Kebyart

With this album, fittingly entitled Traum der Jugend, the young musicians of Kebyart see a longstanding dream come true. Drawn by its eagerness to reveal new soundworlds, the saxophone quartet has interwoven works from different epochs and given them a new, unconventional guise through its own arrangements. Taking Jorg Widmann's 7 Capricci as a starting point - a work specially written for the quartet which sparked the idea of this recording - Kebyart draws a myriad of musical connections that journey from Felix Mendelssohn, one of Widmann's favourite composers, to Johann Sebastian Bach, himself a source of inspiration to Mendelssohn. The programme culminates with a tribute to Fanny Mendelssohn, whose skilful compositions played a key role in developing the musical personality of her brother Felix.

Jörg Widmann (b. 1973) , Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) , Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847) , Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

• Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV662 'Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr'
• Bach, J S: Passacaglia in C minor, BWV582
• Mendelssohn, Fanny: Lied, Op. 6 No. 3
• Mendelssohn, Fanny: Lied, Op. 6 No. 4
• Mendelssohn: Capriccio in E minor, Op. 81 No. 3
• Mendelssohn: Fugue in E flat major, Op. 81 No. 4
• Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 30 No. 4 in B minor
• Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 2 in F sharp minor
• Widmann, J: Capricci (7)