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composer: Peter Eötvös

für Doppeltrichter-Trompete in C und Ensemble

Commissioned work: Auftragswerk von Europäischer Musikmonat 2001, Basel
Premiere: November 25, 2001 Basel, Paul Sacher-Halle (CH) Europäischer Musikmonat 2001 · Marco Blaauw, Trompete · Conductor: Jürg Henneberger · Ensemble Phoenix Basel
Orchestra instrumentation: Altfl. · Klar. · Tenorsax. - Pos. (Cup, small straight, plunger) - S. (Vibr. · Marimba) - Keyboard-Sampler · Sprecher - 2 Vl. · Va. · Vc. · Kb. Sampler: for the sound CD and for technical instructions please contact the Peter Eotvos Composition Studio on www.eotvospeter.com
Publisher: Schott Music
Duration: 12' 0''
Year of composition: 2001
Language: English
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The fascination of Snatches of a Conversation, composed by Eötvös for the Europäischer Musikmonat 2001 in Basle, lies in the use of a double bell trumpet which allows the soloist to alternate rapidly between different mutes.
The piece lives up to its name: ’English words were chosen for the noise-maker, containing a lot of sibilants. They are all to be whispered into the microphone, in somewhat voiced sounds. Most of the texts are nonsense, and the audience should hear the words as if somebody would play a hi-hat’, or as if they were snatches of a conversation. (Peter Eötvös, performance instructions)

The entertaining sound potpourri made up of verbal fragments fascinates by virtue of subtle wit and playful ease.

Snatches (2004)

Peter Eötvös

Snatches of a Conversation
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Marco Blaauw (double-bell trumpet) · Omar Ebrahim (speaker) · musikFabrik · Markus Stockhausen (trumpet) · BBC Symphony Orchestra · Peter Eötvös (conductor) · László Gőz (double-bell trombone with harmonizer) · Budapest Jazz Orchestra · Gergely Vajda (conductor)
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