Bram Van Camp: The Feasts of Fear and Agony, Music for 3 instruments & Improvisations

Featuring

Vykintas Baltakas
Liesbeth Devos
Benjamin Dieltjens
Wibert Aerts
Thomas Dieltjens
Het Collectief

Bram Van Camp

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Compositional Technique

In 'Music for 3 instruments', Bram Van Camp treats the trio as a single instrument, contrasting with Bartók's intention to make instruments clash, and achieves a 'trio sound' through combined virtuosic techniques.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Composer Bram Van Camp aims to create music that is firmly fixed in its form but sounds organic and seemingly improvisational, balancing structural unity with a desire for spontaneity.

Compositional Technique

Bram Van Camp's composition 'Improvisations' is meticulously conceived with a strict harmonic scheme of sixty-four chords, rhythmically arranged to accelerate and expand in range, culminating at the golden section.

Performer Biography

Het Collectief, the chamber music group on this album, was founded in Brussels in 1998 and is known for its unusual mix of strings, wind instruments, and piano, and for exploring both early modernism and experimental trends.

Composition History

Bram Van Camp's 'Music for 3 instruments' was written for the same instrumentation as Bartók's 'Contrasts' and was premiered on a program that also featured the Bartók work, serving as a commentary on it.

Composer Biography

Bram Van Camp (b.1980), the composer, was trained as a violinist and his early compositions often featured the violin, which he played himself.

Compositional Technique

For 'De Feesten van Angst en Pijn', Bram Van Camp used the typography of Paul Van Ostaijen's original manuscript as a kind of score, translating visual cues like rising text or letter size into musical elements.