The composers on this album are linked by their personal changes of location, which also led to artistic changes of perspective and modifications of their personal styles.
Compositional Technique
The works of Sándor Veress, Alberto Ginastera, and Ursula Mamlok are influenced by the twelve-tone technique, often integrated with folkloric musical languages.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ahmet Adnan Saygun and Marcel Mihalovici, two composers on this album, were both inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach, whose art they saw reflected in both modern urbanity and ancient folk traditions.
Historical Context
All composers on this album left their homelands for extended periods due to various reasons, including studies, political repression, and escape from Nazi Germany.
Album & Artwork
The album's program unites five works by composers whose lives were marked by migration, emigration, and flight, and who were not part of the predominant musical avant-garde of their time.
Album & Artwork
The album features five composers who entrusted works to the cello, expressing freedom of self-determination in both aesthetic and ethical senses.
Interpretation
The album's performer, Adele Bitter, attributes her first insights beyond classical European music to her teacher Prof. Gerhard Mantel, who introduced her to numerous contemporary works.
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