The German-French bassist Pascal Niggenkemper, together with his international Tuvalu Ensemble - Elisabeth Coudoux (cello), Ben La Mar Gay (trumpet), Louis Laurain (trumpet), Mona Matbou Riahi (clarinet), Joachim Badenhorst (clarinet), Tizia Zimmermann (accordion), Artemis Vavatsika (accordion), Jaumes Privat (spoken word) - developed and rehearsed the composition “d'une rive à l'autre” (from one shore to the other) at the SWR Studios in Baden-Baden.
Inspired by texts
and poems in German, French, Flemish, Greek, English, Farsi and Occitan,
Niggenkemper and his ensemble took listeners on a musical, lyrical and
scenic journey to Tuvalu. The South Sea archipelago is symbolized in his
composition by various sound curtains distributed throughout the room.
The poems are each dedicated to an island and one of the ensemble
members. The instrumental octet is made up of two identical quartets.
The result is a tapestry of sound from which colors, patterns, melodies
and improvisations spring.
- Martin Schray
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