We, to be so transformed

PHACE
Walter Seebacher, clarinet
Michael Krenn, saxophone
Manuel Alcaraz Clemente, percussion
Francesco Palmieri, e-guitar
Ivana Pristašová Zaugg, violin
Clara Spieler, violin
Petra Ackermann, viola
Barbara Riccabona, cello
Alexandra Dienz, double bass

 

SOUND DESIGN
Alfred Reiter

 

In 2023, during a trip to Europe, Canadian composer Corie Rose Soumah found solace in a novel by an Austrian author: Marlen Haushofer’s “Die Mauer” (The Wall) moved Soumah so deeply that she was able to surrender to her grief and, in doing so, found comfort and the capacity for change and growth. These existential impressions inspired her string quartet “We, to be so transformed,” which will be presented alongside her new commissioned work, “the bloodred season comb(‘s) the sun,” at Klangspuren. This piece, in turn, draws inspiration from the poetry of American author Emily Carr. The other four short pieces of the evening are by Zara Ali. Her electronic composition “Red City” uses samples from the Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart to shimmer through the space in a three-dimensional soundscape. In “thermo_doxa,” Ali explores the connection between heat and dogma, or more precisely, dogmatic religions from hot climates. The chamber music piece Passing Fragrance, Hidden Veil is inspired by a painting by Pakistani painter Abdur Rahman Chugthai, while in Circular scrape the sounds of a spinning coin are waiting to be transformed using digital means.

PROGRAMM

Zara Ali
Passing Fragrance, Hidden Veil for string quartet, 2025 ap

Zara Ali
Circular Scrape, electronic music, 2021 ap

Zara Ali
Red City electronic music, 2022 ap

Zara Ali
thermo_doxa for clarinet, viola, srumset and electronics, 2024

Corie Rose Soumah
the bloodred season comb(‘s) the sun ffor chamber ensemble, 2026 wp
Commissioned by Klangspuren Schwaz

Corie Rose Soumah
We, To Be So Transformed for string quartett, 2025 ap