Pocket Symphonies (Electronica)

by Sven Helbig

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1.	Sven Helbig, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony, Fauré Quartet & Kristjan Järvi - Am Abend 03:11	buy track
2.	Sven Helbig, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony, Fauré Quartet & Kristjan Järvi - Gone 03:11	buy track
3.	Sven Helbig, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony, Fauré Quartet & Kristjan Järvi - Rise 03:59	buy track
4.	Sven Helbig, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony, Fauré Quartet & Kristjan Järvi - A Tear 04:13	buy track
5.	Sven Helbig, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony, Fauré Quartet & Kristjan Järvi - Eisenhüttenstadt 04:47	buy track
6.	Sven Helbig, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony, Fauré Quartet & Kristjan Järvi - Urban Parfume 03:56	buy track
7.	Sven Helbig, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony, Fauré Quartet & Kristjan Järvi - Sing for the Moment 05:07	buy track
8.	Sven Helbig, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony, Fauré Quartet & Kristjan Järvi - Frost 05:13	buy track
9.	Sven Helbig, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony, Fauré Quartet & Kristjan Järvi - Zorn 04:30	buy track
10.	Sven Helbig, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony, Fauré Quartet & Kristjan Järvi - Autumn Song 04:24	buy track
11.	Sven Helbig, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony, Fauré Quartet & Kristjan Järvi - Bell Sound Falling Like Snow 02:51	buy track
12.	Sven Helbig, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony, Fauré Quartet & Kristjan Järvi - Schlaflied 02:26	buy track
13.	Sven Helbig, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony, Fauré Quartet & Kristjan Järvi - Rise (Deep House Mix) 06:45	buy track
14.	Sven Helbig, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony, Fauré Quartet & Kristjan Järvi - Rise (Abstract Mix) 05:40	buy track

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Sven Helbig writes symphonies for the here and now: Orchestra meets Electronics in Song format

The Pocket Symphonies are a coherent cycle of 12 compositions for orchestra and piano quartet in which the composer Sven Helbig pursues the idea of creating symphonic pearls in the form of songs: short, catchy and yet possessing the impact and depth of great classical symphonies. The Pocket Symphonies were recorded by the MDR Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Kristjan Järvi and with the Fauré Quartet as soloists. A purely acoustic production of the Pocket Symphonies was released back in 2012 on the Deutsche Grammophon label, though Sven Helbig has radically adapted the recordings for his solo concerts. He does this by stripping down the recordings and creating them anew from electronic clusters. Alienated vibraphone sounds, synthesizer surrogates and breakcore elements are all part of his musical arsenal. These electronic variants – the Pocket Symphonies Electronica – are now being released exclusively on the Neue Meister label as 180-gram vinyl records with a download code and as a digital album. The album marks the beginning of a renewed collaboration for Sven Helbig. In September his new choral album “I Eat the Sun and Drink the Rain”, also a co-production with Kristjan Järvi, will be released. The Pocket Symphonies Electronica will be presented at the Neue Meister concert at the DRIVE Volkswagen Forum Berlin on June 20, 2016, featuring the German Chamber Orchestra of Berlin and Sven Helbig on live electronics.

Sven Helbig is one of the new composer generation for whom there are no longer any barriers between the classical world of the orchestra, experimental art and pop music. He composes choral, orchestral and chamber music for the classical concert stage and tours solo performing electronic music. Sven Helbig is Composer in Residence at the German National Theatre in Weimar, at the University of Leipzig and the National University San Martin in Buenos Aires. His debut Pocket Symphonies were released on the traditional Deutsche Grammophon label. This September will see the release of his choral work “I Eat the Sun and Drink the Rain” on the Neue Meister label. Sven Helbig is a co-founder of the Dresden Symphony Orchestra, the first European orchestra devoted solely to the performance of contemporary music. Sven looks back on may years of creative collaboration with the Fauré Quartet, the opera singer René Pape, the conductor Kristjan Järvi, the Pet Shop Boys and the cult rock band Rammstein.

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released June 17, 2016

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Sven Helbig Berlin, Germany

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