2024
DEATH
Release: November 2024
Label: NEOS Music GmbH
Order number: 12431
Number of discs: 1
Duration: 71 minutes
Cover: Maria Frodl
Schuld ohne Sühne (engl.: Guilt Without Atonement)
Sounds of disturbing beauty name the unspeakable, the unimaginable: softly plaintive woodwind lines fill the space, merging with accordion, cello, and violin to create dense soundscapes, subtly solidifying in electronic continuation. Menacing undertones add piano bass, percussion, and muted trombone, harsh accents escalating into fortissimo strikes that startle. Chaos ensues, decay, where only a microtonal whimper remains. Eres Holz composes the psychosis, the paranoia, the disorientation, the loss of meaning. His work, commissioned by Deutschlandfunk, for nine instruments, electronics, and text projection, explores the experiences of violence by Wehrmacht soldiers in World War II.
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DEATH (2023) for two bass clarinets, light and live-electronics
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Photos: Zeynep Toraman (links), Mariangela Tinelli
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Nicholas Reed - conductor
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Studio production of DEATH (2023) for light, two bass clarinets and live-electronics
Ingólfur Vilhjálmsson & Laurent Bruttin - bass clarinets
Deutschlandfunk, Köln
13. 20h
Concert of Kataklothes (2015) for large ensemble
Commissioned by Zafraan Ensemble
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Photo: Neda Navaee
Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin
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Olaf Katzer - artistic direction
Photo: Christian Hostettler
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Premiere of Fernen nach Paul Celan (2018) for mixed choir
Olaf Katzer - artistic direction
Photo: Oliver Look
Radialsystem Berlin
March
25. 23h
Radio program of DEATH (2023) for two bass clarinets, live-electronics and light
The ensemble XXI. century, conducted by Peter Burwik, showed how 'moments of reflection' can manifest musically [...] Israeli composer Eres Holz, who teaches in Berlin, developed his own composition software and successfully experiments with electronic sound environments. Regarding his new piece 'DEATH' for two bass clarinets, live electronics, and light (2023), he says: 'It's not about aesthetic design, but about engaging with existential questions. I aim to create music that doesn't remain abstract but penetrates deeply into realms of feelings.
Petra Stump-Linshalm & Heinz-Peter Linshalm
Photo: Viktor Brazdil
Post-war music at the „Forum for New Music“ of Deutschlandfunk Cologne
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[...] I wish that people, especially those who are not directly involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, would truly strive for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. In this dreadful time, I hope they come together with them, show compassion, and express solidarity, instead of favoring one side while the other is still burying their dead.
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Photo: Maria Frodl
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