Saturnalia the complex3/10/2023 ![]() Wird verwendet, um Instagram-Inhalte zu entsperren. Wird zum Entsperren von Google Maps-Inhalten verwendet. Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland Wird verwendet, um Facebook-Inhalte zu entsperren. Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland It is deserving of a wide audience which is implicitly invited to an exuberant experience without forgetting the realities of the world as they are. However one looks at it, this is musicianship of the highest calibre, played with great feel and sensibility. Perhaps the joyful spirit of Saturnalia is our escape and our attempt to overcome all of this by making music that reaches as many people as possible.” It’s ultimately a crisis in human values. A perverse patriarchal oligarchy punishes the most disadvantaged classes and leads to precarious work, unemployment and pensions under a minimum. An anachronistic monarchy is untouchable yet corrupted. We live in a world of political corruption, tax evasion, thieving bankers, racism and animal abuse. Their virtuoso, superbly joyous music is based on an ancient festival that reversed and did not reflect the true realities of life in the Roman Empire.Īs Joan reflects, “We come from countries struggling with difficult social times. There is a certain paradox to Trempera!’s new CD. Trempera! Have now played in some of the best venues in the Netherlands such as Bimhuis, LantarenVenster and Paradox, also at the Jamboree Jazz Club in Barcelona and the Jazz by the Pool Festival in Italy. You have musicians of the highest quality from all over the world.” Amsterdam is strategically situated, it’s very well connected to Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, France and the UK. The facilities are very good here and the conservatory provides accommodation for students. ![]() “In Amsterdam,” he says, “I discovered how international the conservatory and the music scene here are. Joan regards the jazz scene in Barcelona as excellent, with great musicians and teachers, but rather local. The others followed and we studied together for our master degrees. The oldest, I was the first of us to move to Amsterdam. “We are not just five musicians that have a band. ![]() “Our long-term friendship is a key element in our musical project,” explains Joan. Five short pieces feature poems written and eloquently performed by Sam Herman.įour of the five members of Trempera! knew each other from their time as music students in Barcelona. “ We also thought it would be good to feature the spoken word to create a little story behind the whole album”, says Joan. Perhaps time to dust down the Latin dictionary, or you can just enjoy the beautiful, mainly original compositions written by Lluc Casares and Xavi Torres. Five superb, modern instrumentalists combine to tell the story of an archaic party in tracks named Io Saturnalia, Revelry, Optimus Dierum, Vestale_No Party, Saturnalicius Princeps, etc. In reality the sound is surprisingly mellow and rounded. We thought it would be nice making happy, yet vigorous music that anyone can identify with, though composition-wise some parts might be complex.” We wanted a unifying, concrete concept, instead of everyone just composing unrelated pieces. “The prize consisted of money to record and release an album. “ We won a Records Award, given by the Keep an Eye Foundation, in a competition in Amsterdam,” explains Joan Terol, who along with his fellow musicians are now mostly based in the city. Overeating and drunkenness were rampant and forbidden games were played. It was a joyous festival characterised by role reversals. ![]() The album and track titles refer to the Ancient Roman festivities in honour of the god Saturn. Bruno Calvo on trumpet is from Andalusia and Giuseppe Romagnoli on bass is Italian. Three of the musicians are Catalan: Lluc Casares on tenor sax and clarinet, Xavi Torres on piano and Joan Terol on drums. It is the name adopted by the Trempera! quintet who have just released their first album – Saturnalia. Trempera is a Catalan word meaning excitement, enthusiasm or pleasure.
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