HARMONY OF DISSONANCE brings together, juxtaposes, and intertwines the disparate singing styles of the regions of Dalmatia, which remain stylistically and performatively distant even today. While these musical worlds present seemingly irreconcilable musical and cultural differences, they are all connected by polyphonic singing, which forms the core of this collaboration between the Harmonija Dissonance Ensemble and the Jazz Orchestra of the Academy of Music in Zagreb. The Harmonija Dissonance Ensemble turned to their experiences with renowned traditional singers as well as to ethnomusicological field recordings of the songs that are included on the album. The process of music making in the Ensemble is firmly grounded in the act of concentrated listening, guided by the goal of coming ever closer to the sound ideal of archaic traditional harmony. The Ensemble first performed this representative program of traditional singing in Zagreb in May 2017. The songs are musically intriguing and performatively challenging, reflecting both local specificities and the heterogeneity of expressions, styles, and genres. An initial recording of this performance then became the inspiration for composer Zoran Scekic, who has "translated" ten of the songs into a series of instrumental miniatures which are woven throughout the album, performed by the Jazz Orchestra of the Academy of Music. On HARMONY OF DISSONANCE, the polyphonic singing of traditional songs from disparate areas of Dalmatia is given a second life in new and different interpretations which, while significantly distant from their original performance contexts, remain stylistically and melodically close to their source. These experiments with tradition, colored by the artistic expression of the latest generation of academic musicians, can present one possible answer to the question of what might happen on a contemporary journey in search of "the traces of traditional singing. "

Tracklist:

Ispod Panja Javorova / Izvir Voda Izvirala
U Jablana Duga Grana (1)
Slavuj Piva, Daleko Se Čuje
Procvitala Kitica Fiole
Daj Mi, Majko, Dinar-Dva (1)
Ej, Da Je Dragi Doći Mojon Kući
Moj Je Dragi Daleko Dabome
Oj, Gospe Sinjska
Pjevala Bi 'ko I Cure Dvije
Moj Je Dragi Daleko Dabome
Daj Mi, Majko, Dinar-Dva (2)
Sve Se More U Valove Dalo
Bukovico, Moj Debeli Lade
Evo Iđem Sa Zvirića
&Scaron;enice Bilice
Izvir Voda Izvirala
U Jablana Duga Grana (2)
Ko Se, Nano
Berem Dunje, Al' Ne Lomim Grane
Milo Ti Me
Dođi, Dragi, Dođi, Janje Moje
Ko Bi Reka
Ovamo Dojdi, Sokole
Na Neretvu Misečina Pala
Zapjevaj Mi, Jaranice Moja (1)
Zapjevaj Mi, Jaranice Moja (2)
Mesliđane, 'ko Ti Bere Grane
U Jablana Visokoga
Dođi, Dragi, Kad Čobana Ima (1)
Dođi, Dragi, Kad Čobana Ima (2)
Moj Dragane, Izvore Od Drine

UPC: 896931005555
Label: Navona
Release Date: 10.11.19
Format: CD

Harmony Of Dissonance / Various - Harmony of Dissonance (CD)