Peter Eötvös: Fermata (2020/21)

Peter Eötvös (1944–2024) Fermata, for 15 musicians (2020/21) Ensemble Musikfabrik Yorgos Ziavras, conductor German Première, 01 May 2022, ACHT BRÜCKEN '22 FERMATA (2020-2021) is a concerto for 15 musicians sitting five feet apart. They present a kind of time report: from our Covid days and pandemic years, in which normal life suddenly comes to a standstill, then continues somewhat chaotically and stops again with tragic events. The musical material is relatively simple, sometimes reduced to just the contrast of black and white tones – at a time when one has to consider whether it is appropriate in our society for the piano to have seven white and only five black keys within an octave. Could the ratio not be balanced or vice versa? Centuries of increasing societal tension seem to have lit the fuse these days. The question is: how long is the string and how fast or slow will it detonate the bomb? Such thoughts tumble around in the composer’s head as he writes the notes and rather feels like the notes are writing him. Photo by Jörg Hejkal Full Score https://cutt.ly/PE_fermata Official Composer Website http://www.eotvospeter.com/ This video has a purpose of promotion, not for profit. If you have any complaints about copyright issues, please write me a direct message at dhdmlwls02(at)gmail(dot)com before submitting a report to YouTube. Then I will delete the video as soon as possible.