Gregorian Blue Notes - Medieval Chant & Saxophone

Label: CHRISTOPHORUS
Catalog: CHR77351
Format: CD

Jürgen Seefelder, saxophon; ensemble officium

Medieval Chant & Saxophone Improvisation
Terribilis est locus iste & Improvisation 1 - Deus in loco sancto suo - Oratio & Improvisation 2 - Kyrie »Cum jubilo« - Gloria »Spiritus et alme« & Improvisation 3 - Lectio - Locus iste - Urbs jerusalem beata & Improvisation 4 - Tollite hostias - Improvisation 5 - Stetit angelus - Sanctus XIV & Psalmus 94(95) & Improvisation 6 - Terribilis est locus iste & Improvisation 7 - Jerusalem, quae aedif icatur - Quam dilecta tabernacula tua & Improvisation 8

Gregorian Blue Notes was recorded live at a concert of the ensemble officium with the saxophone player Jürgen Seefelder held in Worms Cathedral on July 22, 2001. Its aim is to capture a symbiosis between the timeless and endless chant of the Gregorian chorale and the evanescence of improvisation created in the moment and for the moment, as exemplified by jazz, while preserving the atmosphere needed for this act of creation. Some of the Gregorian chants are overlaid by the saxophonist's improvisations, others are picked up and extended or contrasted with something completely new.

Price: $27.98