hauptbahnhof [main station]



spatial music for a station
for soprano, alto, tenor saxophone, bassoon

world premiere
Berlin-Hauptbahnhof, August 30, 2010, 10pm
ohrenstrand mobil


Lucio Capece, soprano saxophone
Meriel Price, alto saxophone
Christoph Enzel, tenor saxophone
Heidi Elizabeth Mockert, bassoon





long held tones interpenetrate with the sounds of the station.
the material consists in transcriptions of the station's schedule.
each instrument has an individual (partly microtonal) scale of ten pitches.
the minutes of the schedule indicate which tone of the scale should be played.



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