Hans P. Kjorstad & Ernst Reijseger – Gap of Ginn (CD)
The fiddle player Hans P. Kjorstad from Oppland and the cellist Ernst Reijseger from the Netherlands met when the concert series Blow Out! in Oslo invited Kjorstad to come and play with whoever he wanted. The choice was simple, Reijseger's background as a pioneering improviser since the 70s (ICP, Amsterdam String Trio, Clusone 3+++) plus the later years' explorations of the interplay between sound and image in collaboration with master director Werner Herzog was almost too good for to be true. Kjorstad & Reijseger quickly found a common repertoire consisting of patient melodious improvisations with airy and playful interplay.
The fiddle player Hans P. Kjorstad from Oppland and the cellist Ernst Reijseger from the Netherlands met when the concert series Blow Out! in Oslo invited Kjorstad to come and play with whoever he wanted. The choice was simple, Reijseger's background as a pioneering improviser since the 70s (ICP, Amsterdam String Trio, Clusone 3+++) plus the later years' explorations of the interplay between sound and image in collaboration with master director Werner Herzog was almost too good for to be true. Kjorstad & Reijseger quickly found a common repertoire consisting of patient melodious improvisations with airy and playful interplay.
The fiddle player Hans P. Kjorstad from Oppland and the cellist Ernst Reijseger from the Netherlands met when the concert series Blow Out! in Oslo invited Kjorstad to come and play with whoever he wanted. The choice was simple, Reijseger's background as a pioneering improviser since the 70s (ICP, Amsterdam String Trio, Clusone 3+++) plus the later years' explorations of the interplay between sound and image in collaboration with master director Werner Herzog was almost too good for to be true. Kjorstad & Reijseger quickly found a common repertoire consisting of patient melodious improvisations with airy and playful interplay.
All music by Kjorstad/Reijseger except track 3 and 8, by Reijseger.
Recorded February 16th 2022 at Høyjord Stave Church by Hans Martin Austestad
Mixed and mastered by Frans Wajon
Graphic design by JAHJAH Studio
Produced by Ernst Reijseger and Hans P. Kjorstad
Hans P. Kjorstad plays a violin by Jørn K. Nygaard and a 5-string hardingfele by Helge M. Bergnord. The latter granted by Norsk hardingfelefond AS. He also plays a just tuned indian harmonium.
Ernst Reijseger plays a 5-string cello by Bolink & Steinhauer, granted by the Nationaal Muziekinstrumenten Fonds. He also plays two shruti boxes.
TRACKLIST
1. Ginn (07.25), 2. Ekko (04.38), 3. Ginnung Where You There (03.48), 4. Spragle (03.26), 5. Thin Air (04.45), 6. Sand nor Sea (05.49), 7. Heaven nor Earth (02.09), 8. Elena Shining Light (04.16), 9. The Gap (04.46)
Catalogue number: MOT25CD
Release date: January 12, 2024