Erdmann-Abele & Lessing & Linckelmann - Nachtklaenge (CD)

Veit Erdmann-Abele writes of his new release: "The term I like to use is Klangbild, a picture in sound. It refers to the musical reaction we can have vis-à-vis paintings or texts. Take the Five Meditations on Stained-Glass Windows, for instance: the original stained-glass windows featured scenes from the Old and New Testaments. My music is by no means an attempt to "describe" those stories; rather, it is the outgrowth of my very personal, individual thoughts and emotions. My approach is like that of a book illustrator. The music should not attempt to recount the story; rather, quite differently, it offers an independent commentary on the events. I apply the same approach in my "musical commentaries" on Dietmar Scholz's textual aphorisms. The music does not literally depict "the lonely hair that becomes important by falling into the soup", but tries to grasp the meaning hidden behind the text. This becomes particularly apparent in the case of Scholz's aphorism "In a mirror, everything is similar and everything is the opposite": this textual content can be musically depicted as a form. In the same way, my musical setting of the Romanesque Frescoes is not a description, but a commentary."

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Dialoge
2. Dialog 1
3. Dialog 2
4. Toccata - Charconne
5. Vier Aphorismen
6. Jeder Tag Gehoert Dir Nur Einmal
7. Ein Einzelnes Haar
8. Spiegel
9. Eine Grenze Ist Anfang Und Ende
10. Fresco II
11. Albumblätter
12. Für C.L.
13. Für R.R.
14. Für S.M.
15. Variationen Über Ein Katalanisches Volkslied
16. Thema
17. Variation 1
18. Variation 2
19. Variation 3
20. Variation 4
21. Inventionen Über Zwei Schlesische Volkslieder
22. Invention 1
23. Invention 2
24. Frühe Stücke
25. Nr. 1 (ohne Satzbezeichnung)
26. Nr. 2 (ohne Satzbezeichnung)
27. Nachtklänge 3 Impressionen Über Das Gedicht " Der Alte Garten"
28. Und Wenn Es Dunkelt
29. Der Springbrunnen Plaudert Noch Immerfort
30. Still, Geh Vorbei
31. Fünf Meditationen Über Die Orgelfenster In St. Wolfgang, Reutlingen
32. Der Anfang Des Glaubens
33. Die Wunder
34. Die Verwandlung
35. Die Begegnung
36. Der Anfang der Kirche