Maarten Altena (bass), Michael Barker (recorder, blockflutes), Peter van Bergen (bass clarinet, tenor sax), Wiek Hijmans (electric guitar), Alison Isadora-(violin), Jannie Pranger (voice), Michael Vatcher (drums), Wolter Wierbos-(trombone), Michiel Scheen (piano)
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"Conducting is no longer a mere method for an interpretation, but an actual part of the process of composition. Conduction is a means by which a conductor may compose, (re)orchestrate, (re)arrange and sculpt both notated and non-notated music. Using a vocabulary of signs and gestures, many within the general glossary of traditional conducting, the conductor may alter or initiate rhythm, melody, and harmony; develop form and structure; and instantaneously change articulation, phrasing, and meter. Conduction is a viable musical tool for the improvising ensemble."
—Butch Morris
The Wire
“Testament challenges not only conductors’ orthodoxy but the very vitals of music and music-making-no tradition is left untouched....When the musical history of the 20th-century comes to be written, Testament will provide one of its most essential chapters.”
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