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Vier Seiten
for solo cello
cello
Vier Seiten is a response to Ayrton Senna’s fatal car accident, portrayed in slow motion, as it was repeatedly shown on television at the time. In this poignant work, a violent fast section represents the crash, followed by a long epilogue, reflecting the apparent stillness of the immediate aftermath.
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Vier Seiten for violoncello is an attempt to present an event that in reality takes about two seconds in extreme slow motion, thus making even the micromovements visible or audible beyond the straight line of motion.
When I composed the piece, the fatal accident of Ayrton Senna came to my mind again and again – an accident which was shown on TV in slow motion again and again until it became unbearable.
The fast motion of the car immediately before the crash into a concrete wall, a motion which was no longer purposeful but out of control and which had the car pulled to and fro and from side to side, was followed by that crash. In this extreme slow motion, it is no longer shown as a crash but as the fast telescoping of carbon fibre, metal and human body parts.
After this crash, as a postlude so to speak, everything suddenly slowed down, tyres and automotive particles floating in the air, the torso of the vehicle swinging until the motion stopped. It was not until this moment that I realized that the whole presentation of the incident had been accompanied by paralyzing silence.
- Thomas Larcher
When I composed the piece, the fatal accident of Ayrton Senna came to my mind again and again – an accident which was shown on TV in slow motion again and again until it became unbearable.
The fast motion of the car immediately before the crash into a concrete wall, a motion which was no longer purposeful but out of control and which had the car pulled to and fro and from side to side, was followed by that crash. In this extreme slow motion, it is no longer shown as a crash but as the fast telescoping of carbon fibre, metal and human body parts.
After this crash, as a postlude so to speak, everything suddenly slowed down, tyres and automotive particles floating in the air, the torso of the vehicle swinging until the motion stopped. It was not until this moment that I realized that the whole presentation of the incident had been accompanied by paralyzing silence.
- Thomas Larcher
More Information
Title:
Vier Seiten
for solo cello
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music Ltd., London
Year of composition:
1997
Duration:
7 ′
World Premiere:
1997 · Innsbruck (A)
ORF-Landesstudio Tirol
Thomas Demenga, Violoncello
ORF-Landesstudio Tirol
Thomas Demenga, Violoncello
Commissioned work :
Commissioned by the State of Tyrol, Austria
Series:
Title:
Vier Seiten
for solo cello
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1997
Duration:
7 ′
World Premiere:
1997 · Innsbruck (A)
ORF-Landesstudio Tirol
Thomas Demenga, Violoncello
ORF-Landesstudio Tirol
Thomas Demenga, Violoncello
Commissioned work :
Commissioned by the State of Tyrol, Austria
Series:
Title:
Vier Seiten
for solo cello
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1997
Duration:
7 ′
World Premiere:
1997 · Innsbruck (A)
ORF-Landesstudio Tirol
Thomas Demenga, Violoncello
ORF-Landesstudio Tirol
Thomas Demenga, Violoncello
Commissioned work :
Commissioned by the State of Tyrol, Austria
Series:
Technical Details
Product number:
CB 269
ISMN13:
979-0-2201-3441-8
Product number:
CB 269
ISMN13:
979-0-2201-3441-8
UPC:
841886027602
Weight:
0,06 kg
Pages:
8
Format:
23.1cm x 30.3cm
Binding:
Saddle-wire stitching
Product number:
CB 269 Q40682
ISMN13:
979-0-2201-3441-8
Pages:
7
File format:
(PDF / 1,42 MB)
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Performances
Vier Seiten
Oxford Chamber Music Festival 2006
September 30, 2006 |
Oxford (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Jacqueline du Pré Music Building — National Premiere
Vier Seiten
1997 |
Innsbruck (Austria) , ORF-Landesstudio Tirol — World Premiere
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