Hubschrauber (2001)
(for voice and orchestra)

The piece Hubschrauber (Helicopter) for voice and orchestra arose from close contact with the vocal abilities of the exorbitant sound poet Jaap Blonk. "Blonk," remarks Bauckholt, "is a unique vocal technician who is accompanied by a very airy and transparent orchestra: Music of boundary-pushing vocal technique, but also music "to take off", at least that's what the title means."

In a way, the orchestra functions as an oversized mouth space for the singer, trying to emphasize, imitate and understand what a voice of these unlimited possibilities is capable of. Bauckholt wrote a vocal piece with orchestral commentary, a dialog between the mouth and the differently differentiated capabilities of the orchestra. As always with Bauckholt, the piece is a completely unpretentious bow to other abilities. And in the bowing, mutual dignity is preserved. For the art of imaginative listening and creative expansion creates complementarity and solidarity on a higher level.

Reinhard Schulz