composer
Misha Mengelberg (Kiev, 5 June 1935), leader of the Instant Composers Pool Orchestra, is a trickster figure in Dutch composing and international improvised music: a philosophical thinker about musical issues ...
related works
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Variable instrumentation
Scoring:
variabel
The secret garden : 'Fantasia for harp solo', 2000 / Peter van Onna
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harp
Scoring:
hp
Concerti grossi : opus III / edidit Hans Brandts Buys, Pieter Hellendaal
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
String orchestra; Two or more different solo instruments and orchestra
Scoring:
str
Entrez! : Version for flute, oboe and clarinet / Mayke Nas
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind ensemble (3-8 players)
Scoring:
fl ob cl
composition
Mishakosmos : Misha Mengelberg Music Book / collated and compiled by Michael Moore
Description:
I first heard Misha Mengleberg and Han Bennink on Eric Dolphy’s last recording “Last Date”as a teenager and loved Misha’s composition “Hypochrismutreefuzz” both for the music and the title.
Later when I heard him play live with the ICP I enjoyed the marriage of total freedom, creative anarchy and absurdist humor coupled with the reverence for the music of Monk, jazz tradition and swing.
His is a music of imagination, irony and inside jokes as well as lyricism, angularity and emotional contrast.
He and the ICP created their own tradition that included diverse musical styles, quick changes and references to older music, relentless swing ...that was ahead of its time and influenced many younger musicians
I am happy his compositions are being published so that we may all share his music. Enjoy!
Uri Caine