Eight Bagatelles
Eight Bagatelles for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2017)
1.Catapulted
2.Weightless
3.Demonic
4.Otherworldly
5.Space Lord
6.Vison
7.Nebulae
8.Galactic City
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8. Oktober 2017, München
Tatiana Sikorskaja, Klavier
Önder Baloglu, Violine
Hans-Joachim Büsching, Klarinette
Graham Waterhouse, Cello
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The initial idea for the Bagatelles came from a picture of an installation entitled "Ilya Kabakov, the man who flew into space from his apartment". This sparked off an imaginery science-fiction narrative, appealing to the generation brought up with Dr Who and "Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy". Kabakov encounters various apochrophal characters, situations, states of mind before his journey is finally cut short when he confronts the galactic city.
| Ilya, sitting peacefully at his place, |
| was one sunny Sunday suddenly catapulted into space. |
| On leaving earth's athmosphere far below, |
| he found himself weightless, top to toe. |
| His first terrifying encounter was with a demonic extra-terrestial, |
| in the shape of a beast most bestial. |
| He soothed his nerves and calmed his mood, |
| humming an otherwordly melody from his child-hood. |
| Who should o'er-hear him, hand in laser-Sword, |
| but the forbidding, the black-masked Space Lord. |
| They chatted about times present, future and past, |
| Ilya's vision of life in the stars grew fast. |
| On he accelerated, past time-warps and nebulae, |
| past dopplar effects and meteorae. |
| His progress was halted with dazzling alacrity, |
| on coming face to face with the menacing Galactic City. |
There are eight shortish pieces, each different in length, scoring and mood. The music encompass a broad spectrum between dissonance and euphony, sophistication and commonplace. The Bagatelles explore one sentiment each; they are fleeting visions of an outlandish imaginery scenario.