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Swiss Premiere of Chaya Czernowin's Knights of the strange

May. 25, 2023

Ensemble zone_experimentale, led by Yaron Deutsch, gave the Swiss premiere of Chaya Czernowin's Knights of the strange on May 8 at the Hochschule für Musik FHNW. Knights of the strange was commissioned by Ensemble PHACE and funded by Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, Gustavo Dudamel, Music Director. The composer notes:

"The piece Knights of the strange is a piece of music poetry where a few words highlight the speculative/poetic connections between dreams, reality, and reflection. The piece includes in it another piece: Knights of the Strange (Duo). Duo is like an independent plant which comes from another climate inside the jungle of the tutti version. Both pieces were dedicated to my son Ko, as he left home for college. The title of the piece is taken from a book Ko created when he was four. The piece also includes some spoken phrases which are very mundane exchanges spoken at home. The piece is also dedicated to ensemble PHACE and to the LA Philharmonic for whom it was written.

Knights of the strange is a piece where there is a real braiding between groups of instruments. It is a very close look at the smallest mechanisms of impulse and reaction and at how impulse and reaction, when faced with some random element, can take quite a surprising turn into an unexpected territory."


Chaya Czernowin/Knights of the strange/Ensemble Phace/Simeon Pironkoff, conductor;
Yaron Deutsch, e-guitar; Krassimir Sterev, accordion; Alfred Reiter, recording engineer

To learn more about Chaya Czernowin, visit: schott-music.com.

Chaya Czernowin
Knights of the strange (2014)
for chamber ensemble
fl(pic).cl.asax-perc-e-gtr.acc.pno-va.vc.cb
19'
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