Push and Pull

Push and Pull for accordion solo, 2013

11:00′
Edition Kunzelmann, GM-1898
Commissioned by Sergej Tchirkov for the Saint-Petersburg International Contemporary Music Festival 2013
Premiere: May 24, 2013, St. Petersburg State Philharmonic, Glinka Hall (Sergej Tchirkov)

Video of the premiere
Video concert 1 schlumpf+, January 16, 2016, Druckerei Baden, Switzerland

 

PDF excerpt from score p. 1-7

Sound samples

PUSH AND PULL was composed in 2013 in response to a commission from Sergej Tchirkov for the International Festival of Contemporary Music in St. Petersburg. A very special sound world emerges on the accordion with pushing and pulling, originating with a central tone B modulated a number of times, taking the listener on a diversified journey with ecstatic climaxes and meditative low-points, often spurred on by virtuoso rhythmic dances.