David Friesen: This Light Has No Darkness, Volume 1

Orchestrated Jazz / Contemporary
premiera polska: 2024-10-10
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opakowanie: Digisleeveowe etui
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Editor's Info
Lushly orchestrated by Kyle Gordon for a 33-piece chamber orchestra, bassist David Friesen's compositions soar in this new 12-part work, originally conceived for the National Academic Symphonic Band of Ukraine. Following 2020's Testimony, which featured that ensemble, Friesen began on this masterwork with the premier set for the Philharmonic Hall in Kyiv in May of 2022. With that date becoming an impossibility, Gordon instead sculpted the orchestra in his Los Angeles studio with a superbly created sample library and an ear trained in producing for expansive, sweeping film and TV soundtracks. Interacting with the duo of Friesen and pianist Paul Lees, along with percussionists Charlie Doggett and Rob Moore, the suite unfolds as a musical manifestation of the spiritual light that offers forgiveness, hope and purpose, through movements such as "Perseverance," "Innocence," and "Tides Turning," with the closing piece, the hymn-like "Return to the Father," written for his wife of 58 years who passed away during a tragic week that included the invasion of Ukraine.

All About Jazz
...diaphanous arrangements, a light and airy sonic touch, a sublime and heavenly translucence. The music orbits—with a subtle, measured and seemingly inevitable galactic grandeur...

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...Covering a vast range of musical dynamics and distinguished by intimate exchanges between virtuosos Lees and Friesen (with his signature bends, sparkling harmonics and well-placed double-stops), the suite unfolds as a musical manifestation of the spiritual light that offers forgiveness, hope and purpose. The closing piece, the hymn-like "Return To The Father," was written for Friesen's wife of 58 years, Kim who passed away from COVID-19 during a tragic week in 2021 that included the invasion of Ukraine. Information about a live premiere of This Light Has No Darkness is still forthcoming, as the octogenarian Friesen hopes to perform the work live in the U.S. and, eventually, back East in his ancestral homeland — as originally conceived.


muzycy:
David Friesen - Hemage bass
Paul Lees - grand piano
Charlie Doggett - drums
Rob Moore - percussion
Kyle Gordon - orchestrations & arrangements, programming
33-piece Chamber Orchestra

utwory:
1. Recovery for Two 5:25
2. Motivation 6:37
3. Perseverance 4:39
4. Innocence 4:02
5. Basic Strategy 5:11
6. Time Changes 4:36
7. A Beautiful Moment 4:31
8. Tides Turning 6:19
9. Neves 3:31
10. A Smile Turns to Laughter 5:52
11. The Repetition 3:36
12. Return to the Father 6:38

wydano: 2024-08-22
nagrano: Recorded & mixed at Ravenscroft Recording Studio, Scottsdale, AZ, February 2023

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