Kammerton der Gegenwart

The Witten Days for New Chamber Music—jointly organized by the city of Witten and WDR—have been setting the "contemporary chamber tone" since 1969: a "class reunion of the avant-garde" as well as a music fair for organizers, publishers, producers, connoisseurs, and enthusiasts.

Essays and photos shed light on the festival's 40-year history (and its prehistory since 1936). With portraits, memories of contemporary witnesses, chronology and discography, two CDs with rarities, and a documentation of all programs.

CD1:
Isang Yun Divide Yourself, Night (1980-81)
Volker Heyn PhRYh for 8 strings and piano (1982)
Georg Kröll We Have No Ability to Leave
Klosterneuburgerstrasse (1974)
Friedrich Goldmann Bagatelle for 7 players (1988)
Arvo Pärt Two Slavonic Psalms for 5 singers (1984)
Edison Denisov Rays of Distant Stars in a Curved Space (1989)
Hans Werner Henze El Rey de Harlem (1979)

CD2:
Luca Lombardi Non Requiescat for ensemble (1973)
Vinko Globokar Discours VIII for wind quintet (1989)
Nadir Vassena infidi luoghi dell“anima (2006)
Karlheinz Stockhausen Signale zur Invasion as solo for trombone (1992)
Stefano Gervasoni Atemseile (1997)
Elliott Carter Inner Song for oboe (1992)
Brian Ferneyhough Dum Transisset I-IV (2006-07)

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