CMI. CHIN, Unsuk (1961- )
Akrostichon-Wortspiel (1991-1993)
1. Versteckspiel (3:19)
2. Das Rätsel von den drei magischen Toren (1:34)
3. Die Spielregel -- sträwcür tieZ (1:38)
4. Vier Jahreszeiten in fünf Strophen (1:52)
5. Domifare S (2:38)
6. Das Beliebigkeitsspiel (1:25)
7. Aus der alten Zeit (3:22)
Piia Komsi, soprano
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Kazushi Ono, cond.
"Chin reveals a genuine delight in experimentation as she explores the narrow dividing line between language and music. The work is based on seven selected scenes from Michael Ende's The Never-ending Story and Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass. The narrative texts are reduced to syllables, individual sounds or fragments of words, so that they become unintelligible and only their symbolic significance remains. In this way language becomes music, and music becomes language. Although all seven pieces are built around a central note, each describes a different situation or emotional layer in the books by Ende and Carroll. In order to extend the repertory of sounds, some of the instruments are retuned by a quarter- or sixth-tone, so that the writing is microtonally enriched and the range of expressive gestures increased." -- Martin Demmler
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