Modern Art Orchestra – soloists: Gábor Bolla and Márton Fenyvesi Louis Sclavis – “Dans la Nuit”, the silent movie of Charles Vanel (1929) – music: Louis Sclavis (2002) Louis Sclavis – clarinet, Vincent Courtois – cello, Dominique Pifarély – Violin, Vincent Peirani – accordion, Francois Merville – drums, marimba Held for the 6th time, the MOL Jazz Festival Budapest, will begin with the concert of the Modern Art Orchestra, lead by Kornél Fekete-Kovács. Among the pieces that will be played a...re compositions created exclusively for this occasion by two members of the band, saxophonist Kristóf Bacsó and guitarist Szabolcs Oláh. It will provide for special excitement that the soloists of these compositions will not be the authors themselves, but two outstanding talents of the younger jazz generation, saxophonist Gábor Bolla and guitarist Márton Fenyvesi. The Modern Art Orchestra created by Kornél Fekete-Kovács and the UMZE Chamber Ensemble led by Zoltán Rácz have demonstrated several times before in their collaborations that it is possible to gravitate between jazz and contemporary music. While the “request to play” came from the contemporary music side, it is jazz that takes the role of “host” this time. The French composer, clarinettist and saxophonist Louis Sclavis most recently performed in Aldo Romano’s African Flashback project at the Palace of Arts. This performance today is similarly unique: this time the audience can see and hear this concert, while watching a projected film. Charles Vanel’s 1930 work Dans la nuit (“In The Night”) was one of the last French silent films, and although until it was restored in 2001, was not particularly well known, many now regard it as a very important work in film history, with its open depiction of infidelity and physical violence. Its realistic mood anticipates films from a much later era. It tells the story of a quarryman who suffers terrible facial injuries from an explosion. To hide his scars, he must don a metal mask. His difficult situation is complicated by a family scandal: while he is working at night in the quarry, his wife is entertaining a lover. Film director Bertrand Tavernier commissioned Louis Sclavis to compose music for this film, and it is more than just a simple evocation of mood: it is a heart wrenching work in its own right, with amazing dramatic power. Despite some nostalgic elements in the music, Sclavis does not use the vocabulary from the era of the film. Instead he employs a very modern approach, with improvisations recognisable from contemporary jazz performance, avoiding the impression of his work appearing a mere stylistic exercise or historical reconstruction. (For more information see: www.bmc.hu/jazzfesztival)
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