Annette Kruisbrink : Kanakangi

Label: Soundset Recordings
Item Number: WC-6078-1
Format: CD

Year Recorded: 1997

Kanakangi

Annette Kruisbrink

Anneke de Jong - flute

Eric Kruisbrink - double-bass

Irene de Boer - violin

Pieter Jaap Idema - voice

The Anido Guitar Duo - guitar

Yi-Shuan Fang - bass marimba

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Comenius by Annette Kruisbrink
Vestibulum	01.	I. Vestibulum 3:06
Janua	02.	II. Janua 1:43
Atrium	03.	III. Atrium 3:52

Louis XIV	04.	Louis XIV 4:54

Triplex by Annette Kruisbrink
Complex	05.	I. Complex 3:04
Simplex	06.	II. Simplex 3:19
Perplex	07.	III. Perplex 4:00

Escrito para María Luisa Anido	08.	Escrito para María Luisa Anido 6:53

Lost my Lady	09.	Lost my Lady 9:20

Epithaphe sur ma pierre tombale	10.	Epithaphe sur ma pierre tombale 7:03

Aixea	11.	Aixea 13:17

Total Playing Time: 1:00:31

Annette Kruisbrink - Composer/Guitarist

Annette Kruisbrink (born 1958, The Netherlands) studied the guitar with Pieter van der Staak at the Conservatoire of Music in Zwolle. She attended masterclasses conducted by Leo Brouwer, John Mills, Toyohiko Satoh and many others. She subsequently trained herself to play the flamenco guitar and the vihuela. She studied composition with Alex Manassen and attended composition classes run by a.o. Nigel Osborne and Claudio Prieto.

She has composed over 200 compositions which have been published by Les Productions d'OZ, Canada and various European publishing houses.

She has won international prizes and awards for her compositions. She was commissioned by a.o. the NCRV (Dutch radio and television), Huismuziek, Guitar Festival Zwolle, Theatre Odeon Zwolle, Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst and Novam.

Annette Kruisbrink gives recitals and masterclasses in guitar/composition in a.o. The Netherlands, Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Luxemburg, Italy, Poland, Spain, Lithuania, Sweden, Switzerland. With the Belgian guitarist Arlette Ruelens she forms The Anido Guitarduo. With the Dutch soprano Franka van Essen she forms the duo Kruisbrink & Van Essen.

She currently teaches guitar at the Anido Guitar School. From 2000-2010 she taught contemporary music and ethno music at the Conservatoire of Music in Zwolle, Holland.

She is frequently invited to be a member of the panel for international guitar and composition competitions.

Annette has produced twenty CDs of her compositions.

Anneke de Jong - flute

Eric Kruisbrink - double-bass

Irene de Boer - violin

Pieter Jaap Idema - voice

The Anido Guitar Duo - guitar

Annette Kruisbrink (Holland) and Arlette Ruelens (Belgium) have been a duo since 1995. They call themselves the ANIDO guitarduo, after the legendary guitarist and composer María Luisa Anido. (1907 Argentina - 1996 Spain). Annette and Arlette studied the guitar at the conservatory of Zwolle, Holland. They attended masterclasses all over the world. Their performance is powerful and dynamic. Their repertoire shows a preference for originality. Besides giving recitals in Holland, they have played in a.o. Argentina, Belgium, Germany, Luxemburg, Italy, Sweden, Poland, Lithuania and Spain. Remarkable was their recital in Tarragona which took place on the 15th of December 1995 and where María Luisa Anido, who was 88 years old at that time, was present as special guest of honour. In 1997 they recorded their CD-album "Kanakangi", with own compositions for 2 guitars and for 2 guitars and other instruments.

Yi-Shuan Fang - bass marimba

Comenius
This work was composed in 1992; 400 years after the birth of the Czech humanist, writer and educationalist Jan Amos Komensky (Comenius *1592-1670). The work is based on the organum-style and the measures
are arranged according to the golden section.

Louis XIV (1984)
This short work, rich in contrasts, has nothing to do with the 'Sun King', but it has something to do with the number 14. It is composed of 9 times 14 measures, each of which 'radiates' a different mood.

Triplex (1996)
Three short movements in ABA-form: Complex, Simplex and Perplex. All three with a light-hearted character.

Escrito para María Luisa Anido (1995)
This romantic, melodious, Spanish-like composition was, as the title already states, specially written for María Luisa Anido.

Lost my Lady (1993, arr. in 1997) for 2 guitars, and bass marimba.
This work consists of linked, rithmically reduced, authentic melodies, supported by a repetitive accompaniment, which, in the Middle Ages, were sung by the Minnesinger. The texts usually deal with the (impossible) love for noble ladies.

Epitaphe sur ma Pierre Tombale (1991) for 2 guitars, flute and voice.
The lyrics of this piece were written by Renée Vivien (*1877-1909), and Pauline Mary Tarn. She regarded death as deliverance from life. Out of love for death she forgave life, which she experienced as being a crime. In her epitaphe which she wrote for herself she bids farewell to life. The composition is based on the Indian raga "Kanakangi". It expresses the following emotion: Consiousness moves from fear to sadness, subsequently to confidence and eventually to self-discovered peace.

Aixea (1995) for 2 guitars, violin and double-bass
Composed for Arlette Ruelens who forms a duo with the violinist Irene de Boer. Annette Kruisbrink forms a duo with her brother Eric Kruisbrink, who plays the double-bass. For the combination of these two duos Annette Kruisbrink wrote the quartet AIXEA (Arlette and Irene X Eric and Annette). It is a one-movement piece but consists of four character-descriptions.The composer has created a musical portrait of each of the players. The letters of their names are linked to specific notes.
In the course of the piece transformations from one name to the other take place.