\nA new orchestral dimension for Spark<\/p>\n
With \u2018Kiss of Fire\u2019, Spark presents an album that makes the heartbeat of the ensemble palpable. It is much more than just another release from this \u2018classical band\u2019, which has been reinterpreting classical music with a vital, boundary-crossing spirit since its inception. Here, passion and a joy of experimentation meet detailed sound art \u2013 and a special story that runs like a thread through the album.
\nAt its heart is the concert piece of the same name by Dutch composer Chiel Meijering, a long-time friend and musical companion of Spark. His music shapes the ensemble’s unmistakable, energetic sound. Meijering composed \u2018Kiss of Fire\u2019 \u2013 a concerto for Spark, string orchestra and percussion \u2013 as a journey through the many facets of love. The nine character pieces display a wide range of emotions: from tender security and ambivalent feelings in \u2018Love and Hate\u2019 to the blossoming of new feelings in \u2018When Love Comes Knocking\u2019, fulfilment in \u2018I Have Loved and I’ve Been Loved\u2019, incessant longing in “Again, Again, Again, Again, Again\u2018, constant closeness in \u2019Together Forever\u2018, hope in \u2019Dawning of Lovelight\u2018, loving dedication in \u2019For a Special Lady I Know\u2018, farewell in \u2019When the Party Is Over\u2018 and sensual perception in \u2019Five Senses in Love”.
\nThe premiere took place on Valentine’s Day 2014 in Amsterdam \u2013 a musical statement and the beginning of a long journey of collaboration between Spark and Meijering. After \u2018Kiss of Fire\u2019 was performed on international stages and with various orchestras, the final recording took place in Heilbronn on 14 February 2024, exactly ten years after the premiere. The W\u00fcrttemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, conducted by Johannes Witt, opens up a new orchestral dimension to Spark’s sound and broadens the emotional spectrum. Guest musicians Vanessa Porter and Emil Kuyumcuyan on percussion add additional rhythmic and colourful accents to the album.
\nOn this album, Spark once again captivates with an impressive variety of sounds and musical ideas, brought to life with an unusual array of instruments including numerous recorders, melodica, violin, viola, cello and piano. The music of this adventurous quintet is classical at its core, but opens up sonically and stylistically to minimal music, pop, avant-garde and jazz. What matters is not the genre, but the expression, the feeling, the connection to the audience.
\nIn addition to Meijering’s main work, the musicians of Spark present four of their own pieces on the album, which take up motifs and sound ideas from \u2018Kiss of Fire\u2019 and develop them further in their own personal way. The titles \u2018The Art of Forgiving\u2019, \u2018Waltz of the Ladybirds\u2019, \u2018What the Night Promised\u2019 and \u2018Patti Is Dancing\u2019 reflect individual reflections and show Spark as an ensemble that passionately and creatively lives out its musical identity.
\nThe album concludes with an orchestral finale, \u2018Touch Her Soft Lips and Part\u2019 by William Walton. During joint concerts, Spark and the W\u00fcrttemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn felt that this piece was the perfect complement to the main work \u2013 a delicate, peaceful outro to a fiery album.
\nWith \u2018Kiss of Fire\u2019, the musicians of Spark document a love story with music, their audience and themselves. It is an album for everyone who loves sound and emotion, surprise and depth: love at first note.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\nWith \u2018Kiss of Fire\u2019, Spark presents an album that makes the heartbeat of the ensemble palpable. It is much more than just another release from this \u2018classical band\u2019, which has been reinterpreting classical music with a vital, boundary-crossing spirit since its inception. Here, passion and a joy of experimentation meet detailed sound art \u2013 and a special story that runs like a thread through the album.
\nAt its heart is the concert piece of the same name by Dutch composer Chiel Meijering, a long-time friend and musical companion of Spark. His music shapes the ensemble's unmistakable, energetic sound. Meijering composed \u2018Kiss of Fire\u2019 \u2013 a concerto for Spark, string orchestra and percussion \u2013 as a journey through the many facets of love. The nine character pieces display a wide range of emotions: from tender security and ambivalent feelings in \u2018Love and Hate\u2019 to the blossoming of new feelings in \u2018When Love Comes Knocking\u2019, fulfilment in \u2018I Have Loved and I've Been Loved\u2019, incessant longing in \"Again, Again, Again, Again, Again\u2018, constant closeness in \u2019Together Forever\u2018, hope in \u2019Dawning of Lovelight\u2018, loving dedication in \u2019For a Special Lady I Know\u2018, farewell in \u2019When the Party Is Over\u2018 and sensual perception in \u2019Five Senses in Love\".
\nThe premiere took place on Valentine's Day 2014 in Amsterdam \u2013 a musical statement and the beginning of a long journey of collaboration between Spark and Meijering. After \u2018Kiss of Fire\u2019 was performed on international stages and with various orchestras, the final recording took place in Heilbronn on 14 February 2024, exactly ten years after the premiere. The W\u00fcrttemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, conducted by Johannes Witt, opens up a new orchestral dimension to Spark's sound and broadens the emotional spectrum. Guest musicians Vanessa Porter and Emil Kuyumcuyan on percussion add additional rhythmic and colourful accents to the album.
\nOn this album, Spark once again captivates with an impressive variety of sounds and musical ideas, brought to life with an unusual array of instruments including numerous recorders, melodica, violin, viola, cello and piano. The music of this adventurous quintet is classical at its core, but opens up sonically and stylistically to minimal music, pop, avant-garde and jazz. What matters is not the genre, but the expression, the feeling, the connection to the audience.
\nIn addition to Meijering's main work, the musicians of Spark present four of their own pieces on the album, which take up motifs and sound ideas from \u2018Kiss of Fire\u2019 and develop them further in their own personal way. The titles \u2018The Art of Forgiving\u2019, \u2018Waltz of the Ladybirds\u2019, \u2018What the Night Promised\u2019 and \u2018Patti Is Dancing\u2019 reflect individual reflections and show Spark as an ensemble that passionately and creatively lives out its musical identity.
\nThe album concludes with an orchestral finale, \u2018Touch Her Soft Lips and Part\u2019 by William Walton. During joint concerts, Spark and the W\u00fcrttemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn felt that this piece was the perfect complement to the main work \u2013 a delicate, peaceful outro to a fiery album.
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