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80.1/157.3 (MOZARTKUGEL)
string quartet & live-electronics composed in 2010 duration: 11' This string quartet combines the 1st movement of KV80 and the third movement of KV157 by W.A. Mozart. The material in this piece is based on the quartets K.80, part 1 and K.157, part 3 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. On the one hand, the piece is a tribute to Mozart - one of my favorite composers. On the other hand, however, it is also a critical view of the culture of classical music, where unreflected sentimentality is often lived out under the image of an alleged high culture - fed by so-called “geniuses” and “old masters”. The electronics in this work mainly consist of a kitschy synthesizer part, which can be seen as an illustration of how narrow the boundary can be between classical and muzak, where the music is only seen as a functional product. Furthermore, recordings have been incorporated from rehearsals where the Mozart quartets were practiced. The purpose of these different layers is to merge the different functions of Mozart's music - as a masterpiece (the work), as a result of musical craftsmanship (the performance), and as a product for the stimulation of consumption (muzak) into a new piece. |
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