Beat Furrer
Gaspra
Short instrumentation: fl, cl, perc - pno - vln, vla, vc
Duration: 17'
Instrumentation details:
fl (also alto flute), cl.(also bass cl.) - perc.(1 or 2 player): marimba, 3 tam-tam (high, medium, low), 1 cymbal, bongo, 2 tom-tom (high, medium), woodblock, maraca
pno. - vln., vla., vc.
Furrer - Gaspra for ensemble
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Beat Furrer
Furrer: Gaspra for EnsembleOrchestration: for Ensemble
Type: Studienpartitur (Sonderanfertigung)
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In Gaspra for ensemble (1988), Beat Furrer works with timbre and rhythmic patterns. He organises the instruments into small groups within the ensemble and lets them narrate several stories simultaneously, each constantly succeeded by another. ‘Gaspra is named after an asteroid of 5km diameter, a lump of rock, fragment of an exploding star which wandered into our solar system’s gravitational field’ (Furrer).