The second instalment of Klaus Lang’s organ works and once again, two monumental works that span over two vinyl sides. “ABD” - contemporary vision of sacral chord progressions. “melrose abbey” - perverse art of mourning music.
Ultimate drone. Absolute torment. Performed by the composer in Graz, Austria, 1997.
Interpreters: Bettina Junge (flute), Natalia Pschenitschnikova (voice), Adam Weisman (percussion), Karen Lorenz (viola).“Flow. state.Through concentration on listening or concentration on what we are listening to we can enter a state of simplicity of mind which is a state of the highest inner clarity or inner silence. In other words:when concentrating on the flow of music we can reach an inner state: The inner silence which is the simultaneity of stasis and flow. This paradoxical situation poses the question: Is the flow of music passing us, is music flowing through us thus evoking this inner stasis or is it not a state at all what we experience: should we not most seriously take into consideration the possibility that it is us who are flowing through the sound?” (label info)
Two compositions by the young Austrian composer/organist who currently lives in Berlin/Germany. “Der Wind und das Meer for viola” (Barbara Konrad, viola). “The Sea of Despair for String Quartet” (Amras Streichquartett)