The viola-solo evolved out of playing with the musical-material from a German lullaby, my mother used to sing to me as I was a kid. For it is a rather short song, I made quite a lot of variations, in some of them I stretched both time and register, finally layering the results on top of each-other, pressing them together into a new, single one-voice-line again.
In close collaboration with viola-player Joel Waterman, and thanks to his support, the piece got it’s refined and final touch.
Joel Waterman, VIOLA
fragment
premiere-recording by Jason Alder, at January 8, 2009, Haitinkzaal, Amsterdam
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