Peter Gahn
Meinten Sie: RED II - quintett version
flute, clarinet (B flat), tuba, percussion, piano
(2007)
6 min
Edition Juliane Klein
performances
- world premiere: ensemble:hörsinn Münster, Landesmuseum, Münster, 2007
recordings
- Deutschlandfunk, ensemble:hörsinn, 2007, Münster
programme note
In my almost 8 years in Japan I was very interested in placing the
elements of the music separatly in front of backgrounds, silent one ore plain
one, especially the golden one of Japanese paintings and the parts of Shô in
gagaku music. Now back in Germany I tried to do the opposite by erasing all
backgrounds, placing the elements as close as possible together and creating
a new color in my music, a strong red. After checking my most favorite titel
"RJED" (the international airport codes RJ for Japan and ED for Germany) with
an internet search engine, it convinced me by asking "Did you mean: RED".
(Peter Gahn)