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Grus

(2008)

  • Cello, Accordion, Tape

  • Duration 12:30 min.

  • Commissioned by Duo AZAK with funds from the Arts Council of Finland. Dedicated to Andrea Carola Kiefer

  • First performance on November 6, 2008, in Würzburg, Germany by Anikó Zeke, cello and Andrea Carola Kiefer, accordion

  • Recording: Sauna, Ensemble Works, Edition Troy EDTCD 005 (2016), Daniel Sorour, cello and Felix Kroll, accordion



The title of this ritualistic and mystical work means the bird crane and refers to a constellation with the same name. The constellation Grusglitters in the skies of the southern hemisphere. In ancient Egypt, the crane was a symbol of celestial observation. If one looks up into the sky on a starry night, it’s easy to understand why those ancient stargazers connected so many mythological stories to the constellations. TR, 2008

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