MUSIK IN GRANIT
Sechs
Augenblicke einer Landschaft
für neun
Instrumente | 2007
I.
Corga Longa
II. Der
Prophet
III. Musik aus
Granit
IV. Windmelodie
V. Sitivit
VI. Kanon
Ein Auftragswerk
des Deutschen Musikrates.
Bremen
| 24.03.2007 | 20.00 Uhr | Die Glocke ->
Ljubljana | 27.03.2007 | 20.00 Uhr | Cankarjev Dom ->
Rom | 30.03.2007 | 21.00 Uhr | Goethe-Institut ->
Brüssel | 24.04.2007 | 20.00 Uhr | Palais des Beaux Arts ->
Lissabon |
27.04.2007 | 19.00 Uhr | Gulbenkian ->
Zagreb
| 28.04.2007 | 20.00 Uhr
| Lisinski Concert Hall ->
[Noise] bores like granit into granit. It is physical, very exiciting,
and when organized it can have the impact and grandeur of Beethoven.
Morton Feldmann
The piece is
divided in six small sections, which corresponds to different
approaches and interpretations of the title. Musik in Granit evokes
musical and non-musical aspects that were present during the genesis
of the piece. One of these aspects concerns the Granite as a sound
source: the Granite as starting point to a sound atmosphere dominated
by granular, rough-textured, and archaic sounds. But also as a concrete
and non-metaphorical approach to a granite-sound. The other aspects
concern the evocation of certain Granite-Landscapes so as we see them
in the North of Portugal: the texture of the granite, its constitution,
and the suggestion known forms of nature.
Besetzung | Scoring
Flute (also Picc.) ***
Bb Clarinet* ***
Basson ***
Percussion 1:
4 Cymbals (4th cymbal with metal chains) | (IV.
Becken mit Metallketten)
Tam-tam
3 Tom-toms
Cabaça
Reco-reco
Vibraphone**
2 Granit rocks
Slapstick
Percussion 2:
4 Tai-Cymbals (4th cymbal with metal chains) | (IV.
Becken mit Metallketten)
3 Woodblocks
Bass drum (große Trommel)
Maracas
Reco-reco
Vibraphone**
2 Granit rocks
Piano
Viola ***
Violoncello ***
Contrabass ***
* Written in Bb
** Only one Vibraphone that should be acessible to both players
*** These Musicians will need an aditional small sand Shaker for piece
III.