Beat Furrer: Stimmen, Face de la chaleur, Quartett & Dort ist das Meer

Featuring

Rupert Huber
Thomas Meixner
Thomas Oesterdiekhoff
Dirk Rothbrust
Achim Seyler
Beat Furrer

Eva Furrer
Ernesto Molinari
Marino Formenti
Schlagquartett Köln
SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
Wiener Konzertchor

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Beat Furrer views sound as the representation of movement energy, drawing parallels to Duchamp's 'Nude Descending a Staircase' and John Cage's ideas on stillness.

Composer Biography

Beat Furrer, the composer, moved to Vienna in 1975 and studied conducting and composition, later founding the Klangforum Wien ensemble in 1985.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Beat Furrer's music often explores 'in-between' states, such as the transition from life to death or waking to dreaming, avoiding extreme poles of expression.

Performer Biography

The Schlagquartett Köln, a percussion quartet featured on this album, debuted in 1989 and is known for its versatile and experimental repertoire, often collaborating with young composers.

Compositional Technique

The pieces 'Quartett' and 'Stimmen' explore the boundaries between noise and sound, voice and breath, and instrumental gesture and sound.

Performer Biography

Eva Furrer, a flutist on this album, was the solo flutist of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra under Claudio Abbado from 1987 to 1990.

Compositional Technique

In 'Stimmen', the 32-voice choir and percussion develop a unique dramaturgy of movement, using text fragments from Leonardo da Vinci's 'Profezie' and poems by Christine Huber.