Mirrored in Time
Despite its long history, the trombone has a very limited chamber music repertoire. Togeter with my amazing Concertgebouw Orchestra colleagues of the wonderful Alma Quartet we have tried to rectify this deficiency by initiating a fruitful collaboration between the trombone and the string quartet, the pinnacle of chamber music.
Mirrored in Time thus presents a collection of powerful arrangements and attractive new works covering a wide range of styles.
Framed by adaptations of contemporary pieces by Bryce Dessner and Chiel Meijering respectively, this recording presents five pairs of works. Each of these consists of an arrangement of an existing composition from bygone times mirrored by a recent or completely new work. John Dowland is echoed by Nico Muhly, Béla Bartók by Dimitar Bodurov, Gabriel Fauré by Jacob TV, Erik Satie by Florian Magnus Maier and Robert Schumann by Martijn Padding.
With this programme, Mirrored in Time tells the story of what might have been - and how it is now.