The title "Das Theater der Wiederholungen" (The Theatre of Repetitions) references philosopher Gilles Deleuze and Bernhard Lang's specific compositional principle, hinting at the work's programmatic content: "a possible story of cruelty."
Compositional Technique
The work's structure is built on corresponding narrative patterns, symmetries, and mirrorings, where the first act is a reverse image of the third, and the middle act marks a turning point.
Performer Biography
Johannes Kalitzke, born in 1959, studied church music, piano, conducting, and composition, including with Vinko Globokar at IRCAM, and has served as artistic director and conductor of 'Musikfabrik'.
Performer Biography
Klangforum Wien, founded in 1985 by Beat Furrer, is an ensemble of soloists for contemporary music, operating as a democratic forum with 24 core members, performing worldwide and making numerous CD recordings.
Composer Biography
Bernhard Lang, born in 1957 in Linz, Austria, studied philosophy, German philology, jazz piano, arranging, and classical piano, and has been a professor of composition at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz since 2003.
Compositional Technique
Bernhard Lang's compositional principle of "differing repetition" (differente Wiederholung) transcends historical events and gains artistic relevance in the face of current political developments.
Composition History
Bernhard Lang's magnum opus, "Das Theater der Wiederholungen" (The Theatre of Repetitions), is structured into three large sections, or narratives, set in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries respectively.
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