Jan Schreiner emphasizes clarity and beauty in his music, stating that complexity and virtuosity are merely means to an end, not values in themselves.
Compositional Technique
The composer, Jan Schreiner, has a habit of singing individual lines of his music to himself while working, believing a musical line must always have a singing quality.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Jan Schreiner's goal for this album was to create a unified sound body where the two distinct ensembles, a big band and a classical a cappella sextet, would not be perceived as separate.
Composition History
The lyrics for the album were written by Maike Lindemann and Veronika Morscher, who were given free rein by Jan Schreiner with only the album's title, 'So Nah Und Doch So Fern' (So Near And Yet So Far), as guidance.
Compositional Technique
Jan Schreiner often uses vocal lines with a crystalline instrumental purity, while the wind instruments frequently display a vocal earthiness.
Composition History
For this project, Jan Schreiner assembled an extra-large ensemble combining the big band Spielvereinigung Sued and Sjaella, a classical a cappella sextet.
Composer Biography
Jan Schreiner, the tuba player and bass trombonist behind this album, is known for his work with large ensembles, including his own Large Ensemble.
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