VOX BALAENAE
HOMMAGE Á GEORGE CRUMB
PROGRAM
I
George Crumb (*1929)
VOX BALAENAE (1972) for three masked players : Flute, Cello , Piano (all electrified)
Vocalise (…for the beginning of time). Wildly, fantastic; grotesque
Variations on Sea-Time. Adagio; solemn, with calm majesty. Sea-Theme: Archeozoic (Var. I) – Proterozoic (Var. II) – Paleozoic (Var. III) – Mesozoic (Var. IV) – Cenozoic (Var. V)
Sea-Nocturne (…for the end of time)
TRIO NOIR: Judith Müller- flute Detmar Leertouwer - violoncello Iris Lichtinger - piano
II
George Crumb
QUEST (1990; rev. 1994) for Mixed Ensemble: Solo Guitar, Soprano-Sax, Percussion , Harp and Double bass.
Refrain 1
I Dark Paths
II Fugitive Sounds
Refrain 2
III Forgotten Dirges
IV Fugitive Sounds
Refrain 3
Dimitri Lavrentiev - guitar Christian Elin - saxophone Sebastian Hausl - percussion Christine Gruber - harp Ursula Trappe - double bass Anne Hausl - dulcimer Kevin Edusei - conducting