Jan Bjøranger, the conductor, founded 1B1 (Ensemble Bjergsted 1) in 2008 to renew the classical concert format and reach new audiences, collaborating with both professional musicians and high school students.
Performer Biography
Dan Laurin, the recorder player on this album, has performed worldwide, recorded over 30 critically acclaimed discs, and received the Swedish Grammy award as best classical performer.
Instruments
The Eagle recorder, designed by Adriana Breukink, has an increased bore and added keys, including an octave key similar to a saxophone, to allow it to play with modern instruments.
Composition History
Chiel Meijering began composing in a new style in late 2011, influenced by his 'bewildered emotions about the cultural destruction' and cuts in arts funding in the Netherlands.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Chiel Meijering's work is characterized by great stylistic variety, moving effortlessly between pop, jazz, world music, classical tradition, and avant-garde elements, driven by spontaneity and daily emotions.
Composer Biography
Chiel Meijering, born in 1954, has composed over 900 works for almost every imaginable scoring since the mid-1970s, including a recent focus on opera.
Composer Biography
Chiel Meijering's prolific output of concertos for the Eagle recorder is partly driven by his anxiety about not having enough time, as his maternal grandfather, mother, and older brothers have experienced deafness.
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