| Yuri Honing tenor & soprano saxophone Nora Mulder piano |
| A world premiere: tenor and soprano saxophonist Yuri Honing sinks his teeth in the ‘vocals’ ofSchubert’s Winterreise. Without making any concessions, Honing presents the famous songs, omitting the lyrics of Wilhelm Müller, by playing the melodies without any additions in virtuoso ensemble playing with pianist Nora Mulder.Honing is reputed as one of Holland’s leading jazz musicians,who integrates both pop and world music in his work; Mulder is specialized in contemporary composed music. And that makes the Schubert adventure of these two wilful musicians all the more surprising. | For me Schubert’s Winterreise, the icon of the classical vocal repertoire, in the first place is a songbook to be compared with for example the American Songbook. It was a challenge to give the performance a strong personal signature without the use of improvisation and still respecting Schubert’s work at the same time. I think that this approach proves to be effective and that Nora and I have even made the repertoire more accessible. (Yuri Honing)
photo: speer fotografie |