Cloud Chamber

(2008)
Program note
Spectra Ensemble asked me to write a comment on the first movement of Beethoven's last string quartet, Opus 132. Out of esteem I decided not to go standing too close to the master. Instead, in Cloud Chamber I am looking at Beethoven from a distance. Like his contemporary Kaspar David Friedrich puts the ‚Rückenfiguren’ in his paintings as a small silhouet, in rear view, and as part of a vast landscape. Cloud Chamber was commissioned by Spectra Ensemble. The work is dedicated to Richard Rijnvos and John Snijders.
Recording
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Scoring
Piccolo
Clarinet in B-flat
Percussion
Piano
Violin
Viola
Violoncello
Duration
9'
More info
Commissioned by Spectra Ensemble.
First performance
November 8, 2008, Sint-Truiden (Belgium) by Spectra Ensemble & Filip Rathé
Sheet music
Available for rent/purchase from Deuss Music.