Jacques Demierre

Charles Ives (1874–1954):
«Klaviertrio» (Moderato, TSIAJ. Presto) (1904–1911)
«They Are There!» Komponiert (1917), recorded (1947) in New York: Recording (Take one, two, three)
«Study #9 The Anti-Abolitionist Riot» (1938): recording (Version 1, 2) + live
«Improvisation» (1938): recording (#3 )
«Thoreau» (1915) from 114 Songs
«The World’s Highway» (1895) from 8 Sentimental Ballads
«At The River» (1916)
«West London» (1921) from 114 Songs

Jacques Demierre (*1954):
«Ives & co. : A cartography» (2024, UA)

Charles Ives disregarded tradition, exaggerated the harmonies, but also dealt very freely with his own scores. Jacques Demierre continues his work.

Charles Ives wrote TSIAJ about the second movement of his piano trio – the abbreviation for «This Scherzo Is a Joke»: he let several melodies run over each other, creating a harmonic hullabaloo. The composer loved such events, in which tonality was shaken. Driven by the openness of the New England transcendentalists (such as Thoreau and Emerson), a thoroughly romantic movement, he experimented with music and crossed various boundaries of so-called good taste. And his creative furore did not stop at his own scores either: improvising, he transcended his own pieces. We contrast Ives’ often very free improvisations with his true-to-score originals. For his part, the Geneva composer and improviser Jacques Demierre exaggerates these originals once again in his own way and brings them into the 21st century.