Spleen – Festival 33,7
Anna Korsun (*UKR, 1986)
Spleen (2019) chamber music for singing ensemble – 10’
Spleen is a hypnotic work for wind and string instruments, in which the instrumentalists enrich the soundscape by singing sustained notes. Mesmerizing!
Marcel Reuter (*LU, 1973)
Interludio (2007) for clarinet, cello and piano – 4’
In this trio, the cello takes very much a back seat compared to the other instruments. “In writing this piece I was thinking of Glenn Gould’s performance and of the ‘autumnal calm’ he more and more looked for in his performances towards the end of his life.”
Senay Uˇgurlu (*TR, 1997)
dep . R(i)e . viv . al . a . tion (2019) for ensemble – 7’
dep . R(i)e . viv . al . a . tion is an artificial word that was created as considering the phonetic features of both deprivation and revival words.
Jose-Luis Valdivia Arias (*ES, 1994)
Boyish (2022) for flute, clarinet, saxophone, violin, viola, cello,percussion and piano – 8’ World Premiere
“Boyish is a piece in two movements, the first one contains elements of grotesque humor, but I intended to create something with beauty rather than pessimistic. The second movement is a kind of Folia in which a lullaby develops in different ways within one adagio tempo, I would like to think it contains some hope.”
Roland Wiltgen (*LU, 1957)
Le Troglodyte musicien (2022) acousmatic piece – 5’ World Premiere
“Le Troglodyte musicien” is basically a spin-off from my most recent electroacoustic works on birdsong. This piece is about one single bird: “Troglodytes troglodytes” also known as “wren” or « Zaunkönig », whose song brings forth most of the material of the work. The purpose is to explore all the potential of the basic ideas expressed at the start by adding more and more variations and thus allowing the piece to grow in duration in the future.
With: Winnie Cheng (violin), Renata van der Veyer (viola), Nora Braun (violoncello), Pierre Fourcade (violoncello), Henning Sieverts (contrabass), Païvi Kauffmann (flute), Max Mausen (clarinet), Jean-Marc Foltz (clarinet), Andreas Mader (saxophone), Zala Kravos (piano), Louisa Marxen (percussion), Tom Goff (conductor)
