Baars Dumitriu Henneman Sola

Aforismen Aforisme Aforismes


Ab Baars - clarinet, shakuhachi
George Dumitriu - violin, viola
Ig Henneman -viola
Pau Sola Masafrets - cello


release
December
2020

1.
Rendzine 6:32
2.
Paarse hei 6:10
3.
Pizarra 1.52
4.
Estepa 4.48
5.
Arena 2.30
6.
Laagveen 6.43
7.
Dune 6.53
8.
Aiguamoll 6.28
9.
Brun Roscate 1.11
10.
Zeeklei 2.58
11.
Cernoziom 4.59
total time 51:14
 
Romanian george d wanted to know more about the viola and so became ig viola friend. she heard the catalan pau s play a cello solo set and invited him to play duo improvisations. he suggested to do a string trio session another time. a date was set with d s and h. the neighbor upstairs ab b was invited to join on shakuhachi for the last hour. the absolute joy of improvising on wooden instruments... a quartet was born. in the summer of 2019 george and pau spontaneously organized a recording session in the bernard haitink hall of the amsterdam university of the arts. this culminated in the album aforismen aforisme aforismes. all track titles are named after the various soil types from the countries we are born in: holland romania spain.
Ig Henneman

design: lysander le coultre (strangelove creatives)
photography: monique besten