Klangforum Wien
BEAT FURRER II
Saturday, 9 March 2019 | Allerheiligen-Hofkirche | 7.00 pm
Introductory talk: 5.45 pm
Klangforum Wien © Judith Schlosser
Programme
Beat Furrer [*1954]
Kaleidoscopic memories [2018]
Version for two double basses
German première
Ira- Arca [2012]
for bass flute and double bass
Spur [1998]
for piano and string quartet
Invocation VI [2002]
for soprano and bass flute
Intorno al bianco [2016]
for clarinet and string quartet
Performers
Klangforum Wien
Katrien Baerts, soprano
Eva Furrer, bass flute
Uli Fussenegger, double bass
Dario Calderone, double bass
About the programme
The second concert devoted to Beat Furrer features Klangforum Wien from his musical home of Vienna, to which he has felt closely attached for years. Many of his compositions were written for the musicians of this ensemble. The earliest of the works on our programme, Spur (Track), is a propulsive high-energy contest between piano and string quartet. Invocation VI, written in 2002 as part of the theatre piece Invocation, is based on the religious outpourings of the mystic poet Juan de la Cruz. Here the poems receive unconventional multi-layered interpretations from the singer and bass flautist. Ira-Arca, a marvellously colourful and virtuosic duo for bass flute and double bass, is inspired by a constructive device from the Incas, in which a melody is created from a combination of inhalations and exhalations. Another expedition into uncharted sonic territory is Intorno al bianco for string quartet and clarinet (2016), which abounds in extreme temporal dilations, slow harmonic sideslips and soaring glissandos – a fundamental challenge to our habitual ways of listening.
