The piece 'Allemande multipliée' was originally commissioned for Annette Bik's project 'Bach gedoubelt,' which places Bach's b-minor partita in context with contemporary musical comments.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Eva Reiter's compositions are described as animistic, experimenting with musical elements emerging from movement and contact between human and non-human actors.
Composer Biography
Eva Reiter, the composer, studied recorder and viola da gamba in Vienna and Amsterdam, receiving master's degrees with honors.
Recording & Production
Ensemble Multiple Me, founded by Eva Reiter in 2003, acts exclusively as a recording ensemble and has developed new instruments to create extended auditory perspectives.
Compositional Technique
The essay describes Eva Reiter's music as 'kinetic text,' a term borrowed from science fiction author Ursula K. Le Guin, referring to non-human literary output and the movement of swarms or individuals in relation to their environment.
Performer Biography
Klangforum Wien, the ensemble performing on this album, consists of 24 musicians from ten different countries.
Performer Biography
Annette Bik, a violinist on this album, was a member of the Hagen Quartet from 1982 to 1988 and is a founding member of the Klangforum Wien.
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