Category:
Choir / Vocal
, Organ / Sacred Music
Movements: 1: Tempus breve, 2: Der Mensch kennt nicht, 3: Die Zeit ist nahe, 4: Die sich geliebt im Leben, 5: Welt - Entstehen, 6: Seid wachsam, 7: Das Sichtbare währet auf Zeit, 11: Das All, 12: Gestern er / heute du
Duration: 20 min.
Instrumentation: Choir, organ, percussion instruments, ad libitum: synthesizer, playback
Text/Lyrics by: various mottos
Dedication: Dedicated to Kunibert Schäfer
Additional remarks: The work is written emphatically for amateur ensemble and is also performable in the as percussion version for laymen.
In twelve short settings of inscriptions on a gravestone the technologies of minimalist, periodical music are shown. Study about possible time relations in the musical texture structure.
World premiere:
05.07.1988, Kirche
Performers at world premiere: 'Holy Family' church choir, direction: Kunibert Schäfer
