Contemporary Music Night #163 – Wim Mertens # 7.
Episode 163 of the two-weekly Contemporary Music Night on Concertzender.
With tonight the seventh of eight episodes with the complete cycles QUA and YEARS WITHOUT HISTORY from Belgian composer and musician Wim Mertens.
Tonight we will hear the continuation of Part III of AREN LEZEN from 2001 and Volume 1 an a bit of Volume 2 of YEARS WITHOUT HISTORY from 2002 and 2003.
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Wim Mertens. Aren Lezen: III. Kaosmos (2001)
IN THE MAKING (PART II)
01. Par chance, sans effort. 3:08
02. Aptride. 5:03
03. This Necessary Willkur. 3:54
04. Without Example. 4:12
05. Unless the Hand Obeys. 3:15
06. Stolen Legacy. 3:24
Hanna Grociak: harp. Eric Robberecht: violin. Dirk Descheemaeker: soprano saxophone.
LE GRAIN DE LA MEMBRANE
07. Initial Enthousiasm. 4:55
08. Nature As Music. 3:18
09. Qualitas occultas. 2:57
10. Aether Proofs. 3:25
11. By penetrating it. 3:04
12. Originarie expansiva. 3:56
13. Room for faith. 3:49
14. Per spontaneitatem. 3:14
15. Innocent Enough. 3:13
Bruno De Busschere: euphonium.
HUMAN GUESSWORK
16. Its Maschinewesen. 4:56
17. Its Long Sought Principle. 5:53
18. As Instrumentum. 2:44
19. Cumbrous Notations. 3:08
20. Random Groping. 4:05
21. The whole Of The Past. 3:53
22. Such A Transition. 3:31
23. Par Chance, Sans Effort. 8:29
24. Apatride. 12:15
25. The Necessary Willkür. 3:00
26. Without Example. 4:52
27. Unless The Hand Obeys. 3:51
28. Stolen Legacy. 4:57
Wim Mertens: piano.
3CD 2001 Les Disques Du Crepuscule TWI 1104 | 37CD2009 EMI Classics 50999 9644602 7
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Wim Mertens. Aren Lezen: IV. aRe (2001)
GLOBAL PERSONS.
29. Next nearest. 1:39
30. Various alphabets. 1:37
31. For the ausführbarkeit. 1:34
32. At every instant. 1:33
33. Method of intuition. 1:34
34. Sine missione. 1:24
35. Benen bol. 1:41
36. Alongside and successfully. 1:41
37. Arranged, simplified. 3:08
38. You northerners. 2:48
39. Fewer refrains. 1:36
40. Most untamed. 5:44
41. In fits and starts. 5:40
42. Luxta et post. 4:03
43. As a fabulated giant. 4:03
44. Bodies into planes. 3:34
45. Periods of fasting. 3:33
46. Far enough. 3:05
47. Within a wider cartography. 1:36
48. Most secure bastion. 1:18
49. Into a bundle. 1:36
PARTIAL OBJECTS.
50. Eerste aanzet. 3:01
51. Den enkelte. 0:42
52. Your northern mists. 0:17
53. All desirability. 0:39
54. In fluvia. 0:26
55. Begerige deel. 2:12
56. In the caesura. 1:18
57. What you see is what you hear. 1:18
58. Membrane states. 2:12
59. Connections of possibility. 2:09
60. Silent echoes. 2:09
61. Featherless biped. 1:54
62. The gorged tick. 3:03
63. Of hands and fingers. 2:58
64. Clinamen. 3:04
65. In close embrace. 2:05
66. Of niet. 2:05
67. Third kinds. 2:04
68. Essences of modes. 3:00
69. Then, and only then. 3:52
Hanna Grociak: harp.
2CD 2002 Les Disques Du Crepuscule TWI 1105 | 37CD2009 EMI Classics 50999 9644602 7
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70. Gentleman of leisure. 4:08
71. Watch over me. 6:47
72. Lir. 16:17
73. Salernes. 4:06
74. La mesure. 16:29
75. Wandering eyes. 9:47
76. Shot one. 5:14
77. We’ll find out. 6:08
Wim Mertens: piano, voice. Dirk Descheemaeker: clarinet
CD 2002 Les Disques Du Crépuscule – TWI 1106 | 6CD 2008 EMI Classics – 50999
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78. Alef. 16:03
Wim Mertens: piano, voice.
CD 2002 Les Disques Du Crépuscule – TWI 1117 | 6CD 2008 EMI Classics – 50999 2360972 3
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All further information can be found on www. wimmertens.com