Zu Abend mein Herz
for trombone, percussion and tape
using poems by Georg Trakl
studio : Klang Projekte Weimar / 1993 / duration: 13:30 min
The composition ZU ABEND MEIN HERZ is a musical exploration of poems by the Austrian Georg Trakl. Trakl describes an emotional world which attracts me very much. The themes are downfall and hope. I try to create, with musical means, a sound-scape which translates the text and which uses speech as soundsource.
For the tape, two sound-groups are used:
- Sounds of the original instruments (Trombone, percussion).
- Recordings of the texts of Trakl
The musical material is based 5 seven-note chords that show up as well in the tape as in the instrumental part.
concert recording with Mike Svoboda - trombone, Andreas Boettger - percussion
