ECLAT 16

SWR JetztMusik in ECLAT

Vykintas Baltakas: Sandwriting II
for orchestra (2018) ^WP
Composition commissioned by SWR

Christian Winther Christensen: Piano Concerto(2018) ^WP
Composition commissioned by SWR

Vito Žuraj: The Transformer
for mixed chamber choir and orchestra (2018) ^WP
Composition commissioned by SWR

Rei Nakamura, piano
SWR Experimental Studio
SWR Vocal Ensemble
SWR Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Brad Lubman

A project of SWR

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Broadcast 5. April 2019/SWR2 Evening Concert/20:03 h

»Art means making useless things valuable, it’s the magical transformation of excrement into gold.« It is no coincidence that the Slovenian composer Vito Žuraj is fascinated by the life of the alchemist Johann Friedrich Böttger, who was researched by the poet Aleš Šteger. 2019 marks the three hundredth anniversary of Böttger’s death, and Žuraj/Šteger transfer his dubious attempts at »magical transformations« into literature and music.

The Danish composer Christian Winther Christensen is concerned with the transformation of the piano: his soloist elicits the unexpected from the electronically specially prepared piano. The Lithuanian composer Vykintas Baltakas also observes and shapes transformation processes–with an outcome that is never entirely predictable for him.