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MUSIC in CIRCLES

by hear now berlin.

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Gabriella Smith: Maré 08:40
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Nathan Schram: HNB 05:32
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Andrew Norman: Music in Circles 10:11
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Caroline Shaw: Draft of a High-Rise: Inked Frame 04:00
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Caroline Shaw: Draft of a High-Rise: A Scribbled Veneer 03:37
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Caroline Shaw: Draft of a High-Rise: Their Stenciled Breath 04:20
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Kelly Watson Woelffer: the (un)raveling 07:23
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Prepare to embark on a journey of sonic wonder with hear now berlin's debut album, MUSIC in CIRCLES. Featuring works by some of the most exciting composers of our time, this album is a celebration of music's boundless potential for human expression and emotion.

At the heart of the album lies Andrew Norman's Music in Circles, a mesmerizing work that takes us on a journey through a hall of mirrors. With its symmetrical structure and recurring refracted scale motif, the piece invites us to contemplate the infinite and the eternal.

Gabriella Smith's Maré is a masterful exercise in organic evolution, as shimmering textures give way to ominous growls and ecstatic washes of sound. Caroline Shaw's Draft of a High-Rise is a work of stunning virtuosity and complexity, a musical kaleidoscope of sweeping melodies, warm harmonies, and jittery passages.Nathan Schram's HNB is a true highlight of the album, a funky and full-throttle ride through feel-good soundscapes that demands the utmost from its virtuosic performers. And hear now berlin's flutist and founder, Kelly Watson Woelffer, contributes her own powerful work, the (un)raveling, a reflection on the challenges of motherhood and creativity during the pandemic.

Throughout the album, the musicians of hear now berlin deliver performances of exquisite precision and emotional depth, capturing a wide range of human experience, from fragility to risk, from simplicity to complexity.

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released June 2, 2023

Credits
Kelly Watson Woelffer: flute, alto flute
Jens Thoben: clarinet, bass clarinet
Paul Hübner: trumpet, flugelhorn
Meike-Lu Schneider: violin
Alexina Hawkins: viola
Edward King: cello

Recorded March 2022
at Traumton Records Berlin

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Justus Beyer

Artwork: The God of Small Things 19 by Ruprecht von Kaufmann

Design: Dan Abbott

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hear now berlin. Berlin, Germany

hear now berlin embodies a fresh and truly contemporary approach to chamber music. Their repertoire highlights the combinatory nature of present culture, taking cues from jazz to hip hop, minimalism to Mozart, and featuring composers such as Nathan Schram, Caroline Shaw, Andrew Norman and Nico Muhly, as well as members of the ensemble. Expansive and fluid, this is music of now and for everyone. ... more

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