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Michael Mantler - Folly Seeing All This, with Balanescu Quartet, Rick Fenn, Jack Bruce, words by Samuel Beckett
15. Juni 2012 · Folly Seeing All This must have been something of a dream project for Michael Mantler. Working with the Balanescu Quartet opened up a vital portal in this phenomenal composer. The ensemble also includes guitarist Rick Fenn and a handful of talented chamber musicians.
The ensemble features guitarist Rick Fenn, flautist Wolfgang Puschnig, pianist Karen Mantler, percussionist Dave Adams and the Balanescu Quartet, with a guest appearance from vocalist Jack Bruce singing Samuel Beckett's final poem, "What Is the Word".
During 1992, Mantler recorded a new album, titled Folly Seeing All This, released by ECM Records in March 1993, which features the Balanescu Quartet plus other instrumentalists. The album includes instrumental compositions and one song, music set to Samuel Beckett's last work written shortly before his death in 1989, the poem "What ...
1993: Folly Seeing All This (ECM) — mit dem Balanescu String Quartet, Rick Fenn, Jack Bruce; Texte von Samuel Beckett; 1995: Cerco un paese innocente (ECM) — mit Mona Larsen, Kammer Ensemble, und der Danish Radio Big Band; Texte von Giuseppe Ungaretti
3. Jan. 1993 · Jack Bruce Voice; The Balanescu Quartet; Alexander Balanescu Violin; Clare Connors Violin; Bill Hawkes Viola; Jane Fenton Cello; Recorded. June 1992, Angel Studios, London. Original Release Date. 01.03.1993
Recording now for ECM, he released Folly Seeing All This (featuring the Balanescu String Quartet and including a setting of Samuel Beckett's last poem, sung by Jack Bruce), Cerco Un Paese Innocente (with singer Mona Larsen interpreting texts by Giuseppe Ungaretti), The School of Understanding (with Jack Bruce, Robert Wyatt, Mona Larsen, Don ...
