Born in Prague in 1979, the composer, conductor and chorus master Ondrej AdÃ¡mek, who studied in his Czech hometown and in Paris, has already won numerous prestigious awards for his orchestral, chamber, vocal and electro-acoustic music. In his musical language, which also repeatedly incorporates elements of distant cultures, he creates unusual musical narratives. He seeks the authenticity of his interpretations by combining voices and movements, gestures and theatricality, phonetic and semantic aspects, and his own specially developed musical instruments. The premieres of Ondrej AdÃ¡mek's "Where are You?" and "Follow me" were distinctive for their excellent casts, featuring stars such as Magdalena KozenÃ¡, Isabelle Faust and Simon Rattle. In AdÃ¡mek's "Follow me", a three-movement concerto for violin and orchestra, the melodies are divided between the soloist and the orchestra along the lines of the late medieval hocket technique, whereby the composer seeks to connect a single individual with a (human) crowd. The first performance of AdÃ¡mek's "Where are You?" for mezzo-soprano and orchestra was an outstanding event in Munich's concert programme this year. In the eleven-part, approximately 35-minute-long kaleidoscope of sound, dominated by constant motoric movement - ranging from everyday sounds such as the monotonous ticking of a clock to the sweeping, electrifyingly rhythmic pounding of the orchestra tutti - the composer embarks on a search for the human ("Where do we come from and where are we going?") and the divine.

Tracklist:

Follow Me: I. - (Live)
Follow Me: II. - (Live)
Follow Me III. - (Live)
Where Are You?: I. Slotha - Setting A Trap For Divine (Live)
Where Are You?: II. Where Are You? (Live)
Where Are You?: III. Peter Sent Me Back (Live)
Where Are You?: IV. Sharp Point (Live)
Where Are You?: V. Seata (Live)
Where Are You?: VI. Confession (Live)
Where Are You?: VII. Ecstacy (Live)
Where Are You?: VIII. Levitation (Live)
Where Are You?: IX. You Are Not Here (Live)
Where Are You?: X. Gentle Whisper (Live)
Where Are You?: XI. Everywhere (Live)

UPC: 4035719006384
Label: Br Klassiks
Release Date: 1.21.22
Format: CD

Adamek / Faust / Rundel - Follow Me - Where Are You (CD)