. Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm II (arr. D. Bodurov for trombone and string quartet)

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Alma Quartet

      Performer: Jörgen van Rijen

    7. La chanson du pêcheur, Op. 4, No. 1 (arr. S. Verhelst for trombone and string quartet)

      Composer: Gabriel Fauré

      Ensemble: Alma Quartet

      Performer: Jörgen van Rijen

    8. Syracuse Blues (version for trombone and string quartet)

      Composer: Jacob TV

      Ensemble: Alma Quartet

      Performer: Jörgen van Rijen

    9. 3 Gnossiennes: Gnossienne No. 1 (arr. R. van Rijen for trombone and string quartet)

      Composer: Erik Satie

      Ensemble: Alma Quartet

      Performer: Jörgen van Rijen

    10. Fadenschein

      Composer: Florian Magnus Maier

      Ensemble: Alma Quartet

      Performer: Jörgen van Rijen

    11. I. Zart und mit Ausdruck

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Alma Quartet

      Performer: Jörgen van Rijen

    12. II. Lebhaft, leicht

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Alma Quartet

      Performer: Jörgen van Rijen

    13. III. Rasch und mit Feuer

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Alma Quartet

      Performer: Jörgen van Rijen

    14. Schumann's Last Procession (version for trombone and string quartet)

      Composer: Martijn Padding

      Ensemble: Alma Quartet

      Performer: Jörgen van Rijen

    15. Rock that Trombone

      Composer: Chiel Meijering

      Ensemble: Alma Quartet

      Performer: Jörgen van Rijen


Despite its long history, the trombone has a very limited chamber music repertoire. Jörgen van Rijen, principal trombonist of the Concertgebouworkest, has wished to rectify this deficiency by initiating a fruitful collaboration between his own instrument and the string quartet, the pinnacle of chamber music. Mirrored in Time thus presents a collection of powerful arrangements and attractive new works covering a wide range of styles. Together with the Alma Quartet, van Rijen has created a wonderful springboard for the further development of the trombone repertoire in chamber music. Framed by adaptations of contemporary pieces by Bryce Dessner and Chiel Meijering respectively, this recording presents five pairs of works. Each of these consists of an arrangement of an existing composition from bygone times mirrored by a recent or completely new work. John Dowland is echoed by Nico Muhly, Béla Bartók by Dimitar Bodurov, Gabriel Fauré by Jacob TV, Erik Satie by Florian Magnus Maier and Robert Schumann by Martijn Padding. With this programme, Mirrored in Time tells the story of what might have been – and how it is now.