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COPENHAGEN CLARINET CHOIR & ANDERS LAUGE MELDGAARD : Jeux d'Eau

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Format: LP [conatala-009]
Shipping Weight: 0.44lbs
Label: Conatala

3,500円

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'Jeux d’eau is the result of an exploratory collaboration between the experimental ensemble Copenhagen Clarinet Choir and Danish composer and performer Anders Lauge Meldgaard. At the heart of the project is Meldgaard’s compositions and performance on New Ondomo—a Japanese instrument modeled on the pioneering French electronic instrument, the ondes Martenot, but what makes the music truly shine is the Copenhagen Clarinet Choir’s vibrant energy and adventurous spirit, bringing Meldgaard’s vision off the page and into a living, breathing soundscape through their playful and imaginative ensemble performance.
The initial spark for Jeux d’eau was struck during Meldgaard’s visit to the gardens of Villa d’Este in Tivoli, Italy—a place animated by fountains that once inspired Franz Liszt and Maurice Ravel to compose piano works of the same title. Echoing these earlier musical impressions, the project channels that lineage into a new sonic journey. Where some composers of the past often sought to define strict structures, Meldgaard’s work on Jeux d’eau instead offers an open framework—one that invites playful interaction and improvisation among the musicians. Recorded at The Village in Copenhagen, the album is a sonic experience where the organic resonance of the clarinet choir intertwines with the unpredictable textures of the New Ondomo and electronic landscape.
The work Jeux d’eau is open yet structured, forward-moving yet richly repetitive, drawing clear inspiration from American minimalists such as Terry Riley and Steve Reich, but rather than simply echoing the work of these pioneers, the music explores fresh terrain infused with a lyrical touch of late-romantic European sensibility, where flowing melodies and rich harmonies soften the rigor of repetition. At the same time, the music resonates with the clarity and delicacy that could be associated with Japanese composers such as Jo Kondo or Sueko Nagayo. The result is a sound world that is playful yet profound, one that continually shifts between pulsating momentum and delicate stillness. With each piece, the ensemble invites listeners into a captivating journey where tradition meets experiment, and where collective performance transforms composition into something vividly alive.
Conceived as a tribute to water and a reflection on the fragile bond between humans and the natural world, Jeux d’eau is both a sonic meditation and a quiet call to action. Through fluid forms and open notations, the work draws listeners into a space where music mirrors the dynamics of nature—demanding real-time awareness, collective sensitivity, and respect for balance. Like flowing water, the music adapts and transforms, reminding us that our environment, too, is ever-changing and in need of care. In this way, Jeux d’eau does more than celebrate nature’s beauty: it asks us to recognize our responsibility to protect the living systems that sustain us, and to pay caring attention to the world we live in.'

Carolyn Goodwin (IE) – Clarinet & Bass Clarinet
Francesco Bigoni (IT) – Clarinet
Jonas Engel (DE) – Clarinet
Anders Lauge Meldgaard – New Ondomo & Electronics
Mix & Master: August Wanngren
Water photos by Anders & Ingeborg
Anders Banke (DK) – Clarinet & Bass Clarinet
Maria Dybbroe (DK) – Clarinet & Bass Clarinet
Henriette Groth (DK) – Clarinet
Recorded by Thomas Vang at The Village
Ensemble photo by Roberto Bordiga
Artwork & Score by Anders Lauge Meldgaard

A1 Joyfully, We Leave The Tended Garden 1:45
A2 Entering The Fray 4:20
A3 Uncharted Streams 3:11
A4 Xerophyte 3:01
A5 Diffuser Dream 3:13
B1 ’Til Seas Do Us Part 0:47
B2 Effervescence 6:16
B3 Alone Amongst The Blooms And Bees 2:14
B4 Unabashed Waveforms 5:06
B5 ...The End Is A New Beginning... 2:55