RUSH Juri Vallentin & Ensemble Reflektor

• Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697 - 1763): Oboe Concerto in G Minor:
• 1 Platti: Oboe Concerto in G Minor: I. Allegro 03:22
• 2 Platti: Oboe Concerto in G Minor: II. Largo 05:24
• 3 Platti: Oboe Concerto in G Minor: III. Presto 03:16
• Finneas Baird O'Connell (b. 1997), Billie Eilish O'Connell (b. 2001): Everything i Wanted:
• 4 O'Connell, O'Connell: Everything i Wanted 04:15
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750), Alessandro Marcello (1673 - 1747): Oboe Concerto in D Minor, S. Z799 (After BWV 974):
• 5 Bach, Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D Minor, S. Z799 (After BWV 974): I. Andante e Spiccato (Arr. By Juri Vallentin) 03:42
• 6 Bach, Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D Minor, S. Z799 (After BWV 974): II. Adagio (Arr. By Juri Vallentin) 04:11
• 7 Bach, Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D Minor, S. Z799 (After BWV 974): III. Presto (Arr. By Juri Vallentin) 03:31
• Juri Vallentin: VORTEX - Cadenza for RUSH:
• 8 Vallentin: VORTEX - Cadenza for RUSH 03:50
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741): Double Concerto in D Minor, RV 535:
• 9 Vivaldi: Double Concerto in D Minor, RV 535: I. Largo 01:33
• 10 Vivaldi: Double Concerto in D Minor, RV 535: II. Allegro 01:56
• 11 Vivaldi: Double Concerto in D Minor, RV 535: III. Largo 02:56
• 12 Vivaldi: Double Concerto in D Minor, RV 535: IV. Allegro Molto 02:26
• Henry Walter (b. 1986), Ilya Salmanzadeh (b. 1986), James John Napier (b. 1984), Blake Slatkin (b. 1997), Omer Fedi (b. 2000), Kim Petras (b. 1992), Sam Smith (b. 1992): Unholy (Arr. By Juri Vallentin):
• 13 Walter, Salmanzadeh, Napier, Slatkin, Fedi, Petras, Smith: Unholy (Arr. By Juri Vallentin) 03:51
• Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665 - 1729): Sonata No. 1 in D Minor:
• 14 Guerre: Sonata No. 1 in D Minor: VI. Aria 04:48
• 15 Guerre: Sonata No. 1 in D Minor: VII. Presto 02:06
• Total Runtime 51:07

Info for RUSH

Baroque repertoire paired with two arrangements of pop songs by Sam Smith (Unholy) and Billie Eilish (Everything I wanted). Ensemble Reflektor is an ambassador for a musical culture without borders, committed to new performance concepts and stylistically varied programmes. Oboe Concerto in G minor by Platti, Oboe Concerto in D minor (after BWV 974) by Marcello, Double Concerto in D minor RV 535 by Vivaldi, Sonata No. 1 by Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

Baroque music is a paradox: it is hundreds of years old and at the same time more present in the present day than perhaps any other music from earlier eras. After all, it has so much in common with the popular music of our time: clear forms, rousing rhythms, melodies that catch the ear. With baroque works, we can talk about the past as naturally as if they had been written just a few days ago. The most exciting combinations with music from the 17th and 18th centuries are therefore offered by contemporary works that stand between art and popular music: In RUSH, Juri Vallentin and ensemble reflektor combine highly virtuosic baroque concerti with short pieces from today and unite the pulse of the present with baroque splendour.

Juri Vallentin, oboe
Sergio Sanchez, oboe
ensemble reflektor
Joosten Ellee, director

Juri Vallentin
is always looking for new forms of expression and storytelling on his instrument, a quest that has earned him a place among the most outstanding young musicians of our time. His objective is to constantly develop modern contexts for classical music from baroque to contemporary. Juri Vallentin was born in Mainz and studied in Nuremberg and at the famous Conservatoire de Paris, where he graduated with distinction. In 2021, he was appointed professor for oboe at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe.

His artistic activities are documented by his debut album, BRIDGES, which features music spanning five centuries, as well as by numerous radio productions for German broadcasters BR, SWR and Deutschlandfunk. 2022 will see the release of his second album, EBENBILD, which combines music and literature and is inspired in its form and interpretation by early baroque poetry.

ensemble reflektor
The young chamber orchestra ensemble reflektor envisions itself as messenger of a music culture without boundaries.

The musicians of the orchestra develop programs collectively, in which diverse works across different genres thematically interconnect, thereby illuminating each other. Whether in clubs or in industrial warehouses, as an orchestra or in chamber groups, the befriended musicians create a special proximity to their audience through their original programming and innovative concert formats, building new gateways to classical music.

Following their debut album „Gewaltakt,“ which received rave reviews in the press, the ensemble released their second album „Liebeslied“ in 2020. Both CDs were released by PASCHENrecords and recorded under the leadership of Thomas Klug, a very important mentor and regular conductor of the ensemble.

With its concert programs, ensemble reflektor has been invited to perform in Konzerthaus Berlin, the Alte Oper Frankfurt and the ZKM Karlsruhe (Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe), as well as the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker (Hitzacker Summer Music Festival) and the Detect Classic Festival (Berlin). ensemble reflektor is the laureate of the 2020 NORDMETALL-Ensemblepreis of the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and is the first orchestra to receive the honor.

In the previous year, the ensemble received the Max-Brauer-Prize of the Alfred Toepfer Trust F.V.S. for its civic engagement in northern Germany.

This album contains no booklet.