Klezfire - The Talking Clarinet Is Back Helmut Eisel & Brass

• Traditional: Nigunim:
• 1 Traditional: Nigunim 05:41
• Russian Sher for Peace:
• 2 Traditional: Russian Sher for Peace 06:20
• The Stolen Clarinets Trilogy, Pt. 1:
• 3 Traditional: The Stolen Clarinets Trilogy, Pt. 1: Bukowina Freilach 03:36
• Helmut Eisel (b. 1955): The Stolen Clarinets Trilogy, Pt. 2:
• 4 Eisel: The Stolen Clarinets Trilogy, Pt. 2: All I Had Left Was the Taragot 04:20
• The Stolen Clarinets Trilogy, Pt. 3:
• 5 Eisel: The Stolen Clarinets Trilogy, Pt. 3: The Talking Clarinet Is Back 03:07
• Michael Marx (b. 1966): Jonathan Mausebär:
• 6 Marx: Jonathan Mausebär 04:43
• Helmut Eisel: Yoram's Freilach:
• 7 Eisel: Yoram's Freilach 04:42
• Leib Y Rigler, Nurit Hirsh, Helmut Eisel: A Jewish Wedding:
• 8 Rigler, Hirsh, Eisel: A Jewish Wedding 08:42
• Juan Pablo González Tobón: Tunel:
• 9 Tobón: Tunel 06:25
• Michael Marx: A Groovy Kind of Blue:
• 10 Marx: A Groovy Kind of Blue 04:53
• Helmut Eisel: Lino:
• 11 Eisel: Lino 05:00
• Joseph Rumshinsky (1881 - 1956): Sheyn Vi Di Levone:
• 12 Rumshinsky: Sheyn Vi Di Levone 04:36
• Helmut Eisel: Michas Freilach:
• 13 Eisel: Michas Freilach 03:48
• The Happy Dixie Freilach:
• 14 Eisel: The Happy Dixie Freilach 03:44
• Michael Marx: Benjamin:
• 15 Marx: Benjamin 03:57
• Total Runtime 01:13:34

Info for Klezfire - The Talking Clarinet Is Back

With his new album, Helmut Eisel presents a musical labor of love. "Helmut Eisel & Brass" is a sonorous encounter between klezmer and Saarland brass music. It is an interplay of tradition, memory, and the vibrant present.

The album's 15 live tracks, recorded as part of the studio concerts at Bauer Studios Ludwigsburg, tell stories full of emotion, joy, and musical depth. Particularly impressive is the "Stolen Clarinets Trilogy," in which Helmut Eisel processes and musically tells the incredible story of the theft and recovery of his clarinets.

"Helmut Eisel & Brass" is far more than a look back at the past. It is a sonic vision of the future that brings klezmer and brass music into a lively dialogue. The music represents openness, respect for one's heritage, and the willingness to explore new paths. This album connects people, tells stories, and touches with virtuosity and heart.

Helmut Eisel, clarinet, tarogato
Juan Pablo González Tobón, guitar
Stefan Engelmann, double bass
Peter Kästner, flugelhorn, trumpet
Felix Blum, flugelhorn, trumpet
Peter Hedrich, trombone

Helmut Eisel
is considered one of the most versatile and interesting klezmer clarinetists in Europe today.

From the roots of traditional brass music, jazz, klezmer, and classical music, he has developed his own unique, distinctive style. Communication between the musicians, but also with the audience, is always a top priority.

If that doesn't put you in a good mood and delight the audience with top-notch entertainment! Once again, Helmut Eisel cheerfully mediates between styles and cultures with his "Talking Clarinet." He tells his audience stories through his music – joyful, melancholic, irresistibly seductive. And all of this at the highest musical level!

"I don't make music. The music is already there, in every moment. First, I hear it within myself, then I transfer it to my clarinet to share it with my listeners. It arises in the here and now, in the lively encounter with another person. Music is language and yet says much more than any words." Helmut Eisel

The idea of ​​telling stories, scolding, comforting, laughing, and crying with the clarinet has fascinated Helmut Eisel since childhood. When he learned the basics of playing the clarinet from his grandfather, he discovered the diverse expressive possibilities of this instrument. His encounter with Giora Feidman in 1989 was formative. From him, Helmut Eisel learned about klezmer music and its deep spiritual meaning. It became the inspiration for numerous of his own pieces and improvisations – Helmut Eisel's talking clarinet was born. Just like Feidman, Helmut Eisel uses his clarinet like a human voice, establishing intense communication with the audience. Through his improvisations, spontaneous dialogues even arise in his concerts – with fellow musicians and, occasionally, even with the audience.

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