Schallfeld Ensemble — Musikprotokoll 2023

The Graz-based Schallfeld Ensemble misses the acoustic connections to the physical world. Carlo Elia Praderio calls his new work Dune. For him, the gradual transitions from solo instrument to ensemble in this acoustic “dune” are metaphors for environmental change: small changes with big effects.

Katharina Klement also relates individuals and space: in Monde II, she uses the sounds of concrete mixers filled with different materials such as sand or wood. She transfers the resulting loops into a circular spatial concept, analogous to the model of several moons that individually circle to form an open whole, thus creating a coherent monde (world).

Beat Furrer’s Intorno al bianco for clarinet and string quartet is also about communication between the ensemble and the individual. Sehyung Kim sets nine instruments in relation to live electronics and the theme of plastic.