Der Zauberlehrling

by Simon Rummel | On Water Orchestra

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Over 100 tuned glasses, a microtonal harmonium, home-made harmonica instruments, strings, four recorders, a trumpet, an accordion and two clarinets: this is the unusual setup for two compositions by Simon Rummel, which were performed at a sold-out concert in St. Maria im Kapitol as part of this year's Acht-Brücken-Festival for contemporary music in Cologne. The "On Water Orchestra", consisting of 35 musicians from Cologne's independent music scene, was founded especially for this event. The music invites you to listen to the mysterious cosmos of microtonal tone combinations.

The album features two tracks:  

1. Der Zauberlehrling – 34:19

2. Musik für den Lehrling des Zauberlehrlings – 11:56

Total runtime: approximately 46 minutes.

Released: January 22, 2025 | Label: impakt Records
 

Listen & Purchase

• Bandcamp – Digital & CD

• Simon Rummel’s Official Website

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Performers

Recorder/ Glass Harmonica: Lucia Mense, Verena Barié, Wei Hung, Susa Weinbach, among others

Clarinet: Holger Werner, Carl Rosman
Trumpet: Matthias Schriefl
Violin/ Glass harmonica: Axel Lindner, Karin Nakayama,Anna Neubert
Viola/ Glass harmonica: Annegret Mayer-Lindenberg, Axel Porath, Pauline Buss
Cello/ Glass harmonica: Burkart Zeller
Double bass/ Glass harmonica: Constantin Herzog
Accordion: Dorrit Bauerecker
Microtonal harmonium/ Glass harmonica: Oxana Omelchuk
Microtonal harmonica/ Glass harmonica: Annie Bloch, Christoph Stöber
Glass harmonica: Rie Watanabe, Samuel Dobernecker, Yoshiki Matsuura, Yuting Huang, Moritz Wesp, Leo Huhn, Yukari Yagi, Philipp Zdebel, Rodrigo Lopez-Klingenfuss, Georg Wissel, Norman Eric Kunz, Angelika Sheridan, Julia Sanjuro, Stefan Schönegg
Composition, Conducting: Simon Rummel 

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