Im Röseligarte
Something was ringing a bell. For years I had been looking for ‘Im Röseligarte’. This famous collection of 400 years of Swiss Folk Songs was first published between 1908 and 1925. I had only found a few ruffled volumes. I didn’t know that in 2008 the Zytglogge Verlag had republished the whole collection. When I stumbled upon it in a bookstore at the train station of Bern during a short stopover, something was ringing in my ears (it was a cowbell).
Ten improvisations on Swiss Folk Songs from the ’Röseligarte’ – sung by Kristina Fuchs in duo with either trumpet, drums, piano, a second singer or as a solo.
Traditional music in a different way – in this program, freedom is celebrated... or: If folk music is an oral tradition, then one doesn’t have to stick to what’s written down. Then, the songs may be bent, changed according to taste, and new, unique versions can emerge. (Or as Monk said: “We all play folk music“)
Everything in Kristina Fuchs’ suitcase gets unpacked: An Indian Sruti Box, a little overtone-singing, pygmy sounds, vocal beats, yodel, the cowbells from her grandmother’s house. And of course her loop-station, an electronic device which records and immediately playbacks her voice, in a way that whole choirs sound on stage. And, recently, she acquired the very swiss/un-swiss ’Hang’ (drum) that matches this concept extremely well.
So this program becomes a delicacy for lovers of vocal music, for listeners who don’t fear the new, for people who not only seek background- but also foreground music.
Musicians on the CD: Kristina Fuchs, voice, Dré Pallemaerts, drums, Eric Vloeimans, trumpet, Monica Akihary, voice, Jeroen Van Vliet, piano.
In a live performance, her duo/trio-partners are variable.
See www.roseligarte.com
Or listen to the music at myspace
Something was ringing a bell. For years I had been looking for ‘Im Röseligarte’. This famous collection of 400 years of Swiss Folk Songs was first published between 1908 and 1925. I had only found a few ruffled volumes. I didn’t know that in 2008 the Zytglogge Verlag had republished the whole collection. When I stumbled upon it in a bookstore at the train station of Bern during a short stopover, something was ringing in my ears (it was a cowbell).
Ten improvisations on Swiss Folk Songs from the ’Röseligarte’ – sung by Kristina Fuchs in duo with either trumpet, drums, piano, a second singer or as a solo.
Traditional music in a different way – in this program, freedom is celebrated... or: If folk music is an oral tradition, then one doesn’t have to stick to what’s written down. Then, the songs may be bent, changed according to taste, and new, unique versions can emerge. (Or as Monk said: “We all play folk music“)
Everything in Kristina Fuchs’ suitcase gets unpacked: An Indian Sruti Box, a little overtone-singing, pygmy sounds, vocal beats, yodel, the cowbells from her grandmother’s house. And of course her loop-station, an electronic device which records and immediately playbacks her voice, in a way that whole choirs sound on stage. And, recently, she acquired the very swiss/un-swiss ’Hang’ (drum) that matches this concept extremely well.
So this program becomes a delicacy for lovers of vocal music, for listeners who don’t fear the new, for people who not only seek background- but also foreground music.
Musicians on the CD: Kristina Fuchs, voice, Dré Pallemaerts, drums, Eric Vloeimans, trumpet, Monica Akihary, voice, Jeroen Van Vliet, piano.
In a live performance, her duo/trio-partners are variable.
See www.roseligarte.com
Or listen to the music at myspace
