Klangforum Wien

Lang, B: The Theatre of Repetitions

World premiere recording

Furrer: Fama at the beginning

World premiere recording

Sciarrino: Quaderno di strada

12 songs and a proverb for baritone & instruments

Breaking through the boundaries of the familiar, questioning conventional patterns of perception and moving ahead to the openness and uncertainty of uncharted creative territory - from the very start, this impulse has been an ever-present characteristic, albeit in many different guises, of the compositions of Wolfram Schurig.

Gadenstätter: Comic Sense

Written in 2002-03, this work offers a rare example of contemporary music that is happy, playful and fresh, and downright friendly at times, without stooping to banality, trivial clichés or stereotypical gags. It arouses the listener’s curiosity, surprises, occasionally even astounds. It draws us in not by relying solely upon familiar emotions but through an extremely vital form of continuous searching. The structure of this extremely colourful ensemble piece, which is divided into three seasons, takes flight into the unknown with uncommon persistence. Open tones intertwine in a mixture of the familiar and bizarre to produce often curious effects. Above all, it is a very promising attempt to open the minds of the public to the new and unusual.

Haas, G F: In vain

Neuwirth, O: Bählamms Fest

musical theatre in 13 scenes after Leonora Carrington

Johannes Maria Staud

Misato Mochizuki