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Piano Trio
2023
Cello
Piano
Violin
- Program Notes
- This composition was written on the occasion of a concert on the theme of peace, while the war in Ukraine is raging on the outskirts of Europe. It is to be understood as a personal commentary: Wars are always low points of humanity, the killing of people does not deserve heroic songs. The aim of the composition is therefore to show the Marseillaise musically in all its conflicting aspects, to clip its military wings and give it back the complexity of the war it sings about. The title of the piece, a quotation from the Book of Kohelet, describes the compositional principle of the piece: the catchy melody of the Marseillaise disappears behind a murky veil, loses its marching character and is now embedded in delicate sound gestures. The first few notes of the melody are the basis for the motifs of the composition almost throughout, even if this is not always audible.
- Recording Notes
- live recording Johanniskirche Hagen (Germany) 14.06.24
- Performer Credits
- Eevi Hannonen (vl), Aiki Mori-von Schnitzler (vc), Junko Shioda (p)
- Publisher
- ARE