Category: Chamber Music , Recordings
WENN DIE VERNUNFT SCHLÄFT / WHEN REASON SLEEPS, THE SIRENS SING is recorded on CD LOOK THROUGH for Saxophones & Piano (2021) with Christoph Enzel (Sax) and Elisaveta Blumina (piano). - The composition was inspired by the painting of the same name by the surrealist Max Ernst (1891-1971) from 1960. The present work, which can also be seen as a homage to Max Ernst, uses, among other things, the stylistic devices of repetitive music.
The CD contains further compositions by Arvo Pärt, Phil Glass, Erkki Sven Tüür, Lowell Liebermann.
Publisher of notes/sheet music: Ries &/ Erler Musikverlag Berlin , Edition 24126 , 2022
Introduction: The composition was inspired by the painting of the same name by the surrealist Max Ernst (1891-1971) from 1960 (Pinakothek der Moderne, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlung, 65x45 cm) which had fascinated me for a long time. The present work, which can also be seen as a homage to Max Ernst, uses, among other things, the stylistic devices of repetitive music to create the fluidity of the incomprehensible with the permanent rapid repetitions of a motif in ever new configurations beyond a controlling listening. Beyond reason, the sirens - those mythological hybrids of mermaids and birds - begin their singing ... which is capable of befogging and beguiling.
The piece was originally composed for Tenor Saxophone. There is an additional part for Alto saxophone.
Records: Costa Records Classics, 2021
Performers on recording: Christoph Enzel/ Sax Elisaveta Blumina / Piano recorded 22-24 June 2021 in Stimmschmiede Berlin
