Eva-Maria Houben

Von Da Nach Da (2007)
von da nach da, 55 images for three performers (2005)
"not all of the 55 images have to be played during a performance.
the performers make a selection and play them in any order.
this time 17 images appear and disappear.
'image' might mean: a musical image.
but also: a scenery, a situation, a place."

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Works for Tromba Marina (2007)

"13 songs – to be played in free order, all or in small groups, or just a single song.

the tromba marina sings – and dances.

it sings – and moves in varying tempi:

andante sostenuto, allegro ma non troppo, adagio, allegretto moto, comodo, adagissimo,

allegretto quasi andantino, molto moderato, largo...

the tromba marina can be so many things.

a kettledrum, a bass drum, percussion: timpano;

a small trumpet, a piccolo trumpet – with melody and accompaniment: clarino;

continuo instrument – a virtually endless flowing and streaming: continuo.the instrument tells about its history – and in doing so allows me to discover its present."

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Works for Double Bass (2008)

"archipelagos and nachtstück allow hearing to take place:

partials are attempted and unfold,

merging into multifaceted, richly coloured harmonies.

music happens all by itself, seemingly uncomposed ­

like the sound of the aeolian harp, its strings set into motion by a passing wind."

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Works for Piano (2010)

"the sound of the piano decays.

it cannot be sustained. I let it loose time and again.

it appears by disappearing; starting to disappear just after the attack.

in disappearing it begins to live, to change.

the piano: an instrument, that allows me to hear how many ways sound can disappear.

there seems to be no end to disappearance.

I can hear, how listening becomes the awareness of fading sound."

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