vanishing points

Michael Wendeberg, conductor

PHACE
Doris Nicoletti, flute
Walter Seebacher, clarinet
Alvaro Collao Leon, saxophone
Spiros Laskaridis, trumpet
Stefan Obmann, trombone
Manuel Alcaraz Clemente, percussion
Igor Gross, percussion
Mathilde Hoursiangou, piano
Francesco Palmieri, e-guitar
Ivana Pristašová Zaugg, violin
Sarah Dragovic, viola
Roland Schueler, cello
Maximilian Ölz, double bass

Somewhere in the distance, where the sea meets the horizon, the sonic worlds of three very different works converge in this concert, yet find some common ground. In from shore to shore, Sarah Nemtsov traces a multi-perspective musical stream of consciousness that oscillates between moods of light, impressions of nature, memory, and identity. Inspired by 10 lyrical interludes in Virginia Woolf’s novel “The Waves” (1931), the composer creates a vividly dynamic, wave-like sound language and, through subtle nuances, permuting rhythmic patterns, and friction-laden microintervals, explores the inner states of mind of the novel’s six protagonists. Beat Furrer also casts a metaphorical gaze into the distance in linea dell’orizzonte. Simultaneous doubling and distortion, similar to what can be seen at the edges of a shadow, form the fundamental musical structure of the composition. Voices intersect, interrupt, negate, and contrast with preceding structures, ultimately creating a distorted sonic shadow from these contradictions. Thomas Wally constructs spiraling, intricate sound structures in his Concertino around the expressive possibilities of the violin, while the bass-heavy ensemble provides a contrasting space. It is a virtuosic, at times wild, ride, a constantly self-referential conversation between violin and ensemble, characterized in sonic and harmonic terms by overtone resonances, harmonics, and Shepard tones.

PROGRAMM

Sarah Nemtsov
from shore to shore for ensemble (2024/25)
commissioned by PHACE, in cooperation with Osterfestival Tirol,
sponsored by  

~ P A U S E ~

Beat Furrer
linea dell’orizzonte for ensemble (2012)

Thomas Wally
Concertino for violin and ensemble (2024)
Commissioned by PHACE, with support by BMKOES und SKE-Fonds