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The score of Spanish Juan Albert Amargos "Concerto for Recorder and orchestra" has just arrived at Michala´s house. This concerto has been in the making for almost two years, and will be a great and new addition to the contemporary recorder repertoire, with its unusual scoring: Amplified recorder with an orchestra consisting of strings, 22 wind players, 3 percussonists, piano and harp. A quite large orchestra! - but the piece is so well written that the balance with the recorder will work well. <br>Amargos is amongs other things known for his work for and with jazz musicians, such as Paco de Lucia - and able to mix styles - classical and jazz - in an unusual natural way.

New Cd with Danish actress Lone Hertz,- Thomas Evangelium with music I arranged from the reneaisane repertoire for amplified lute.

During their recent tour in Japan Michala and Lars Hannibal was invited by Woodone to play a concert at the Itsukushima Shrine near Hiroshima. It was the first time ever that western music was performed at the Shrine, which is considered as one of Japans most important Buddhist Shrines and is build around 1600 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The five-store Pagoda which is part of the Shrine is even older, build in 1407.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; In the photo album you can see some pictures which give an impression of the beauty of this very spiritual place, aswell as photos from other of the tours concerts.<br>

I fotogalleriet er der blevet lagt nogle billeder op fra Michala's og min tourne i Japan, - flere vil følge. Højdepunktet på turen var vores koncert i Itsukushima Shrine nær Hiroshima, som regnes for en af Japans mest betydningsfulde helligdomme, og samtidig et enestående bygningsværk. Shrinet er stadig et aktivt tempel som beboes af buddistiske munke,og det var første gang man tillod at der blev spillet vestlig musik i helligdommen. Inden vores koncert havde munkene arrangeret en ceremoni, som formede sig som en bøn for vores skæbne.<br>Nogle uger inden vores koncert blev Itsukushima Shrine hjemsøgt af en orkan, som desværre ødelagde den del af templet hvor vi skulle spille koncert. Istedet blev koncerten gennemført i Hokoku Shrine som ligger lige ved siden af, og som i 1587 blev opført af Toyotomi Hideyoshi, som var grundlæggeren af et af Japans stærkeste dynastier. <br>At spille koncert i Japan er altid en stor glæde. Jeg oplever at japanernes store koncentration, og respekt for musikken er med til at skabe en atmosfære af åbenhed, som befordrer at musikkens kommunikative kraft har lettere ved at nå ud. At få lov til at spille musik i en så stærk spirituel atmosfære, som Itsukushima Shrine repræsenterer, var for mig en ubeskrivelig gave.

The album is already VERY well received by the press,- and have got many excellent reviews. You can check the review by clicking cover for Territorial Songs.

Classical album of the week in London Newspaper Times: : Mahan Esfahani, the dynamic harpsichord star.
— think you know the harpsichord? Think again

OUR Recordings is very happy to announce the Nordic release of the CD ALBUM FOR ASTOR with the outstanding danish accordeon player Bjarke Mogensen. On the link you can listen to the album: https://naxos-nordic.lnk.to/8226916WE

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