Compositions

Vocalise et fureur (1998) (8′) 
viola and guitar (also version for guitar duo)
Premiere 1998 Summercamp Music Academy Rostock Ulrike Koch, viola Wulfin Lieske, guitar

The two-movement work is a tribute to Olivier Messiaen. In the first part an unending melody develops from diatonic fragments in the viola part, accompanied by an ostinato-like six-part chord in staccato. The harmony reflects the melody. The second movement is a motoric ‘perpetuum mobile’. The canonically dovetailed chord figurations are developed from the melody in the first movement. Polyrhythmic superimpositions and permissive sforzati evoke an oppressively tense mood.