SWR JetztMusik

Bernd Richard Deutsch: Massenkristall

for 24-part choir ^{World premiere of the concert version}

Lisa Streich: Lupinen

for guitar quartet*

Nikolaus Brass: Chorszenen für ein Musiktheater (II) ^{World premiere of the concert version}

Tristan Murail: Doppler-Variationen

for guitar quartet** ^GP

Vito Žuraj: Adrasteia

for 24-part choir ^{World premiere of the concert version}

Aleph Gitarrenquartett
SWR Vokalensemble
Conductor Nicholas Kok

People, masses and power were the themes of a musical theatre piece recently performed by the SWR Vocal Ensemble at the Salzburg Pocket Opera Festival. Three of the works composed for this occasion are now being premiered as concert pieces. They address manipulation and power, powerlessness and resistance using vocal and choral sound rather than words. ‘The work does not tell; it listens,’ says composer Vito Žuraj. The two new works for the Aleph Guitar Quartet also listen: imaginatively to the spectra of the instruments or to the colours of lupins.