holzschnitt
composer: Benjamin Schweitzer
für 14 Streicher
Commissioned work: Auftragswerk von Deutschlandradio Kultur für das Festival Ultraschall
Premiere: January 25, 2009 Berlin, Radialsystem (D) Ultraschall 2009 · Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer · Ensemble Resonanz
Orchestra instrumentation: Str. (8 · 0 ·3 · 2 · 1)
Publisher: Schott Music
Duration: 10' 0''
Year of composition: 2008
Difficulty: 6
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Description
holzschnitt does not make use of any of the techniques of noisy alienation that has become a standard in advanced music for string instruments. Instead, I feel attracted by the idea to re-explore the „ordinary“, succinct string sound yet writing up-to-date, individually characteristic music. The monochromous sound of a string orchestra draws the attention towards substance and structures between asceticism and hidden opulence. The title refers to the material of the instruments as well as to a musical gesture in which clear cuts rather than transitions dominate, but also to the powerful and distinctive expression of a woodcut.
Benjamin Schweitzer
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