Trijok Ensemble (*2023) consists of recorder players Jan Kvapil and Ondřej Hanuš together with drummer Kamil Slezák. While Jan and Ondřej are mainly devoted to old, oldest and newest music, Kamil is currently mainly at home in jazz and world music, but at the same time he has extensive experience with almost all musical genres. It is the original combination of three personalities growing from different musical roots that promises fascinating listening experiences.
The Konversation program, named after Wolfgang Stockmeier’s composition Konversation (1977), brings medieval, Renaissance and modern compositions arranged by the ensemble members, connected by shorter improvisations. Around fifteen recorders of various shapes and sizes and a comparable number of percussion instruments make it possible to create diverse sound combinations typical for the ensemble.
In addition to the title piece, the program will include several anonymous medieval and Renaissance dances. The Lyon publisher Jacques Moderne published in the collection Musicque de joye (ca. 1550) dozens of popular tunes of his time, some of which the two flutists decorate in unison with insights from historical treatises, while the drummer handles the material more stylistically. A selection of dance and polyphonic compositions from the publication Duo tessuti con diversi solfeggiamenti (1657) by Giuseppe Giamberti are complemented by his own processing of melodies by Bergamasco and Mantovan, which can be considered Renaissance “standards” – harmonic schemes directly encouraging improvisation. From more contemporary music, listeners can look forward to, for example, the composition Double Machine (2001) by the Italian minimalist Fulvio Caldini or the African rhythms of Sören Sieg in three compositions from the collection Umlanjana (2018).
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