Johannes Kalitzke: 4 Toteninseln & 6 Covered Settings

Featuring

Johannes Kalitzke
Thomas E. Bauer
Thomas Larcher
Frank Stadler
Izso Bajusz
Predrag Katanic

Peter Sigl
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Stadler Quartett

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Compositional Technique

Kalitzke's "Four Islands of the Dead" uses a method of 'overpainting' Johannes Brahms's "Four Serious Songs," where fragments of the original are paraphrased and concealed within new compositional patterns.

Performer Biography

Baritone Thomas E. Bauer, born in 1970, is highly sought after for his versatility and has performed in numerous world premieres of works by composers like Luigi Nono and Wolfgang Rihm.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Johannes Kalitzke sees himself as a storyteller in music, requiring dramaturgical elements and a hierarchy of musical measures, rather than a uniform, 'grey' sound.

Composition History

Johannes Kalitzke's "Four Islands of the Dead" was commissioned by a Hamburg orchestra, with a specific requirement to relate to Johannes Brahms.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Composer Johannes Kalitzke views complexity in music as a reflection of contemporary life's distractions and inner conflicts, often expressed through labyrinthine soundscapes.

Performer Biography

The Stadler Quartett, founded in 1992, is dedicated to contemporary music and is known for its direct collaboration with living composers and its spectacular performance of Karlheinz Stockhausen's "Helicopter Quartet" at the 2003 Salzburg Festival.

Compositional Technique

In "Six Covered Settings," Johannes Kalitzke integrates quoted musical 'objects' by using their individual notes as nodal points for his own derivations, an expanded form of cantus-firmus technique.