Jon Heilbron
From Scratch New Discantus Quintet
"From Scratch New Discantus Quintet is a 60 minute long piece for two horns (Soprano and Tenor sax), double bass, a percussion set (bongo-drum kit), one electronic instrument (analog synth) and piano. Depart from the subharmonic scale, present through 10 stable sustained tones that act as a Cantus firmus, in the way composers Pérotin or Léonin worked in the XII century, initiating what is technically considered ‘counterpoint’, yet in this case, from scratch.
This Cantus firmus acts as a context …
Puma Court
Puma Court stands as a study of texture and sonority, shaped through the unique pairing of two double basses and two hardanger fiddles. Composed by Jon Heilbron, whose practice bridges modern settings and folk tradition, these works were born from collaborative sessions in Norway and Berlin. The project’s genesis traces back to a duo concert with Norwegian bassist Håkon Thelin, inspiring Heilbron to expand his ideas to a quartet format with the addition of hardanger fiddlers Helga Myhr and Rasmu…