Nouvel Ense Contemporain / Nouvel Ensemble Contemp - Interpreten-Portrait - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

'Going all the way back to the Celts and the Druids, the term nemeton designates a place where forces and energies are crystallized, generally clearings where solemn or ritual actions were performed. The best-known nemeton is certainly Stonehenge. The architectural marvel of Chartres Cathedral is built on a nemeton. In composing this piece for solo percussion, I wanted to depict a InchplaceInch of this kind by means of sound. I'm utterly fascinated by the instrumentarium of this work, consisting chiefly of metal, wood and skin instruments that don't have their own InchspecificInch resonance. The trajectories between the different tones condition and define the energy charge, rather as if two beings, in the mad hope of an encounter, were rushing towards each other', writes Matthias Pintscher as an introduction to one of the pieces in this monograph of works composed between 2000 and 2018 it also includes his violin concerto Mar'eh, the concerto for piano and ensemble Nur, Beyond for flute, Verzeichnete Spur, Lieder und Schneebilder, Celestial Object I & II and Occultation.

Collegium Novum Zuerich - Interpreten-Portrait [COMPACT DISCS] date 01/01/2012

Born in Taipei in 1950 Shih moved to Vienna at the age of 24 to study composition and the harp at the University of Music and Performing Arts. Shih's compositional style, which has it's origin in the fusion of Western music tradition and Far Eastern philosophy, draws the attention away from superficial effects to the subtle inner structure... to the depths of the human mind. Album Tracks 1. Crossing the River 2. A Measure for Piano and Four Strings 3. A Measure for Nine 4. Travelers 5. The Separation