Cinema Tribuna: "Kontrabach" in Ilanz

Marc Lardon, double bass clarinet
Daniel Sailer, double bass

Program:

David Sontòn Caflisch - La harpa da taghel premiere
J.S. Bach - Canone alla Decima in Contrapunto alla Terza, BWV 1080
J.S. Bach - Prelude No.20 in A minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier BWV 889
J.S. Bach - Canone per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu, BWV 1080



In Kontrabach's arrangements, J.S. Bach's music shows its very own, new side. The special feature is the very idiosyncratic and daring instrumentation with double bass clarinet and double bass. With their interpretations, Marc Lardon and Daniel Sailer succeed in the balancing act between the Baroque and the present.

In the last 7 years, the duo has exclusively interpreted music by J.S.Bach, but now it is time to take the step into the present. Understandably, there is hardly any literature for the instrumentation of double bass clarinet and double bass. Nevertheless, this combination is almost predestined for New Music. For this reason, the Graubünden composer David Sontòn Caflisch has composed a piece especially for the duo. Sontòn's composition refers to the Graubünden writer Theo Candinas. The piece lasts about 30 minutes and forms one half of the program. On the other hand, there are three compositions by J.S. Bach.