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'Ein Orakelspruch für sechs Kontrabässe' (An oracle for six double-basses) - this is how Widmann calls his composition which he wrote upon commission of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra on the occasi...

Using toccata-like hammered, ethereally searching, nervously flashing, iridescent characters, Martin Christoph Redel forms his Fantasia for piano trio in which he creates, in freely developing juxtapo...

Curriculum vitae. Monumetum pro Ingeborg Bachmann was written in 2005 as a commission from the Haydn-Trio Eisenstadt for the project 'Bachmann set to music' in honor of the 80th birthday of the import...

'There is an unwritten rule saying that the artist should have to keep his art and personal matters strictly separate.' Says the composer York Höller, only to instantly object: 'If Alban Berg had abid...

'Oh, I love now, with all my fears and forebodings, for now I still am not completely moulded. My life is still just beginning. I am strong. I long for a cause to devote my energies to.' This quotatio...

Commissioned by the Swiss Braunwald Music Festival Week 2007, Redel takes up the festival theme of 'Folk music as a source of art music' in three movements: here, he refers to concrete folk songs or f...

Yun's third string quartet was created shortly after he moved to Europe and was considered by him to be his first valid quartet. Up until recently, only a pocket score of the important early work was...

String Quartet No. I

In this piece, commissioned by the WDR and premiered by the Quatuor Diotima in Witten in 2016, Johannes Boris Borowski shows that, to him, the string quartet genre is a rewarding field of experimentat...

Olga Neuwirths Streichquartett, entstanden 2009, ist eine Hommage an den US-amerikanischen Künstler Henry Darger und dessen erst posthum entdecktes, reich illustriertes gleichnamiges Buchmanuskript. D...

Im Auftrag des SWR für die Reihe attacca - geistesgegenwart musik' geschrieben und 2017 vom Minguet Quartett in Stuttgart uraufgeführt, ist dieses Werk bereits der zweite Beitrag des Komponisten zur K...

Dense movement structures dialogizing in pairs and a darkened overall sound are what Mozart, Schubert and Brahms already thought to be fascinating in the genre of string quartet. Following this tradit...

Like his 'Fünf Chansons' for the same instrumentation, Detlev Glanert's second wind quintet captivates the audience by the brilliant use of the instrumental colours and forms of expression. The one-mo...

The 6-minute piece demands the performer's absolute command of his/her instrument without losing the charm of the tone of the alto recorder. The piece was composed for Susanne Köszeghy who performed i...

Premiered by soloist Tabea Zimmermann and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin at the Berlin Philharmonie in 2007, Frank Michael Beyer's last great orchestral work, with an Italian title, refers t...

In 1847, Offenbach wrote a large-scale concerto of no less than 45 minutes' duration for 'his' instrument, the violoncello. It combines the classical symphonic structure with the liveliness and elegan...

'Commissioned by the NDR, Höller wrote an imaginary dance piece in four movements the sketchy elegance of which is reminiscent of ballet scenes by Edgar Degas. Adrian Brendel (violoncello) and Christo...

Die Prière et Boléro, auch unter dem Namen Grande Scène espagnole bekannt, komponierte Offenbach 1840 als Paradestück für den eigenen Gebrauch. Es begleitete ihn auf seiner Karriere als Cello-Virtuose...

Dass Offenbach in seiner Jugend als Cellist Furore machte, dass man ihn sogar als 'Paganini des Cellos' bezeichnete, ist angesichts seiner epochalen Bedeutung als Bühnenkomponist in Vergessenheit gera...

Fernando Grillo, double bass player and composer, is one of the most original exponents of contemporary music. His attention is focused in particular on new techniques for string instruments and aspec...

Again and again, Holliger enhances his virtuoso compositions by reviving historical traditions. In Preludio e Fuga, this return to history refers to the scordatura of the so-called 'Viennese temperame...

Peteris Vasks from Latvia, who is known for his atmospheric pieces for string orchestra Cantabile, Musica dolorosa and Voices, is concentrating increasingly on chamber music. He was commissioned to co...

Eine musikalische Fingerübung, geschrieben im Zug zwischen Zürich und Basel, und doch im Bezug auf den 'Tinian' aus den 'Hesperischen Gesängen' Hölderlins auf der klangspekulativen Höhe der Kammermusi...