Three works for large chamber ensemble by Hamburg based composer Gerald Eckert are collected here. His music places demands on the interpreter to produce the greatest possible array of timbral values and dynamic range, ones that encroach on the border of what is performable in terms of technical ability.
Eckert’s music operates on the edges of sound, between extremes ranging from stillness, almost silence, to explosion. In his music, nothingness and abundance are two sides of the same coin.
Gerald Eckert, (b. 1960), studied composition with Nicolaus A. Huber and electronic composition with Dirk Reith. He has received numerous prestigious prizes including the C. Gulbenkian Prize, Portugal 1993; the Kranichstein Prize, Darmstadt 1996; 1st prize in Bourges 2003, and 1st prize at the Stuttgart Composition Competition 2005. Top ensembles have performed his music including the NDR-Philharmonie, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Aventure, Ensemble Recherche, Ensemble SurPlus, and Musikfabrik.
He conducts his own music here with ensemble reflexion K of Hamburg.
Gerald Eckert, conductor
ensemble reflexion K of Hamburg
Liner notes by Jörg Meyer and Egbert Hiller.
