Vlaams Radiokoor | Thomas Oliemans | Héloïse Mas

I Will Come Back

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Format: CD
Label: Antarctica
UPC: 0608917733921
Catnr: AR 039
Release date: 04 November 2022
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Label
Antarctica
UPC
0608917733921
Catalogue number
AR 039
Release date
04 November 2022
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About the album

I will come back is a chamber opera by Robert Groslot, based on the book I'm coming back (Ik kom terug) by Adriaan van Dis, who also wrote the libretto. In the novel, the son describes his difficult relationship with his mother, with whom Robert has a certain affinity. The chamber opera is accompanied by Six Poems by William Butler Yeats. On this album, Groslot excels in his compositions combining literature and musical grammar. The opera is performed by soloists Héloïse Mas and Thomas Oliemans, accompanied by the Vlaams Radiokoor and Brussels Philharmonic soloists.

"Words trigger something in me which subsequently becomes music"

Over the past decade, Groslot has primarily been a prolific composer with a unique position in the contemporary music landscape. Groslot eschews the atonal excesses of modernism, deliberately pushing for accessibility to the listener and playing pleasure for the performer, but he never succumbs to the cinematic banality of postmodern music. In the compositions to which this recording is devoted, an extra dimension emerges: Groslot's literary imagination and the intuitive fusing of linguistic and musical grammar which transpire in the chamber opera I will come back and the Six Poems by William Butler Yeats.
will come back ist eine Kammeroper von Robert Groslot, die auf dem Buch I'm coming back (Ik kom terug) von Adriaan van Dis basiert, der auch das Libretto geschrieben hat. In dem Roman beschreibt der Sohn seine schwierige Beziehung zu seiner Mutter, zu der Robert eine gewisse Affinität hat. Die Kammeroper wird von sechs Gedichten von William Butler Yeats begleitet. Auf diesem Album zeichnet sich Groslot durch seine Kompositionen aus, die Literatur und musikalische Grammatik miteinander verbinden. Gespielt wird die Oper von den Solisten Héloïse Mas und Thomas Oliemans, begleitet vom Vlaams Radiokoor und den Brüsseler Philharmonikern.

"Worte lösen etwas in mir aus, das dann zur Musik wird".

In den letzten zehn Jahren war Groslot vor allem ein produktiver Komponist mit einer einzigartigen Position in der zeitgenössischen Musiklandschaft. Groslot meidet die atonalen Exzesse der Moderne und strebt bewusst nach Zugänglichkeit für den Hörer und Spielfreude für den Interpreten, ohne jedoch der filmischen Banalität der postmodernen Musik zu erliegen. In den Kompositionen, denen diese Aufnahme gewidmet ist, kommt eine zusätzliche Dimension zum Vorschein: Groslots literarische Vorstellungskraft und die intuitive Verschmelzung von sprachlicher und musikalischer Grammatik, die sich in der Kammeroper I will come back und den Sechs Gedichten von William Butler Yeats zeigt.


Artist(s)

Vlaams Radiokoor

The Vlaams Radiokoor(Flemish Radio Choir) was founded in 1937 by the Belgian public broadcaster ofthe day. Today, the Vlaams Radiokoor is renowned for vocal music in Flanders and Europe, and iscounted among the top ensembles both at home and abroad.As of season 2019-20,Bart Van Reynis themusical director of the Radiokoor. A shared passion forcontemporary repertoire, the belief that the voice is the ultimate interpreter of our emotions, and thecommitment to make our vocal heritage accessible to singers and audiencesalike are what binds theensemble together.Based in Studio 1 in Flagey (Brussels), the 32 singers of the Vlaams Radiokoor are working on a musicalproject built on three major pillars. First and foremost, theVocal Fabricproductions–the laboratory ofthe Radiokoor. Vocal Fabric organizes concerts that test...
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The Vlaams Radiokoor(Flemish Radio Choir) was founded in 1937 by the Belgian public broadcaster ofthe day. Today, the Vlaams Radiokoor is renowned for vocal music in Flanders and Europe, and iscounted among the top ensembles both at home and abroad.As of season 2019-20,Bart Van Reynis themusical director of the Radiokoor. A shared passion forcontemporary repertoire, the belief that the voice is the ultimate interpreter of our emotions, and thecommitment to make our vocal heritage accessible to singers and audiencesalike are what binds theensemble together.Based in Studio 1 in Flagey (Brussels), the 32 singers of the Vlaams Radiokoor are working on a musicalproject built on three major pillars.
First and foremost, theVocal Fabricproductions–the laboratory ofthe Radiokoor. Vocal Fabric organizes concerts that test the boundaries of vocal music and arechallenging, quirky and non-conformist. With great hospitality and an intense experience as the goldenthread, we bring together the people on stage and those in the hall: vocal harmony is proof thatpeople are more magnificent together than alone.In addition, the choir works regularly with renowned instrumental ensembles from Belgium andabroad, such as the Brussels Philharmonic, the Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Les Siècles, the RadioFilharmonisch Orkest and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. In this way, the Radiokoor has graduallybuilt up its presence on variousinternational stages.Lastly, the Vlaams Radiokoor is and remains aliving portalfor repertoire, knowledge, experience andvoices.
It makes our vocal heritage accessible to singers and the audience, while also investing in thecreation of new vocal works. The choir thus shares its programme, technique and expertise with musiclovers, amateurs and professionals.The Vlaams Radiokoor also retains its unique status as a radio choir: a great manyconcert productionsare recorded, and hence the choir has built up a unique collection of live recordings. The collection isconstantly supplemented witha selection of studio recordings, thus preserving the vocal heritage forthe future.The Vlaams Radiokoor is aninstitution of the Flemish Community
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Composer(s)

Robert Groslot

The sound universe of Belgian composer Robert Groslot fuses AngloSaxon, Germanic and Latin elements into a new and highly malleable language, building upon the achievements of the great composers of the Western heritage. Form virtuosity, sound refinement, wittiness, ‘rediscovered’ tonality and rhythmical adventure are the keystones of the music of Robert Groslot. He often draws inspiration from other art forms, especially poetry and painting. As a composer, Robert Groslot was largely self-taught. His broad experience with the big repertoire works, both as a concert pianist and as a conductor, became the perfect breeding ground for his composing philosophy. Resulting in a distinctively coloured and rhythmically challenging writing, his chamber music has been referred to as ‘oxygen during practice and adrenaline...
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The sound universe of Belgian composer Robert Groslot fuses AngloSaxon, Germanic and Latin elements into a new and highly malleable language, building upon the achievements of the great composers of the Western heritage. Form virtuosity, sound refinement, wittiness, ‘rediscovered’ tonality and rhythmical adventure are the keystones of the music of Robert Groslot. He often draws inspiration from other art forms, especially poetry and painting. As a composer, Robert Groslot was largely self-taught. His broad experience with the big repertoire works, both as a concert pianist and as a conductor, became the perfect breeding ground for his composing philosophy. Resulting in a distinctively coloured and rhythmically challenging writing, his chamber music has been referred to as ‘oxygen during practice and adrenaline during performance’.

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01.
I Will Come Back: I. Java. Rain. Palm Trees
00:56
02.
I Will Come Back: II. A Sitting Room
02:42
03.
I Will Come Back: III. Bengawan Solo
01:56
04.
I Will Come Back: IV. They Married, and Left for Java
02:19
05.
I Will Come Back: V. Rain. The Letter
01:10
06.
I Will Come Back: VI. Photo's / Dance
01:53
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I Will Come Back: VII. The Son Enters / Conversation About Carl
02:32
08.
I Will Come Back: VIII. Yes, Tell Us
01:51
09.
I Will Come Back: IX. Tell Me About Your Asian War
01:48
10.
I Will Come Back: X. Sign the Contract
02:35
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I Will Come Back: XI. Save Him from His Mother
01:07
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I Will Come Back: XII. My Father Is a Stain on the Ceiling
01:26
13.
I Will Come Back: XIII. Rain / Let Me Sit Closer
00:44
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I Will Come Back: XIV. We Don't Talk About the War
03:23
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I Will Come Back: XV. Healing Hands
01:37
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I Will Come Back: XVI. Carl's Solo
01:48
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I Will Come Back: XVII. Come, Stones, Help Me
01:50
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I Will Come Back: XVIII. A New Life
01:37
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I Will Come Back: XIX. Waltz with Rollators
01:50
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I Will Come Back: XX. Let Me Help You Back to Bed
01:21
21.
I Will Come Back: XXI. To Hell with Your Water
01:37
22.
I Will Come Back: XXII. The Cosmic Garden
09:25
23.
Six Poems by William Butler Yeats: I. The Wheel
04:37
24.
Six Poems by William Butler Yeats: II. The Song of Wandering Aengus
04:01
25.
Six Poems by William Butler Yeats: III. To an Isle in the Water
03:11
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Six Poems by William Butler Yeats: IV. O Do Not Love Too Long
01:42
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Six Poems by William Butler Yeats: V. Two Songs of a Fool
01:47
28.
Six Poems by William Butler Yeats: VI. The Second Coming
03:36
29.
Six Poems by William Butler Yeats: VII. The Wheel (reprise)
01:30
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