Immortal Bach (Knut Nystedt) - KF Kempenbloei Achel, Ivan Meylemans - WMC 2022

Immortal Bach (Knut Nystedt)
Transcription for five choirs of saxhorns, brass and live electronics
Koninklijke Fanfare Kempenbloei Achel (brass)
Conductor: Ivan Meylemans
Recorded live at World Music Contest Kerkrade (NL), July 24th, 2022
"Echoes of Eternity"
Is an echo just a repetition of what once was? A reverb that fades? Or a purely acoustic phenomenon that teaches us nothing new? Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius saw things differently: 'What we do now, echoes in eternity'. Everything we do, sound, create… has a meaning, a reverberation, an impact on what is to come.
This program invites the listener to discover many echoes: sometimes concrete, sometimes symbolic, as sound, as an experience, as a memory, or as a tribute. Echoes of tradition reverberate in new sounds. The orchestra takes you to old masters such as Homer, Gabrieli and Bach, but at the same time introduces new work that will continu to resonate...
Part 5: Immortal Bach (Knut Nystedt)
'Komm, süßer Tod' is one of Johann Sebastian Bach's most famous songs. The song's comforting words announce death as a release from earthly suffering. The eventual finding of an everlasting rest and peace.
The timeless music of Bach echoes through time in this work by Knut Nystedt, originally written for five choirs. Each choir reverberates the song at a different tempo, supported by live electronics. The result is an overwhelming polyphonic cathedral organ soundscape.
Full WMC 2022 program:
Part 1: Not Before Time (Philip Sparke): • Not Before Time (Phili...
Part 2: Elegy:- Echoes of Lives Past (Philip Sparke): • Elegy: Echoes of Lives...
Part 3: At Sea (John Mackey): • At Sea - KF Kempenbloe...
Part 4: Asphalt Cocktail (John Mackey): • Asphalt Cocktail (John...
Part 5: Immortal Back (Knut Nystedt): • Immortal Bach (Knut Ny...
Part 6: A Gabrieli Fantasy (Bert Appermont): • A Gabrieli Fantasy (Be...

[@ChrisEchoes]

The whole concert was incredible but sitting in the hall while this was performed was probably the best ever WMC moment I have witnessed and I have come to the WMC since 1997. Sadly no recording can really do justice to the sound I heard all around me but still am grateful for this small memento.

[@eamonnvaneetvelde]

Ongelooflijk prachtig 😮 ik heb deze opname denk ik al 100 keer beluisterd en ik blijf er in vastzitten!

[@annezvdberg]

Meest indrukwekkende live performance die ik ooit heb mogen meemaken! Grote dank

[@PJ00100]

Geweldig, wat mooi!