“From this day forward”, Diederik Wissels’s production, is very similar in style to his previous record, “The Hillock Songstress”. The same aesthetics and a similar atmosphere prevail, only this time magnified through the use of strings. His dream has long been to add strings to the interpretation of his music. These only distantly resemble, with a detour via Arvö Part or Gorecki, those of Claus Ogerman. His dream did not include borrowing other people’s arrangements. The strings, all the instruments, had to release purity and transparence. As the music goes on, the impression that it is a performance fades away to reveal a creativity that the listener finds hard to separate from the beauty of the work.

Listening to “From this day forward”, who can say where the writing stopped and improvisation took over? The “Theme – Improvise – Theme” approach suddenly appears outdated. The sheer spontanaeity of Diederik Wissels music takes the listener by surprise, combining science and naivety, severity and freshness. “From this day forward” offers supreme authenticity and an identity built on curiosity, intelligence, patience, courage, sensitivity and, it must be said, beauty.

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