THE SLOVENIAN WAY

Jaka PUCIHAR: Three For Trio (1998) for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
Jani GOLOB: Sentimental Dances (2007) for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
Jaka PUCIHAR: Slovenian Folksong (2007) for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
Maksimiljan STRMČNIK: Graduale (1987) for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
David BEOVIČ: Angie Z (2007)  for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
Pavel ŠIVIC: Little Variations Á La Bartók On A Folk Tune  (1977) for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
Jaka PUCIHAR: Perpetuum Jazzile (2001)  for Clarinet, Violin and Harpsichor

CLAVIMERATA
Janez Podlesek, Violin
Gregor Kovačič, Clarinet
Ilonka Pucihar, Piano & Harpsichord 

Recorded in RTV Slovenia studio- Regional Centre Maribor, May 14th & 15th, 2007, Maribor
Sound engineer: Sašo Romih/ Digital editing & mastering: Sašo Romih/ Producer: Srečko Kovačič
Illustrations & Design: Ciril Horjak/ Text: Clavimerata/ Translation and proofreading: Tina Močilnik

English

THE SLOVENIAN WAY

Jani GOLOB (Ljubljana, 1948) graduated the violin and composition under prof. Uroš Krek at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana. For many years he was a member of the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, an editor of the serious music and ballet on TV Slovenia. He is a professor in the Department of composition and music theory at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana. His work is rich in so-called serious and popular music, where these two poles, seemingly difficult to reconcile are often intertwined. His works have been performed by many symphonic orchestras, chamber groups and famous soloists. He received Prešeren’s and Župančič’s awards as well as the 34th Festival du Film Publicitaire’s award in Cannes and many others. He is a member of many national committees and international juries.  Since 1992 he is also a member of the European Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Sentimental dances are writen on the initiative of Clavimerata. In its apparent ease and simplicity they combine a wonderful range of rich rhythms and melodies, dynamic contrasts, sentimental and a bit nostalgic feelings.

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Jaka PUCIHAR (Ljubljana, 1976) was born in Ljubljana in a musical family. He studied composition and music theory at the Music Academy in Ljubljana (diploma/ prof. Alojz Srebotnjak,  MA / prof. Marko Mihevc). As a jazz pianist / arranger / composer he was refined by professors: Veljko Glodić / Croatia, Uli Scherer / Austria, Renato Chicco / Italy, Barry Harris, John Clayton / USA. He works as an assistant professor at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, where he teaches jazz harmony, jazz improvisation and arrangement. He received the Prešeren student’s award and recognition for the important work of art in the field of music- composition. He collaborates with excellent artists and orchestras and is also the head of the jazz group The Session Band.

Three for the trio -''the composition was created in the final year of study at the Music Academy in Ljubljana, when I somehow discovered my personal style of musical expression. The last part was made as an independent composition, which should be used as an addition to the end of trio’s concerts. Later I added the first two parts.  The theme, which was used in the second part, comes from the Slovenian folk song Lipa zelenela je.''

Sijaj, sijaj - is the work that was originally created for the flute, oboe, piano, and was first performed in New Zealand where they wished for the composition of Slovenian theme to be performed by the Slovenian author.

Perpetuum Jazzile – ''the emergence of composition is related to my authorial evening in CD Ljubljana in 2001, when I was first extensively introduced as a composer. The original is written for a chamber group of 10 instruments (wind quintet, string quartet and harpsichord), later on I arranged the work for the trio to simplify and increase the number of performance. It is a kind of a combination of the Baroque style with a touch of jazz ...''

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David BEOVIČ (Kranj, 1977) was born in Kranj. He began by studying the clarinet and piano at the Music school in Škofja Loka. He continued his musical career at the Music and Ballet School in Ljubljana, and at the same time he attended the Gymnasium in Škofja Loka. After finishing secondary school, he entered the Faculty of Theology and continued to study composition at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana under prof. Marijan Gabrijelčič and prof. Paul Mihelčič. He is a professor of musical art at the Jurij Vega Gymnasium in Idrija and the School centre Gymnasium in Ljubljana. His works have been performed in many Slovenian festivals (Night of Slovenian composers, Young to the young, Musica Danubiana ...) and abroad (Trieste, Berlin, Vienna).

Angie Z. -''The Russian proverb says that a quick death even ends the longest life. After her death, I decided to dedicate my next work to the honour of her memory. The song does not reflect the morbidity or pessimism, but her cheerful nature, harmless observation, playing with the thumbs and the elderly return of the child. The child who spent his time and went to play on the other side.'

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Maks STRMČNIK (Črna na Koroškem, 1948) got his degree in composition at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana under prof. Lucijan Marija Škerjanc and prof. Uroš Krek, who was also his postgraduate study professor. He specialised in the Baroque performance practice of the keyboard instruments, and general bass at the Academy of Music in Innsbruck (Austria) under prof. Johann Sohnleitner and prof. Toon Koopman. As a renowned organist and harpsichordist he regularly participates in the Slovenian reproductive musical life. As a composer he has been placed among the most visible Slovenian music creators. He is the winner of the Prešeren’s fund award and Kozina’s prize. He works as a full professor and is the head of the Department of sacred music at the Music Academy in Ljubljana.

Graduale - the work was written in 1987 on the initiative of the trio Goričar-Belič-Jarc and was first performed in concert studio of the Society of Slovenian composers. The work has got a great design and sound originality. Composer discovered and established the principle of design in our music space that follows the nature of sonority of individual instruments and their combinations. There is no dissection to ordinary sentences with well known conventional forms, but clean musical sequence of long bows in which the sound combination of two or all three instruments exchanges through contrasts and graduation. All this is neatly fulfilled with aleatorical moments, followed by sharp, rhythmic outlined musical ideas.

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Pavel ŠIVIC (Radovljica, 1908;  Ljubljana, 1995) was the first student who got his degree under Slavko Osterc from composition at the Regional Music Conservatory. The next two years, he perfected in Prague at the local conservatory and studied composition in the master class of Josef Suka and Alois Habe and piano under Wilem Kurz. After graduating he returned to Ljubljana and taught piano at the conservatory until 1939, when he became an assistant professor at the newly established Academy of Music. From 1946 until his retirement in 1978, with brief pauses when he worked at the Ministry of Culture and Radio in Ljubljana, he taught piano, music history and methodology at the Academy of Music. The next twelve years he was a general bass lecturer in the Department of Musicology at the Faculty of Arts. In addition to holding concerts and teaching, he focused on writing the scripts for the students, criticism and essay writing, forming radio broadcasts, and composing. His musical opus is extremely comprehensive. He received a series of awards, among them Župančič’s Kozina’s and Prešeren’s award twice.

Small variations were written by Šivic in 1977. Preliminary theme is completely Hungarian coloured, followed by diverse variation (Animato, Barcaroli, Lento, Vivace, Recitativo and Marcia).

slovensko

PO SLOVENSKO

Jani GOLOB ( Ljubljana, 1948) je violino in kompozicijo (prof. Uroš Krek) diplomiral na Akademiji za glasbo v Ljubljani. Vrsto let je bil član Simfoničnega orkestra RTV Slovenija in urednik za resno glasbo in balet na Televiziji Slovenija. Je redni profesor na oddelku za kompozicijo in glasbeno teorijo na Akademiji za glasbo v Ljubljani. Njegov opus je bogat tako na področju t.i. resne kot zabavne glasbe, kjer se ta dva, na videz težko združljiva pola, pogosto prepletata. Njegova dela so zazvenela v izvedbi številnih simfoničnih orkestrov, komornih skupin in priznanih solistov. Je dobitnik Prešernove in Župančičeve nagrade, nagrade na 34. Festival du Film Publicitaire v Cannesu in mnogih drugih. Je član številnih državnih komisij in mednarodnih žirij, od leta 1992 pa je član Evropske akademije znanosti in umetnosti.

Sentimentalni plesi so nastali na pobudo Clavimerate. V svoji navidezni lahkotnosti in preprostosti združujejo čudovito paleto bogatih ritmov in melodij, dinamičnih kontrastov, sentimentalnih in morda nekoliko nostalgičnih občutij.

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Jaka PUCIHAR (Ljubljana, 1976) se je rodil v Ljubljani v glasbeni družini. Študij kompozicije in glasbene teorije je končal na Akademiji za glasbo v Ljubljani (diploma/prof. Alojz Srebotnjak, magisterij/prof. Marko Mihevc). Kot jazzovski pianist/aranžer/ komponist se je izpopolnjeval pri profesorjih: Veljko Glodić/Hrvaška, Uli Scherer/Avstrija, Renato Chicco/Italija, Barry Harris, John Clayton/ZDA. Deluje kot docent na Akademiji za glasbo v Ljubljani, kjer predava jazz harmonijo, jazz aranžiranje in improvizacijo. Je dobitnik študentske Prešernove nagrade in priznanja za pomembno umetniško delo na področju glasbenega ustvarjanja –  kompozicije. Sodeluje z najvidnejšimi umetniki in orkestri. Je vodja jazz skupine The Session Band. 

Tri za trio – ''skladba je nastala v zadnjem letniku študija kompozicije na AG Ljubljana, ko sem nekako našel svoj osebni stil glasbenega izražanja. Najprej je nastal zadnji stavek kot samostojna skladba, ki naj bi jo trio uporabil za dodatek ob koncu njihovih koncertov. Kasneje sem dodal še prva dva stavka, pri čemer sem v drugem stavku za temo uporabil slovensko ljudsko pesem Lipa zelenela je.''

Sijaj, sijaj sončece – je delo, ki je prvotno nastalo za zasedbo flavta, oboa, klavir in je bilo prvič izvajano na Novi Zelandiji, kjer so želeli skladbo slovenskega avtorja na slovensko tematiko. 

Perpetuum Jazzile – ''nastanek kompozicije je povezan z mojim avtorskim večerom v CD Ljubljana leta 2001, ko sem se prvičobširneje predstavil kot skladatelj. Original je sicer napisan za komorni sestav 10 instrumentov (pihalni kvintet, godalni kvartet in čembalo), kasneje pa sem delo priredil za trio zaradi lažje in s tem pogostejše izvedbe. Gre pa za nekakšno kombinacijo baročnega zvoka oz. stila z jazzovskim pridihom…'' 

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David BEOVIČ (Kranj, 1977) se je rodil v Kranju. Na glasbeni šoli v Škofji Loki je začel z igranjem klarineta in klavirja. Glasbeno pot je nadaljeval na Srednji glasbeni in baletni šoli v Ljubljani, vzporedno pa obiskoval še gimnazijo v Škofji Loki. Po končanem srednjem šolanju se je vpisal na teološko fakulteto, s študijem kompozicije pa je  nadaljeval na Akademiji za glasbo v Ljubljani pri prof. Marijanu Gabrijelčiču in prof. Pavlu Mihelčiču. Je profesor glasbene umetnosti na gimnaziji Jurija Vege v Idriji in na gimnaziji na Šolskem centru Ljubljana. Njegova dela so izvajali na številnih slovenskih festivalih (Noč slovenskih skladateljev, Mladi mladim, Musica Danubiana...) pa tudi v tujini (Trst, Berlin, Dunaj). 

Angie Z. – ''Ruski pregovor pravi, da kratka smrt konča tudi najdaljše življenje. Ko se je končalo njeno dolgo življenje, sem se odločil, da naslednje delo posvetim njenemu spominu. Skladba pa ne odraža morbidnosti ali pesimizma, temveč njeno veselo naravo, neškodljivo opazovanje, igranje s palcema na rokah ter starostni povratek v lik otroka. Otroka, ki je preživel svoj čas in se odšel igrat na drugo stran.'' 

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Maks STRMČNIK (Črna na Koroškem, 1948) je na ljubljanski Akademiji za glasbo diplomiral iz kompozicije; poučevala sta ga akademika prof. Lucijan Marija Škerjanc in prof. Uroš Krek, pri katerem je bil tudi na podiplomskem študiju. Specializiral je baročno izvajalsko prakso na inštrumentih s tipkami in generalnega basa na Akademiji za glasbo v Innsbrucku (Avstrija) pri prof. Johannu Sohnleitnerju in prof. Toonu Koopmanu. Kot iskan orglar in čembalist redno sodeluje v slovenskem poustvarjalnem glasbenem življenju, kot skladatelj pa se s svojimi deli uvršča med najvidnejše slovenske glasbene ustvarjalce. Je dobitnik nagrade Prešernovega sklada in Kozinove nagrade. Deluje kot redni profesor in predstojnik Oddelka za sakralno glasbo na Akademiji za glasbo v  Ljubljani.

Graduale - delo je leta 1987 bilo napisano na pobudo tria Goričar-Belič-Jarc in bilo prvič izvajano v Koncertnem ateljeju Društva slovenskih skladateljev. Skladbo odlikuje velika oblikovna in zvočna izvirnost. Skladatelj je v našem glasbenem prostoru odkril in uveljavil princip oblikovanja, ki sledi naravi zvočnosti posameznih instrumentov in njihovih kombinacij. Tako v skladbi ni razčlenitve v običajne stavke z znanimi klasičnimi oblikami, marveč sledi čistemu muzikalnemu zaporedju dolgih lokov, v katerih se zvočne kombinacije dveh ali vseh treh instrumentov izmenjujejo skozi kontraste in gradacije. Vse to spretno dopolnjujejo sproščeni aleatorični momenti, ki jim sledijo ostri, ritmično izrisani glasbeni domisleki. 

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Pavel ŠIVIC ( Radovljica, 1908;  Ljubljana, 1995) je kot prvi študent Slavka Osterca diplomiral iz kompozicije na deželnem glasbenem konservatoriju. Naslednji dve leti se je izpopolnjeval v Pragi in na tamkajšnjem konservatoriju študiral kompozicijo v mojstrskem razredu Josefa Suka in Aloisa Habe ter klavir pri Wilemu Kurzu. Po praški diplomi se je vrnil v Ljubljano in na konservatoriju poučeval klavir do leta 1939, ko je postal docent na novo ustanovljeni Akademiji za glasbo. Od leta 1946 pa do upokojitve leta 1978 je s krajšimi premori, ko je služboval na Ministrstvu za kulturo in Radiu Ljubljana, poučeval klavir, metodiko in glasbeno zgodovino na Akademiji za glasbo, naslednjih dvanajst let pa je na oddelku za muzikologijo Filozofske fakultete predaval generalni bas. Poleg koncertiranja in poučevanja se je posvečal pisanju skript za študente, kritiki in esejistiki, oblikovanju radijskih oddaj, predvsem pa komponiranju. Njegov opus je izjemno obsežen. Prejel je vrsto priznanj, med njimi Župančičevo, Kozinovo in dvakrat Prešernovo nagrado.

Drobne variacije je Šivic napisal leta 1977. Uvodna tema je povsem madžarsko obarvana, sledijo pa ji raznolike variacije (Animato, Barcarola, Lento, Vivace, Recitativo in Marcia).

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