Human passions are the leitmotiv of a series of ambitious compositions by Jeannot Gillis, the promoter of this cd. The musical direction of the recording was in the hands of Stéphane Collin, composer and arranger. Julverne performs two creations of Jan Kuijken, composer and cellist, “Sombre” and “Hit”, adapted for the ensemble. Pierre Coulon, the flute player of the group, proposes a bucolic pièce “Ode primitive”. “Puccini’s Tosca” and “Wien, Wien” both serve as a pretext for style drifts that make up the colour and the originality of the ensemble.

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