Dreams of Freedom Carion Wind Quintet

• Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963): Kleine Kammermusik, for wind quintet, Op. 24, No. 2 :
• 1 Kleine Kammermusik, for wind quintet, Op. 24, No. 2 : I. Lustig. Mäßig schnell Viertel 03:11
• 2 Kleine Kammermusik, for wind quintet, Op. 24, No. 2: II. Walzer. Durchweg sehr leise 02:07
• 3 Kleine Kammermusik, for wind quintet, Op. 24, No. 2: III. Ruhig und einfach 04:50
• 4 Kleine Kammermusik, for wind quintet, Op. 24, No. 2: IV. Schnelle Viertel 00:51
• 5 Kleine Kammermusik, for wind quintet, Op. 24, No. 2: V. Sehr lebhaft 03:06
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971): Suite No. 2:
• 6 Suite No. 2: I. March 01:14
• 7 Suite No. 2: II. Waltz 02:00
• 8 Suite No. 2: III. Polka 01:08
• 9 Suite No. 2: IV. Galop 01:58
• Alexander Von Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942): Humoreske (Rondo), for wind quintet:
• 10 Humoreske (Rondo), for wind quintet 04:34
• Arvo Pärt (b.1935): Quintettino for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon, Op. 13
• 11 Quintettino for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon, Op. 13: I. Schnell 01:03
• 12 Quintettino for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon, Op. 13: II. Langsam 02:02
• 13 Quintettino for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon, Op. 13: III. Mäßig 01:16
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Serenade No. 11, KV 375:
• 14 Serenade No. 11, KV 375: I. Allegro maestoso 07:11
• 15 Serenade No. 11, KV 375: II. Menuetto 04:38
• 16 Serenade No. 11, KV 375: III. Adagio 05:46
• 17 Serenade No. 11, KV 375: IV. Menuetto 02:58
• 18 Serenade No. 11, KV 375: V. Finale. Allegro 03:38
• Arian Moutaz
• 19 Borderless 05:13
• Total Runtime 58:44

Info for Dreams of Freedom

The award-winning Carion Wind Quintet returns with Dreams of Freedom, featuring the world-premiere recording of Borderless by Syrian refugee Moutaz Arian, alongside Mozart, Zemlinsky, Hindemith, Stravinsky and Pärt The rich variety of music on this album is unified by each composer’s ‘dream of freedom’. All of these composers experienced exile of one kind or another, travelling far from home in order to pursue their vocation. Mozart left the stifling confines of Salzburg for the cultural riches of Vienna. Stravinsky, Hindemith, Zemlinsky and Pärt all left unsympathetic or even hostile regimes, and Kurdish composer Moutaz Arian escaped Syria and now lives in China; he dedicated his piece, Borderless, to Carion. Yet despite the profound, sometimes painful origins of this music, this is an album full of joie de vivre: music full of hope, intellect and even humour.

Mozart’s delightful Serenade No.11 in E flat, KV 375, was his first known foray into the Viennese tradition of wind band music, and Stravinsky’s Suite No. 2, derived from earlier piano pieces, features a March, Waltz and Polka which are all wonderfully skewed takes on convention, while Stravinsky’s unmistakeable harmony, reminiscent of Petrushka, imbues the quirky Galop.

Zemlinsky represented an important link in the evolution of music from Brahms to Mahler to the Second Viennese School; dating from 1939, his Humoresque was one of the last pieces he wrote. Hindemith’s Kleine Kammermusik features a witty march followed by a wry waltz which parodies overly sentimental music. In the fourth movement each instrument enjoys cadenza-like passages before the demanding swagger of the finale. Arvo Pärt’s Quintettino dates from 1964, before his “holy minimalism” style emerged, and so represents a fascinating example of his earlier experiments in sound.

Moutaz Arian is a Kurdish composer from northern Syria who now lives in Beijing, performing his compositions in China and Japan. Arian’s Borderless is a powerfully pertinent and hugely topical work. He says of this piece that it expresses “our desire to live more freely in a world without the borders that separate us, not only borders of land, but physical and human barriers, too.”

Carion Quintet

Carion Quintet
Carion's fresh approach to chamber music has brought acclaimed performances in Europe’s most prestigious festivals like Rheingau Festival, Kissinger Sommer, Beethovenfest Bonn, Bergen Festival and Louisiana Festival as well as in the Far East. CARION has released 5 highly critically acclaimed CDs – including stellar reviews from Gramophone and BBC magazine, awards from Danish radio and best classical album of 2015 on iTunes. But nothing compares to their trend setting music videos on Youtube that continue generating views totaling close to a million now. The Ligeti performance alone has over 300 000.

The near future will bring a new recording featuring works by Mozart and Hindemith as well as most notable performances i.e. Zurich Tonhalle (Switzerland) and continued work on expanding the woodwind genre.

A major project will be a very special commissioned work under the common theme – „30 years of Baltic way“ in 2019 by 3 Nordic composers (Britt Bystrom, Anders Nordentoft and Andris Dzenītis) in cooperation with German dramaturg Jochen Sandig. Together the artists will create a completely new type of concerto and unique performance for CARION with symphony orchestra incorporating elements of drama, light performance and cultural happening.

Carion presents a varied and interesting repertoire. The ensemble is well founded in the established wind quintet works, but has received most favourable critique for their interpretation of Carl Nielsen, french composers like Jean Françaix and especially the Six Bagatelles by György Ligeti. Carion has worked with several composers, most notably with Morten Skovgård Danielsen, and can also present a unique range of arrangements by their own horn player, David M.A.P. Palmquist.

Helsinki Festival, Roskilde Festival, Budapest, Al Bustan Festival Beirut (Lebanon), Dubai Concert Series (UAE), Louisiana Concert Series (Copenhagen), Reykjavik, Musik i Väst (Sweden), Musik i Syd (Sweden), Aarhus Chamber Music Society (Denmark), Beethovenfest (Germany), Rheingau Musikfestival (Germany)

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