Tiersen: Island

The composer’s two new albums, “Eusa” and “Kerber” are inspired by the small island of Ouessant, where he currently lives. Less than 16 square kilometers in size, it lies off the coast of Brittany in northwestern part of France boasting little apart from meadows and granite rocks. “Eusa” is the Breton name for Ouessant, “Kerber” is a little chapel on the island. Tiersen perfectly expresses the isolation of the island, its barren and wild landscape, but also its place in the vast universe when looking into space and its stars. Dutch pianist, pioneer and champion of Minimalism Jeroen van Veen plays the piano in his inimitable way: focused, serene and hypnotizing.
Composer: Yann Tiersen
Artists: Jeroen van Veen (piano)
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Yann Tiersen’s (b.1970) music traverses genres from French folk music and chanson to minimal, avant-garde and post-rock. The French composer and multi-instrumentalist is primarily known for writing the music for the film Amélie. In 2016 he made the album EUSA, then in 2021, he ventured a step further towards electronic music with his new album Kerber (2021). The latter is a beautifully structured, immersive and thoughtfully constructed electronic world, composed on the island of Ushant where Tiersen now resides. The title of each track on these two albums refers to a specific place on Ushant. Kerber, for example, is named after a chapel in a small village on the island. Some offer the perfect soundtrack for contemplation on a long walk or staring out of a window on a train journey. Others seem predestined to be background music for study or relaxation. With each song, your imagination can easily conjure a scene from a movie: a breakup after a fight in a cosy café or a nature documentary showing two baby birds opening their eyes for the very first time.
After a frightening experience with a mountain lion in California, Tiersen came to a realisation. He needed to discover himself more intimately, and to do that, he needed to better know his home, Ushant. In order to understand his home and discover himself, he decided to draw a musical map of the island, of which EUSA is volume one; it contains ten piano works about ten places on Ushant.
‘I think there is a similarity between the infinite big and the infinite smallness of everything,’ explains Yann Tiersen. ‘It's the same experiment looking through a microscope as it is a telescope.’ This exploration of the micro and the macro has permeated much of Tiersen’s career, and Kerber once again shows the vast expansiveness and intricate detail of his work.
This isn’t a collection about isolation; it is more an expression of being conscious of your immediate environment, and your place within it. For Tiersen, this approach extracts the same degree of profundity as spending the evening studying the stars - which he himself does. ‘You can look at things that are thousands of light years away and relate your own existence to this really cosmic element,’ he says. ‘But you get that same feeling with the things all around you.’
‘A leading exponent of minimalism today’ (Fanfare). Pianist Jeroen van Veen has selected to perform the principle 17 works from these two of Tiersen’s albums for his own Island album. ‘The result here is a fresh and rather naked version of Eusa and Kerber that I will play in public quite a bit,’ Van Veen relates, ‘especially for my lie-down concerts, and the music makes a nice addition to my other existing programmes. In these works you can hear the emptiness of the island; although I’ve never been to Ushant, I can imagine the beauty of nature and the music ebbing and flowing like the ocean’s tide, low and high, day in, day out.’
Tracklist:
Eusa:
0:00:00 I. Pern
0:04:15 II. Porz Goret
0:08:49 III. Lok Gweltaz
0:12:00 IV. Penn Ar Roc’h
0:14:50 V. Kereon
0:17:22 VI. Yuzin
0:18:51 VII. Roc’h Ar Vugale
0:22:55 VIII. Penn Ar Lann
0:27:01 IX. Enez Nein
0:31:12 X. Kadoran
Kerber:
0:34:16 I. Kerlann
0:38:58 II. Ar Maner Kozh
0:43:29 III. Kerdrall
0:49:27 IV. Ker Yegu
0:53:04 V. Ker al Loch
0:59:12 VI. Kerber
1:08:37 VII. Poull Bojer
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[@BrilliantClassics]

Thank you for watching! Let us know what you think. Tracklist: Eusa: 0:00:00 I. Pern 0:04:15 II. Porz Goret 0:08:49 III. Lok Gweltaz 0:12:00 IV. Penn Ar Roc’h 0:14:50 V. Kereon 0:17:22 VI. Yuzin 0:18:51 VII. Roc’h Ar Vugale 0:22:55 VIII. Penn Ar Lann 0:27:01 IX. Enez Nein 0:31:12 X. Kadoran Kerber: 0:34:16 I. Kerlann 0:38:58 II. Ar Maner Kozh 0:43:29 III. Kerdrall 0:49:27 IV. Ker Yegu 0:53:04 V. Ker al Loch 0:59:12 VI. Kerber 1:08:37 VII. Poull Bojer

[@fakhrimakhmud3925]

😊❤ййй😊❤

[@KARIMACRI]

I love Tiersen's music, it's fabulous! He is a great poet.

[@soundknight]

I'm surprised by this beauty.

[@elena3603]

Yann Tiersen est un des meilleurs musiciens contemporains...il joue et compose également au violon et à l'accordéon.. Il a une écriture très sensible et douce Je suis très fière qu'il soit reconnu à l'étranger ❤

[@DuckRon626]

Good music. But, far too many commercials. Hard to get into the music with all the interruptions.

[@ernestguinovart1651]

Long ago I was a fan of Yann's music. I played myself at the piano all that my technique allowed me to play. Mainly Amelie, Good bye Lenin,... Then I have stopped for long time... Actually too long time. After finding this, just bought both album and partition book. I am back again. Thanks Yann. And thanks also to Brilliant Classics and to Jeroen for this magnificent interpretation.

[@vijay7415]

whoever played the 1st piece ... marvellous one.

[@laurenp1618]

I love how music can bring a sense of peace to the listener's heart in the midst of this hectic thing called life, even for a moment.

[@JairoYanferiHernandezGarcia]

Me hace recordar momentos críticos en mi vida acompañando de el disco EUSA ... Y ahora escucharlo de las manos de Jeroen Van Veen es fabuloso, por qué , es tan casual , por qué también el disco de Phillip Glass graalbado por Jeroen significa mucho para mí ... Definitivamente este disco marca otra época en mi vida...

[@MJSpangle]

This is profoundly beautiful piano music. There is both a peacefulness and a poignancy to it. A sense of longing comes through, which touches the heart in deep places.

[@AylaLibre]

Qué bien te expresas... Gracias!! ✨

[@MJSpangle]

@@AylaLibre You are most welcome, indeed! And thank you for your very gracious comment.

[@fakhrimakhmud3925]

Вы просто сказали то что я чувствую. Действительно музыка действует глубоко в сердце.

[@MJSpangle]

@@fakhrimakhmud3925 Это действительно так!

[@user-cg1ih5ys6r]

И снова Океан! Много звуков северной водной стихии. Музыка о восхищении суровыми красотами характеров людей этой страны и необыкновенной красотой природы - её растительности, фьёрдов и скал. Спасибо автору и исполнителю этой оригинальной музыки.

[@hankdusommeil1065]

Such serene music, with a French impressionist touch to it

[@DoraLecordier]

Que c' est doux d entendre tes doigts nourrir avec amour toutes les notes ,toujours ce lien en ligne de fond d'une note à l'autre ,et la magie qui se suspend ,en attente avouée et voulue ,et le voyage que tu proposes et quel voyage !!!Je souris et pose mon cœur quand je t'écoute ,Merci !

[@josemariamartinez-onalopez588]

As in a magical ritual, it takes us to the sacred solitude of the living stone in the middle of an infinite sea. Feeling of being blessed and gratified! A journey for the soul!

[@br_sasaki]

It's the kind of music that deeply touches your soul.

[@MexicoAdventurer]

A hidden gem. 🎹

[@anneveyssi2375]

Sublime 🙏💝🫠

[@vedef6861]

Je vais m'offrir la partition ❤, et la tenterai au violon 🎻 Je m'en régale d'avance, merci Yann pour cette belle musique.

[@RosCharron]

Totally Gorgeous. Thank you Brilliant Classics. 😊

[@cloudmountaindog8537]

So beautiful. Thank you for providing a delicious soundtrack for my gardening, feed ups, mustering and fencing. This life on a mountain I’ve taken on can be challenging at times and your gorgeous music makes it all special, even the tough bits 🙏🏼✨

[@thais6396]

Which mountain are you on ? Sounds so wonderful ! I always wanted to climb a mountain. God Bless you on that mountain.

[@ronaldofabiano2353]

Melodias de espera e esperança. Quem navegou em mares gelados, sabe o calor e a pressa em cada nota. O tempo não existe na execução. Lindo.

[@kingmarcusrich]

“Pern” is my favorite song ever honestly lol

[@davidfrei5288]

Purely awesome! This is exatly what is the island´s life about: touching the atmosphere of sea, natural feeling of freedom where is no modern humanity impact, meditative state of mind in the mid of the water mass. Contemplation and serenity.

[@dagostinoification]

Superbe musique qui fait du bien ... therapeutique en plus d'être inspirée ...

[@user-wy1dj9zs2p]

极简主义的杰出音乐作品！使人置身于宽阔的海洋之上，感受海和宇宙的伟大和深奥。。。谢谢！

[@lookup6312]

Beautiful, thanks!

[@Den-us5po]

It is like a hot bath after a cold sky ride. Tanks.

[@theresiaegle4984]

magical music. Love it. 🥰

[@plumeria66]

I love the colors of the scenery.

[@monikaovsyannykov8213]

Bože tak krásná hudba vytváří nádherné obrazce jako by ta hudba malovala❤

[@sergeydodonov]

Красота!

[@joakasgu-kum.3910]

Outstanding!!! Beautiful!!!

[@alexunagalex]

Very good collection of music! Wonderful landscape! Thank you! Very interesting channel! I wish you happiness!

[@hannawagenknecht6378]

I'm so Happy, 😊 charming-- music, thank's!

[@user-fu6tt8qq4v]

아름다운 피아노 연주곡 잘 들었습니다~감사합니다~🎵🎹🌿🍀☘🌹🌹☘🍀🌿❤❤수고 많으셨습니다~☕

[@paulwhetstone0473]

Jeroen displays a unique and exquisite artistry in playing these lyrical pieces of perpetuum mobile. After all, he really cut his chops with one of my favorite recordings of all time: The Complete Solo Piano Works of Simeon ten Holt. Yann Tiersen should be very thankful Jeroen took these pieces on because any other pianist would not be able to perform them with the subtle nuance they require.

[@AylaLibre]

Yo creo que el recientemente fallecido George Winston, también haría diana. Y hay más nombres.

[@isabelleconegero]

J’adore, c'est magnifique et sublime, pianiste à faire connaître. Magnifique virtuose.😊😊😊

[@MenelionFR]

Awesome music, awesome interpretation, I adore! Thank you!

[@1corinthians15.1-4kjv]

Jeroen Van Veen, he just must be the hero pianist of the classical minimalist scene. He always brings so much beauty to this music. Thanks to Brilliant Classics too, which has brought this music to my attention: I did not even know, that I would love minimalism so much, before I first heard this genre on this very channel a couple of years ago now! I by the way also has hugely enjoyed your Sakamoto albums published the other day, and has and will return frequently to re-listen. Thanks and God Bless!

[@AylaLibre]

Sakamoto ? Ruichi ? The Last Emperor ? Ay, lo busco corriendo! Gracias! 😮

[@celineredon9464]

He is an interprete... The music is Tiersen's. For the large part, Van Veen imitates, very well but imitates, the way of playing of Tiersen. And when he does not, I don't really like it as the soundtrack Amelie' valse, where he changed the rhythmic and lost it...

[@rt0935]

This is not Van Veen´s music but Tiersen´s... and not that well interpreted.

[@Ranchorita]

This is fantastic listening for a tranquil Spring morning.

[@bettyboop-xg6jo]

Lovely, thank you as ever!

[@thomasc390]

WOW! Thank you! 🌷

[@miriambryer3522]

Goosebumps, thank you, especially with V Kereon

[@rebekahbennett6240]

Beautiful. ❤ Thank you.

[@audreyso1201]

very beautiful music, soothing, relaxing and soft, congratulations🎼🎼🎼

[@joaomigueldesouza1920]

ahhhh... vocês são TOP!!!! Obrigado.

[@olgas.6110]

Dziękuję za piękną muzykę. Koi ona moje serce ♥ i duszę 🦋 🌹. Pozdrawiam 😊

[@c.a.savage5689]

Que c'est beau !!

[@stephanebelizaire3627]

BRAVO !

[@angelcaidop4]

Awesome!!!!

[@music-lab-relax]

So beautiful music 😊🌿

[@Lubawaandme]

I FEEL SMALL RIPPLES INTERSPERSED WITH THE LAPPING OF WAVES AND THE MOVEMENT OF COLD WIND, RIGHT ? AND RESTLESS SEAGULLS AND COLD COLD WATER AND SOMEWHERE THE WARM HEART OF THE EARTH, RIGHT?

[@speedfizzz]

Cool and beautiful.. thanks

[@Balding710]

Thank you very much. Separate thank for text in description.

[@MsLeenite]

This was altogether lovely, and quite unexpected. I seldom enjoy "modern" music, but I liked the description in the notes, so I gave it a chance. Now, I'm so glad I did - wouldn't have wanted to miss such a beautiful album. Brilliant Classics, you bring us so many delights, both of composition and performance, that I shall revive an old expression: an "embarrassment of riches." Which is an oddly contradictory phrase to be evoked by a work described as "Minimalist." I meant it to describe Brilliant Classics' offerings in general. I wonder if there is such a thing as a musical Archetype, in the sense that Carl Jung used "Archetype". I mean that there are patterns of musical phrasing and rhythm which inevitably arise in the mind of a composer, in response to certain universal experiences. In this instance, as I listened to Tiersen's work I was haunted (for lack of a better word) by the memory of Bernard Hermann's score for the film The Ghost and Mrs Muir. Doubtless there are many other movie scores (and concert pieces) which draw from the same well of emotional response to the eternal ebb and flow, surface sparkle and deep mystery, of the sea. And the ambience of human habitations which hug the lonely shore. Or maybe it's just me. Eh bien, je vous remercie pour cet album.

[@livingadamman7994]

Definately masterful compositions by Tiersen, interpreted by the player in this album.

[@user-le8zn6ct6p]

This comment... My God.. so profound!

[@flaviaulian9424]

Brilhante!!!!

[@soulfly7872]

Brilliant 👍❤

[@lepaintre123]

🥰❤❤❤

[@equinoxa4016]

재방 잘 보구 갑니다. 역시나 유익함 가득한 시간이었어요😊

[@pioulloa3234]

Exquisit!....

[@chrishuang8748]

wow thanks I am feeling calm and relaxed.😂😂😂😂😂

[@claudiacairus7664]

Cada es parte y que parte se sea ,dispuesto esta ,echo antes también Cada resultado es previo Cuestión es impresionante vivir ,porque la vida es eso No puedes destruir, describir ,estar totalmente hasta ,saber que si estás y eres parte como todo por igual .Me gusta el sonido por ser más que un idioma que restringe etnias ,credos colorea o lugares ,tiempos En si eso no es así, ni existe A la vez si porque es parte de aprender y ver

[@tanjanovicic2926]

Magnificent. 🍀🍀 🍀 🕊🌬💞

[@FelixSamulevich]

some island in ocean of alien emotions

[@unnestenlund6281]

🌅❤

[@joaquinribeiro2941]

Psriente de Herman Van Veen ? Por éso tan bueno !!

[@claudiacairus7664]

Mucha comunicación, que es ruido y no comunica Nos hace olvidar estar ,escuchar sonido ,aprender Y compartir de forma real que digas se sea Yo no transferir ,ni otorgue . Entre medio como. Siempre

[@auronake]

... 😍🤯🌪

[@maquina7002]

1:08:37

[@hosanalopes5095]

Bélissíma

[@alinebulhoes1710]

It was the universe that I found inside me It was time that in this place there was no measure to limit It was that sound that didn't seem right or wrong It was like being and not being How to be and not to be Ia particle God Particle And it was in every millisecond In every nano In every photon PartículAR

[@bach4572]

감사합니다😄

[@CAT-FeraL]

0:04:15 hermoso

[@markoschelios7076]

[@elenagirelli170]

Greetings from "Love of Eugenio Montale" 2023 S.O.A. Italy

[@user-mg1he7xw5t]

бывает

[@anigiuran109]

So peacefuly music ! 😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

[@emanueleponis5030]

Kenavo

[@olavtryggvason1194]

Seems to be some relationship to Philip Glass.

[@ernestguinovart1651]

It is called Minimalism 😅

[@olavtryggvason1194]

@@ernestguinovart1651 Thank you for this information. I am writing music myself, much of it in a minimalistic style influenced by Philip Glass, Steve Reich and Arvo Pärt. Some of my own pieces are not so far away from Yann Thiersens style.

[@ernestguinovart1651]

@@olavtryggvason1194 That will be great if you play it and share it around here. It will our pleasure to listen and enjoy them.

[@olavtryggvason1194]

@@ernestguinovart1651 Here one example of my improvisations on digital piano with artificial string sound and minimalistic character. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKu3qGxopMtgoac

[@olavtryggvason1194]

@@ernestguinovart1651 And here one example for a scored chamber music work - my first piano trio in minimalist style. According to my own opinion one of my best works. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4rblKyEqNlpsKc

[@user-mh1vb9zj6n]

あつまだいかりがみよね、いさりびあけりがちてよすかんじる、いさりぴあらねかんさぞるよ、いさりびがつよく、かんずる、よ、いかり、いさりはほわよ、いかりをやすめなさい、おらなみむもらめない、えねりは、わかります、いさりはほ、いかりとなとはためでそ、あらなみに、むめろ、つもだむやでせ、いえあねりを、やすめたしあお、そかに、すそかに、うねりをいりつに、なりなさい、なむよやすく、う5りゅまててないりおあおっしよ。なみよ、なみとねいかりをやしみちとすいりいおなのよわんなの、じなみ、てなりいりいるやすけやすけ、やすぐじなみ

[@spindriftbeach6082]

No point listening to this because of all the interruptions. Why bother? Honestly

[@pie3566]

Boring, sentimentalistic, sounds like american music for shopping malls