Staged cycle for Ensemble
„Perhaps the immobility of the things that surround us is forced upon them by our conviction that they are themselves, and not anything else, and by the immobility of our conceptions of them.“
Marcel Proust

Documentary: YouTube
“A LONG WAY AWAY. Passagen” (2010-2011) and “HOQUETI” (2011) (Ensemble Adapter; Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart; Portrait-CD Edition Zeitgenössische Musik, WERGO 2012)
Premiere complete cycle: 26.1.2012, Sophiensaele Berlin, Festival Ultraschall
ENSEMBLE ADAPTER, conductor: Manuel Nawri, stage direction/design: Anna Peschke

I
Verlassene Orte / Berlin (2010) for Emre
After Walter Benjamin’s „Berlin childhood around 1900“
for alto flute, bass clarinet, harp, prepared piano and percussion
10′

II
Passage:
Unscheinbare Pforten / Paris (2011) for Christian
Musical reactions to Walter Benjamin’s „Zum Bilde Prousts“
for violin, harpsichord and percussion
4′

III
Laterna magica / Combray (2011) for Gunnhildur
After an excerpt from Marcel Prousts „À la recherche du temps perdu“
for prepared harp solo, piano, percussion and humming tops
12′

IV
a long way away (2011) for Jascha
After W.G. Sebald’s „The Emigrants“
for flute(s), clarinet(s), violin, cello, contrabass, amplified harpsichord, piano, percussion and assistent
15′

V
Passage:
Central Park / Manhattan or Landzunge / New Jersey (2011) for Lotte
Musical reactions to Mirko Bonné’s „Herbst in New York“
for piano with melodica, piccolo flute, alto (con sordino) and percussion
6′

VI
Luftmacumba / Rio (2011) for Mirko
After Mirko Bonné’s „Luftmacumba“
for percussion solo, bass flute, violin, cello, contrabass, harp, prepared piano and two assistents
11′

VII
landscapes / desert (2010) for Holli
roadtrip in music – Mojave desert
for clarinet, cello, harp, amplified harpsichord and percussion
15′