murmurs (2009)
(Collage for 9 Players)

murmurs is a collage, a superimposition of seven sound surfaces:
bass flute solo, oboe solo, bass clarinet solo, percussion and piano* duo, piano* solo, violin solo, viola and violoncello duo (* only one instrument is required).

The players have different positions in the performing space. Each solo or duo plays their sound surface independently, for which a stop watch is required, but they do need to listen to the resultant sounds and play with it from time to time. There is no full score.

A dry acoustic is to be completely avoided! The audience should be seated. Each performance varies considerably and the duration will be somewhere between 16 and 24 minutes.

Commissioned by Ensemble Recherche, Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation and Austrian Broadcasting (ORF)