Echonance #4 - Concert #7

Please note: the program for this concert has changed.

Jürg Frey compositions
Piano and organ: Reinier van Houdt

1. Composer, Alone #1 for piano (2023–2024)
2. Miniature in Five Parts for organ (2013)

Jürg Frey’s music is grounded in attention, stillness, and the experience of time as an open, shared space.

His works unfold slowly, giving equal importance to sound, silence, and resonance. Rather than directing the listener, Frey creates conditions for listening in which subtle changes, fragility, and presence come to the foreground, and the surrounding space becomes an integral part of the music.

Christina Kubisch and ensemble Trondheim Voices

3. Stromsänger for six voices and electronics (2022)

Stromsänger is a collaboration between sound artist Christina Kubisch and the Norwegian vocal ensemble Trondheim Voices.

Christina Kubisch writes:
“The general theme of the composition is the idea of sounds that travel. During a tram ride from the city up to the hills on an old tram, I discovered not only stunning views of the surrounding landscape, but also a special soundscape. Wearing custom-made induction headphones, I could hear the normally hidden electromagnetic fields of the tram. These sounds were so impressive and musical to me that I immediately decided to base my piece for Trondheim Voices on this discovery.”