Flüsse-Einflüsse (2005)
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Instru­men­ta­tion: accordion
Dura­tion: 7’00
Com­mis­sioned by Ina Hen­ning with assis­tance from Roger D. Moore
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Per­form­ers: Accor­dion – Ina Henning
Pro­gramme Note

Flüsse-Einflüsse is Ger­man for Streams-Influences. The con­cept of the con­ver­gence of mul­ti­ple streams of influ­ence is impor­tant to me, because I am a clas­si­cal com­poser com­ing from a jazz and pop back­ground. Sim­i­larly, the 2004/2005 DAAD Sound Under­stand­ing con­cert for which Flüsse-Einflüsse was writ­ten fea­tured both clas­si­cal and jazz per­form­ers. This idea of mul­ti­ple streams con­verg­ing is car­ried through­out the piece on sev­eral lev­els, from the mate­r­ial (taken from two of my favourite jazz tunes but reworked clas­si­cally), to the inter­ac­tion between per­former and com­poser (some sec­tions are writ­ten out, oth­ers are impro­vised), to the inter­ac­tion of reg­is­ters, tex­tures, and for­mal elements.

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