Eva-Maria Houben


 

works for flute

 

 

 

 

Order Reference:

EWR 0703/04

 

Medium:

CD

 

Composer

Eva-Maria Houben

 

Performer:

Anne Horstmann, flute

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

calme, silence, solitude for piccolo solo, quelques riens for mauritius flute and moments musicaux for bass flute constitute a trilogy, composed by eva-maria houben for flutist anne horstmann.

they may also be performed individually.

 

the mauritius flute is a traverse flute made of speckled bamboo.

its seven holes are burned into the wood.

 

the scores of this trilogy contain the note: "hector berlioz abgehört" ("upon listening to hector berlioz"). 

the titles allude to  french composer hector berlioz: one of the first to radically expand the listening space by his reference to "nearly nothing" ("presque rien").

"calme, silence, solitude" is a quotation form one of his scores.

 

jubilatio for mauritius flute (2007) is a kind of wordless singing that could go on and on without ending:

singing to oneself.