Harfenstück
2010
For this short piece, I intended to reject traditional and romantic associations of the harp, such as its beauty, its delicacy etc. – its celestial, metaphysical connotations. Instead I have tried to exploit its sordidly material capacities for rhythmical precision and resonance.
This piece was written for Olivia Jageurs, to whom it is dedicated.
Instrumentation: Harp solo
Duration: c. 2’30″
Premiere: 3th June 2010 by Olivia Jageurs at her solo third-year undergraduate recital, Cosmo Rodewald Hall, Manchester