This album was recorded spontaneously with the help of Deutschlandfunk in the Jesus-Christus-Kirche Dahlem during the COVID-19 pandemic, translating public silence into internal sound.
Composition History
The Kuss Quartett commissioned all the works on this album, continuing their practice of bringing new scores to life after their complete Beethoven recording.
Album & Artwork
The album title, Berlin FREIZeit, refers to both the Kuss Quartett's 'free time' in Berlin and the unprecedented 'free time' imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Enno Poppe aimed to write an unencumbered, light-hearted piece in 'Freizeit', a challenging endeavor in contemporary music, hoping listeners would experience it as 'free time'.
Compositional Technique
Johannes Julius Fischer's 'Duft' combines slam poetry, string quartet, and percussion, with the text and musical elements initially handled independently.
Compositional Technique
Manfred Trojahn's String Quartet No. 5 incorporates musical material from two earlier compositions, 'Le ceneri di Gramsci' and 'Reflexive Szene'.
Compositional Technique
Enno Poppe's 'Freizeit' consists of fourteen short pieces for string quartet, where even the thirteen page turns are an essential part of the variations.
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