DUO BAARS HENNEMAN
150 @ Wels unlimited 2025


AB BAARS tenorsax, clarinet, shakuhachi
IG HENNEMAN viola

release
December, 2025

 

1.
Lines for Paul del Maschio 6:57 cl/vla
2.
Sounds for Micha de Kanter 4:55 sax/vla
3.
Poem for Anneke Brassinga 5:45 sha/vla
4.
Songs for Mario Schiano 4:51 cl/vla
5.
Bozza for Francesca Patella 6:05 sax/vla
6.
Ballad for Jaap Hillmann 3:56 vla
7.
Reflection for Wolfgang Wasserbauer 3:44 sha/vla
total time 36:14
My impressions from another great and inspiring edition of the festival "music unlimited" wels:

[…] Then the 150-year-old duo of Dutch violist Ig Henneman (80) and tenor sax player, clarinetist, and shakuhachi player Ab Baars (70) decided at the last minute to play a free improvised set (and not the program Autumn Songs, Wig, 2013). It was an inspired, deeply emotional conversation between soul mates who know and love each other and always find the innocent joy and inspiration in playing together. It sounded as if all notes landed in their perfect place and none were redundant, and articulated with captivating elegance, sheer beauty, and inspired grace. [...]
Eyal Hareuveni – Free Jazz Collective blog, November 2025

all improvisations by Ab Baars & Ig Henneman
buma Stemra
live recording November 9 2025 at Schloss Puchberg, Festival Music Unlimited 39 Wels, Austria by Philipp Feichtinger www.grauwerk.at
mixing editing Micha de Kanter/Mideka Music Recording, Ab Baars
mastering Micha de Kanter
photography Ziga Koritnik (cover), Peter Gannushkin (liner photos)
design Francesca Patella
produced by Ig Henneman 2025

with support of Paul del Maschio & Peggy Walker, het Cultuurfonds, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, the Wig Foundation and donations

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