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Klangforum Wien Celebrates Founder Beat Furrer's 70th Birthday with a Concert in Vienna

Jan. 25, 2024

On January 17, Klangforum Wien celebrated the approaching 70th birthday of their founder, the visionary composer Beat Furrer, with a concert of his works at the Wiener Konzerthaus. The program included Furrer's in mia vita da vuolp (2019), Nuun (1995–1996), Studie 2 – à un moment de terre perdue (1990), and la bianca notte (2013) for soprano, baritone and ensemble.


Beat Furrer leads Tony Arnold, Holger Falk, and Ensemble Modern Orchestra in a performance of La bianca notte

Of nuun (available in versions for two pianos and ensemble or two pianos and orchestra) Bernhard Günther writes:

"The apparently overwhelming impetus of flowing sounds is slowly brought to a stop; purely mechanical energy is transformed into living energy. In Beat Furrer's work for two pianos and orchestra, the central principle is transformation, specifically on the rhythmic, harmonic and tonal planes, as a continuous process from the beginning to the end."


Klangforum Wien performs nuun under the baton of Peter Eötvös

To learn more about Beat Furrer, visit universaledition.com and baerenreiter.com.

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