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[ Quartet - LILI ]
[ Rumeurs ]
What happens when you recognize someone without knowing them? A taste of love. And what could be even softer, than if this encounter is evoked by music? We can all envy Tom Bourgeois to have encountered the compositions of Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) this way. But we can also thank him for transforming this meeting into a tribute album of rare intensity. Through 14 titles, the composer and saxophonist does not only offer a sensitive interpretation of the work, he goes even further by exploring the echoes of this music – written a century ago- can have with its own approach. Thus, musical colors and a certain form of lyricism constitute the common markers of an eminently current landscape, which Bourgeois has already explored with his numerous other projects (including Murmures, Moanin’ Birds, Rumeurs or solo).
The result is a type of music that sometimes draws on jazz, sometimes on contemporary music, but without merely just creating a collage. On the contrary, it is rather the singularity of a coherent voice which forms this alliance.
Tom Bourgeois offers us paradoxical music with Lili, very constructed and also free at the same time. A very alive sound reminding us that love transcends gender and years. He had already carried out this same type of work with Maurice Ravel, via a “reinterpretation” of the “
String quartet” on the second CD of his double album ‘Murmures’ (2018).. This type of rewriting is aimed at making the music resonate differently. And most certainly, to pay homage to Lili Boulanger.
Maxime Coton
Tom Bourgeois [saxophones, bass clarinet, composition, arrangements]
Florent Jeunieaux [guitar]
Thibault Dille [accordion]
Jelle Van Giel [drums]
Victor Foulon [double bass]
Dorian Dumont [piano]
Thomas Mayade [trumpet]
Quinten De Craecker [trombone]
Esinam Dogbatse [flute, percussion]
Ruben Verbruggen [saxophones]
Veronika Harcsa [voice]
We’re very excited to present the new work by composer Claude Evence Janssens: SCULPTING – compositions for a cello/percussion duo, enhanced by electronic samples.
Tom Bourgeois will soon be releasing an album with his new quartet:
In 14 tracks, the composer and saxophonist offers us a sensitive reworking of the work of Lilli Boulanger (1893-1918), with a rare intensity.
Cathy LORGE, Manager
So What? Productions
Phone: +32 485 80 89 37
Mail : cathy[at]silex.net
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