for piano, percussion and electronics
GBSR DUO

Spillikins

herz ganzes mein du 
music after Berg for ensemble, 2 amplifies music boxes and tape

ensemble unitedberlin

herz ganzes mein du

Performance by the Ligeti Quartet at Little Missenden Festival 

Mandhira de Saram, violin 1
Patrick Dawkins, violin 2
Richard Jones, viola
Valérie Welbanks, 'cello


Unwuchten for string quartet was commissioned by Anthony Bolton through Third Ear for performance by the Ligeti Quartet.
In German, the term 'Unwuchten' describes 'rotating imbalances' caused by the uneven distribution of mass around a rotational axis: Dynamic and static types of material and processes are confronted resulting in contorted shapes. The associations in the German language as well as the sonic qualities of the word itself imply a violent force. The score bears the following quote by Bertrand Russell taken from a letter written in 1903: 'We stand on the shore of an ocean, crying to the night and the emptiness; sometimes a voice answers out of the darkness. But it is a voice of one drowning; and in a moment the silence returns.'

Unwuchten (2013/14)

concordia 24
for 1 to 24 toy pianos, loudspeaker(s) and optional ferry
Xenia Pestova Bennett, Toy Piano

Arne Gieshoff

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