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Berlin, Academy of Arts, Commission

Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin

Andrea Neumann - Mixtur trautonium,
clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, cello, harp, 2 drummers, fixed media with the processed sounds of the Trautonium
Premiere: 2000, Berlin, Academy of Arts

Commissioned by the State of Berlin 
(a composition for ensemble and mixtur trautonium on the occasion of Oskar Sala's 90th birthday)

Program note
The Berlin Senate Department for Science, Research and Culture awarded two composition commissions under the title “Trautonium 2000” on the occasion of Oskar Sala's 90th birthday. The call for proposals was aimed at composers of different music genres and ultimately went to me and the Berlin sound artist Christina Kubisch.
Since it was not certain whether there would be anyone who could play the trautonium, I decided to write a piece for chamber ensemble and pre-recorded tape with edited sounds of the trautonium.
The composition follows in the main a written, verbally formulated sketch, which I made for the competition.
The first movement as a whole could be described as more flowing and atmospheric, the second as rhythmic and burlesque (a bit reminiscent of Oskar Sala's Caprices).
I treated the trautonium as an equal ensemble instrument and tried to keep the technical requirements to a minimum. The second movement dispenses with live trautonium and makes do with a tape that consists exclusively of electronically processed sounds of the trautonium.
The composition was premiered in December 2001 by the Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin at the Academy of Arts. The mixtur trautonium was played by Andrea Neumann, who specialises in inside piano.
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Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin

Andrea Neumann - Mixtur-Trautonium,
Klarinette, Bassklarinette, Violine, Violoncello, Harfe, 2 Schlagzeuger, Zuspielung mit den bearbeiteten Klängen des Trautoniums
UA: 2000, Berlin, Akademie der Künste

Auftragswerk des Landes Berlin (Auslobung einer Komposition für Ensemble  und Mixtur-Trautonium anlässlich des 90. Geburtstags von Oskar Sala)

Programmnotiz
Die Berliner Senatsverwaltung für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur vergab unter dem Titel „Trautonium 2000“ zwei Kompositionsaufträge anläßlich des 90. Geburtstags von Oskar Sala. Die Ausschreibung richtete sich an Komponisten unterschiedlicher Musikgenres und ging schließlich an mich und die Berliner Klangkünstlerin Christina Kubisch.
Da es nicht sicher war, ob es jemanden geben würde, der das Trautonium spielen kann, beschloss ich, ein Stück für Kammerensemble und Zuspielung mit den bearbeiteten Klängen des Trautoniums zu schreiben.
Die Komposition folgt im Wesentlichen einem schriftlich fixierten, verbal formulierten Kompositionsentwurf, den ich für die Ausschreibung erstellt habe.
Dabei könnte man den ersten Satz insgesamt als eher klanglich-athmosphärisch, den zweiten als rhythmisch-burlesk beschreiben (ein bißchen an Oskar Sala’s Capricen angelehnt).
Das Trautonium habe ich als gleichberechtigtes Ensembleinstrument behandelt und dabei versucht, die technischen Anforderungen auf ein Minimum zu beschränken.
Der zweite Satz verzichtet ganz auf live gespieltes Trautonium und begnügt sich mit einem Zuspielband, das ausschließlich aus elektronisch bearbeiteten Klängen des Trautoniums besteht.
Die Komposition wurde im Dezember 2001 vom Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin in der Akademie der Künste uraufgeführt. Das Mixtur-Trautonium wurde von Andrea Neumann gespielt, die sich auf Innenklavier spezialisiert hat.

Hommage 1st movement - Kammerensemblem Neue Musik Berlin

FALL MIX [Vinyl only]

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Pre-order: https://kynantrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cio-dor-polar-q
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In June 2019, the piece was performed in Rome, Italy at the Biennale di arte scienza e cultura contemporanea

The composition was also released as part of a documentary of the festival Echoes and Nets and on the CD Sibylle Pomorin - Sprühweissquellgold verleih mir Flügel

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!!---please listen on good speakers/headphones, there's a lot happening in the <100Hz and >10kHz freq bands---!!

Commissioned by and dedicated to Ensemble Mosaik.
Premiered on 1.8.2020 at AckerStadt Palast, Berlin. 
Recording on 28.7.2020 at Vivaldi Saal, Berlin.
Recording engineer: Arne Vierck, editing and mastering: Stefan Prins

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