general information

composition date
1997-1998
duration
16 min
editor
Universal Edition, Tesin
Commission
État fédéral du Tyrol

type

Chamber music (2 violins, viola, cello)

detailed formation

violin, second violin, viola, cello

information about the creation

date
July 28, 1999

Autriche, Ebbs, église, Erl Tyrolean Festival

interpreters

le quatuor Hugo Wolf.

Program note

I borrowed this work’s title (English: dichotomy) from the field of botany, where it is used to describe the fork-like branching out of plants as they sprout. The basic idea of the piece is similar. The first movement (indirectly) approaches a state of bifurcation, but ends up arriving at a confluence – upon which the second movement initially builds. But gradually, the music begins to develop in a completely new direction. It was my goal to accomplish this gradual change in perspective with as much suspense as possible – using only a few germ cells, the apparent forms of which continually change, while at the same time influencing one another.



Johannes Maria Staud.

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