Gerald Resch: Collection Serti, Figuren, Ein Garten. Pfade, die sich verzweigen & Cantus firmus

Featuring

Clement Power
Stefan Neubauer
Peter Keuschnig
Gertrude Rossbacher
Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Klangforum Wien

Ensemble Kontrapunkte Wien
Tonkünstler-Orchester
Chorus sine nomine
Gerald Resch

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Gerald Resch's music is inspired by observations from his daily life, such as encounters, branching paths, and abstract patterns, and he enjoys creating logical yet surprising developments from simple material.

Performer Biography

Klangforum Wien is an ensemble of 24 musicians from ten countries, founded by Beat Furrer, and has premiered approximately 500 new pieces by composers from three continents.

Compositional Technique

Gerald Resch's music often uses plastic forms that clearly distinguish textures or characters, and he employs unusual playing techniques sparingly, with most sounds coming from conventionally played instruments.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Composer Gerald Resch does not adhere to taboos or a 'canon of the prohibited' in New Music, showing interest in virtuosity and extramusical references, unlike many of his contemporaries.

Performer Biography

The Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, founded in 1907, includes works of modernism in its repertoire and was the first Austrian orchestra to establish a department for music promotion in 2003.

Composer Biography

Gerald Resch, born in 1975 in Linz, Austria, studied composition in Vienna, Cologne, and Graz, and also musicology, philosophy, and art history at the University of Vienna.

Performer Biography

Ensemble Kontrapunkte, founded in 1965 by Peter Keuschnig, specializes in chamber music from the classical/romantic tradition and 20th-century contemporary music, and has a lasting concert cycle at the Wiener Musikverein.