A central element in Rune Glerup's works is the idea of musical 'objects', where blocks of sound become distinct based on thematic character, timbre, and spatial positioning.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The spirit of Samuel Beckett, the Irish novelist, playwright, and poet, and his fixation on existence and the passing of time, significantly influenced Rune Glerup's work "Perhaps Thus the End".
Composition History
Rune Glerup's Clarinet Quintet, "Still Leaning Towards This Machine", was commissioned by IRCAM, the electroacoustic music research facility in Paris.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The title of Rune Glerup's Clarinet Quintet, "Still Leaning Towards This Machine", is a paraphrase from a line in the poem "Congrats, Chinaski" by the realist poet Charles Bukowski.
Composition History
Rune Glerup's String Quartet No. 2, titled "Perhaps Thus the End", was commissioned by Quatuor Diotima and Westdeutscher Rundfunk with support from the Danish Arts Foundation.
Performer Biography
Quatuor Diotima, the string quartet on this album, was established in 1996 and is named after Friedrich Hölderlin's character Diotima and Luigi Nono's work "Fragmente-Stille, an Diotima", reflecting a dual musical identity.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Rune Glerup, the composer, conceives sound as an almost physical structure, stripping material of descriptive qualities and focusing on its concrete properties.
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