Holliger: Induuchlen (2004) for countertenor (with baritone) and natural horns
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‘Induuchlen’, destined surely for cult status, finds Heinz Holliger the creative composer drawing inspiration from arcane Swiss sources, setting the poetry of Anna Maria Bacher who writes in the endangered idiom of “Pummattertisch”, and verse by the late Albert Streich, who wrote in Brienz-German. As conductor Holliger draws committed performances from a cast of gifted chamber musicians and singers Sylvia Nopper and Kai Wessel. The results are intriguing, mysterious and strangely beautiful.
Heinz Holliger is one of the most versatile and accomplished musical personalities of our time. Born in Langenthal in 1939, he studied oboe, piano and composition in Bern, Paris and Basel. The recipient of numerous awards (Composers Award of the Schweizer Tonkünstlerverein, Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, Music Prize of Frankfurt, and others), Heinz Holliger counts among the most renowned composers in the world today.
Heinz Holliger: Toronto-Exercises
I. Monotonia
II. Moto perpetuo
III. Harmonia
IV. Canon in prolatio
Der Wênter
Der Wênter
... aber wêr si Fogla!
... aber wêr si Fogla!
Wen mu plangät
Wen mu plangät
Herbscht
Herbscht
Der letscht Flug
Der letscht Flug
Hêlf!
Hêlf!
Lengi Nacht
Lengi Nacht
T Rosa im Morgä
T Rosa im Morgä
Dem Toot
Dem Toot
Dechä und Werter
Dechä und Werter
Heinz Holliger: Puneigä
I. Der Wênter
II. ...aber wêr si Fogla!
Umgiiri (Zwischenspiel I)
III. Wen mu plangät
IV. Herbscht
V. Der letscht Flug
z Fingerschädru (Zwischenspiel II)
VI. Hêlf!
z Rêtschkuts (Zwischenspiel III)
VII. Lengi Nacht
VIII. T Rosa im Morgä
Ischu Koraal (Zwischenspiel IV)
IX. Dem Toot
X. Dechä un Werter
Induuchlen
Induuchlen
Brienzinium "Uf steinigem Boden"
Zitronefalter
Induuchlen
Der Stäg
Heinz Holliger: Ma'mounia
Ma'mounia
November 2011
“[Puneiga includes] two of this composer's most exquisitely poised settings. Sylvia Nopper is no less enticing in the typically exacting vocal part, with Holliger drawing a precise and fastidious response from hs ensemble...Kai Wessel and Olivier Darbellay are dedicated exponents of a piece [Induuchlen] that discreetly rewrites the rules for fusing vocal and instrumental means.”
23rd June 2011
****
“[In Induuchlen] A counter-tenor delivers the texts, but he is required to sing in the baritone register as well as his usual range, and he's partnered by a natural horn player who has to sing as well as play. The two constantly intertwine until they almost merge into a single composite instrument, an earthy mix of mountain yodelling and forest calls. I've never heard anything quite like it.”
22nd July 2011
****
“the "Toronto-Exercises" offers the most satisfying arc. Bracing stuff – though a translation would be welcome.”
I. Monotonia
