Chamber Works: Isang-yun Ensemble Pyongyang

Isang Yun:
Pièce concertante für Kammerensemble
Streichquartett V
Pezzo fantasioso für Flöte, Violine und Violoncello
Tapis pour cordes
Teile Dich Nacht. Drei Gedichte von Nelly Sachs für Sopran und Kammerensemble

Isang Yun Ensemble Pyongyang
Hyang-Suk Ri: soprano
Ryong-Ung Kang: conductor

On the invitation of the House of the Cultures of the World in Berlin the Isang Yun Ensemble Pyongyang (North Korea) was the guest of the Federal Republic of Germany with seven concerts in May 1999, resulting in headlines like "Musical Bridgehead", "Reconciling Light", or "Isang Yun as the Hero and Saint of Music". The lively and spontaneous but not aestheticized interpretations of the chamber music works of Isang Yun - born in South Korea, living and working mostly in Berlin - by the Isang Yun Ensemble Pyongyang are captured on this recording from one of the performances from this fascinating tour.