I am happy that Ria Georgiadis (flute) and Sven Birch (piano) will perform "Wolkenkuckucksheim" ("Cloud Cuckoo Land") in Dublin for the first time!
The duo commissioned the composition already in 2014 and since then has been performing it all over Europe.
Cloud-Cuckoo-Land
An introduction
In this piece, I tried to create a dialogue between the flute and the piano in which the two instruments converse lightheartedly and elegantly. When exchanging musical arguments, they may tune in with each other or they may disagree, but they always circle around each other respectfully and peacefully. This utopian situation lead to the title Cloud-Cuckoo-Land.
For me, the rendering of such a utopia is halfway between resignation and vision.
Das Trinity College in Dublin, Irland
Das Trinity College, mit zahlreichen Dependancen in ganz Großbritannien, beherbergt auch in Dublin ein umfangreiches Institut für Neue Musik mit renommierten Professoren, die beachtliche MusikerInnen und KomponistInnen zutage gebracht haben.
Weiter Informationen zum Trinity College Dublin:
https://www.tcd.ie/creative-arts/music/