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Mumien

for violoncello and piano

  1. tempo giusto
  2. schneller
  3. langsam
  • Year of composition: 2001
  • Duration: 15′
  • WP: 08.03.2002, Munich (DE) | Heinrich Schiff (violoncello), Till Fellner (piano)
  • Recordings: Thomas Larcher: IXXU, ECM 2006

Thomas Demenga (cello), Thomas Larcher (piano) | CD IXXU

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Programme note

Mummified – wrapped up – concealed
dried up – parched – leathery traces of memory
dissecting – opening of spots of barely a square centimetre – elder-berries in the stomach
tissue samples – under the microscope the nanocosmos is exploding

Thomas Larcher

A heartfelt love of sound, of small form becomes perceptible. Mysterious landscapes emerge: full of manic concentration, obsession even in submerging into a note, a sound, a small figure, full of turns towards ethereally serene regions with very simple harmonic structures emerging like islands in the rough sea and opening a view onto the sky. Often, the titles already point to the mental landscapes that are turned into sound.

Reinhard Schulz

[deutsch]

Programmnotiz

mumifiziert – eingehüllt – verborgen
vertrocknet – ausgedörrt – lederne Erinnerungsspuren
sezieren – öffnen kaum quadratzentimetergroßer Stellen – Hollerbeeren im Magentrakt
Gewebeproben – unter dem Mikroskop explodiert der Nanokosmos

Thomas Larcher

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