langsam knackend (2021/22)

World premiere: 19 June 2021, HMT Leipzig (Probesaal), Germany ZfGM Festival

Composer for and performed by Contemporary Insights Ensemble

Madeline Cain (soprano), Shaghayegh Shahrabi (oboe), Susanne Stock (accordion)

duration: ca. 10′

instrumentation: soprano, oboe, and accordion

Program note
Geäst / schüchtern / wachsend / langsam knackend / der arktische / tief / geschmacklos / weit / Himmel / Gräuliches / Flüstern / zärtlich berührt / die undurchdringbare / Haut. / Das warme Licht / unterwasser / ließ / die verstohlenen Schritte / der Schatten / hören. / ( Blütenblätter / schneien / und ruhen friedlich / auf den Garn / des frostigen / Tals … )

Different elements enter into a dialogue. They merge, expand, stretch, and converge, emerging and disappearing again, weaving secret frictions between them and moving with different temporalities in a flexible and organic narrative. On a technical level, the timbre of each individual instrument and the combinations between them are explored, seeking to defamiliarize the performance and giving great importance to expressiveness and character.