Romanian writer and composer Sânziana-Cristina Dobrovicescu fuses theatrical and musical traditions. In Rites of Margins, the foundations of classical performance ritual are called into question: the concert opening is redesigned; the conductor sings, plays, and performs; the instrumentalists take turns conducting.

Daniel Oliver Moser’s musical language is shaped by microtonal harmony. His new work draws on the genre of the piano concerto, deliberately exploiting the “rigid” tuning of the piano against the more flexible ensemble to use psychoacoustic phenomena to call the perceived stability of piano tuning into question.

Klaus Lang’s Риза (Riza) takes its orientation from the intricately decorated metal covers of Orthodox icons. Music by Johannes Ockeghem takes the place of the icon, over which Lang layers a new sonic stratum.

Clemens Nachtmann’s Essence/Déroute sets poems by Michel Houellebecq on flight, love, and loss, conceived simultaneously as a homage to Pierre Boulez.

Conductor: Edo Micic