Rush Hour in Celestial Streets (2007)
- Instrumentation: alt-fl(picc), c.i., bass-cl(Es-cl), fg, s-tbn or tr, cr, euph or tbn, tb, 2 perc, arp, pf, 2 vl, va, vc, cb
- Movements: 1
- Duration: 15'
- Commissioned by: Kunststiftung NRW and musikFabrik
- Premiere: 18.08.2007, Köln; musikFabrik, cond. Peter Rundel
- Publisher: Breitkopf & Härtel (hire material)
- CD: Vom Himmel zur Hölle - musikFabrik, cond. Petr Rundel; produced by Wergo
Listen to an mp3 excerptProgram Note:
(EN)
I have a poetical vision of angels in their angelic vehicles, touching lightly their Jericho-like vehicle-horns, hurrying elegantly, falling in gentle vehicle-crashes... and in the end, when all of them get home, few little pieces of white featherlets are still floating in the air. However, I have no verification, that this truly is in the music. I even thought it out only after writing the piece.
Musically You would find there a lot of microintervals in chords, which are almost consonant, but should be full of interference vibrations. These aggregates are echoed in various ways. The other section is speedy, noicy, with a lot of loops. Form – one 15 min. long arc with gradation, culmination and again calming down to peaceful silence.
Martin Smolka
